AI Platform Architect (MTS) | Equity + Unlimited PTO

Squad-Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

401k

Unlimited PTO

On-site NYC

Job summary

Squad Health is seeking a Member of Technical Staff to join our engineering team and help lead the future of Squad Health’s AI-powered medication access platform. This is not a traditional software engineering role.

You\'ll work directly with founders and other team leaders to design, build, and scale the critical AI systems that power our platform. You will influence architectural choices, engineering practices, product direction, and company growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep proficiency in Python.
• Experience across backend services, APIs, databases, and web applications.
• Strong systems thinking and architectural judgment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural decisions shaping the platform.
• Design and build core platform capabilities across backend services, APIs, data systems, and user-facing applications.
• Own projects from concept to production deployment (and scale!).
• Partner closely with product, operations, and leadership teams to solve complex workflow challenges.
• Improve reliability, scalability, security, and observability across our systems.
• Mentor and elevate other engineers through code reviews and technical leadership.
• Help define Squad’s engineering culture as we continue to grow the team.

Skills

Python

System design

Backend systems

APIs

Databases

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Squad Health is seeking a Member of Technical Staff to join our engineering team and help lead the future of Squad Health’s AI-powered medication access platform. This is not a traditional software engineering role.

You\'ll work directly with founders and other team leaders to design, build, and scale the critical AI systems that power our platform. You will influence architectural choices, engineering practices, product direction, and company growth.