Senior AI Platform Engineer – Healthtech, Path to CTO (Hybrid UK)

Surgical Recovery; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Path to CTO

Hybrid work in London

Job summary

Surgical Recovery is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to own and scale Seento, the AI patient care platform used across surgeries. You will lead AI initiatives, integrate with our existing stack, and work closely with clinicians and executives to ensure safety and impact.

This role offers equity and a clear path toward CTO as the platform matures. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software, hands-on AI with LLMs, and experience in health-tech or regulated settings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software for real customers, leadership role in product tech.
• Hands-on production experience with LLMs, AI agents, tooling, retrieval, guardrails and monitoring.
• Experience with messaging platforms (WhatsApp Business API, Twilio) and mobile-first design.
• Experience in regulated or high-trust environments (health/finance/insurance) including security and data protection.
• Strong full-stack skills with API integration, webhooks and calendars; able to work on existing codebases.
• Ability to communicate technical risk clearly to clinicians, investors and partners.
• Familiarity with health software standards (DCB0129, DTAC, DSPT, FHIR/HL7) and medical device software (MHRA/FDA, IEC 62304, ISO 13485).
• Experience hiring and leading small teams, including contractors.

Responsibilities

• Own Seento platform; ensure security, reliability and scalability.
• Lead AI initiatives and programs; drive development of proprietary AI.
• Ensure clinical safety and compatibility with hospitals and insurers.
• Build and mentor the engineering team; collaborate with data scientists.

Skills

LLMs & AI agents

Messaging-first products

Full-stack development

Security & data protection

System architecture & scale

Mentoring & leading teams

Distributed teams collaboration

Documentation & risk communication

Regulated health tech familiarity

Tools

GitHub

Vercel

Supabase

Claude (core AI model)

Job description

Surgical Recovery is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to own and scale Seento, the AI patient care platform used across surgeries. You will lead AI initiatives, integrate with our existing stack, and work closely with clinicians and executives to ensure safety and impact.

This role offers equity and a clear path toward CTO as the platform matures. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software, hands-on AI with LLMs, and experience in health-tech or regulated settings.