AI Product Engineer

Evenly; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Evenly is seeking its first engineering hire in Bethesda, MD, to take full technical ownership of the product and define what gets built and in what order. You’ll work directly with the founder and the Head of Product to advance a live AI-driven platform used by dental practices.

You will own architecture, testing, deployment, and production operations, with a focus on AI features, reliability, and HIPAA compliance, while collaborating with clinicians to understand workflows and deliver

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with production ownership.
• Track record of shipping products or major features from concept through deployment.
• Daily use of AI coding agents in development work.
• Strong product judgment and ability to translate business goals into shipped features.
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production operations.
• Hardening a working AI-built codebase with testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and reliability.
• Integrations with third-party systems (intraoral scanners, messaging, payments, and healthcare APIs).
• Develop AI features using modern LLMs, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, evaluations, and model selection.
• Ensure HIPAA compliance and security of patient data handling software.
• Collaborate with dentists and clinical team to understand workflows and convert feedback into product.

Skills

Software engineering

Production ownership

AI coding agents

Product judgment

Technical communication

US work authorization

Job description

Bethesda, MD (On-site) · Full-time

ABOUT EVENLY

Evenly is a healthcare technology company in Bethesda, Maryland. For years we delivered orthodontic care directly to patients. Now we're turning that operating experience into AI-powered software that lets general dentists offer clear aligner treatment, with orthodontists overseeing each case remotely. The platform is live, dental practices use it every day, and it's the center of the company's next phase.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll be our first engineering hire. You'll own the product technically: what gets built, in what order, and to what standard. You'll set the roadmap and priorities with the leadership team.

You won't start from a blank page. Our Head of Product built v1 with AI coding agents, and it runs real clinical workflows today. It proves the product works. Your job is to make it production-grade and take it much further. You'll work directly with the person who built it, so you'll always know why it was built the way it was.

This role has the scope of a founding engineer: full technical ownership, direct contact with users, and a straight line between what you ship and whether the business works.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• End-to-end architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production operations.

• Hardening a working, AI-built codebase with testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and reliability.

• Integrations with third-party systems, including intraoral scanners, messaging, payments, and other healthcare APIs.

• AI features built on modern LLMs, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, evaluations, and model selection.

• HIPAA compliance and the security of software that handles patient data.

• Working with dentists and our clinical team to understand their workflows and turn feedback into product.

HOW WE BUILD

We're an AI-first engineering organization. We believe modern AI tools let an exceptional engineer do what used to take a whole team.

The ideal candidate:

• Uses Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools every day.

• Has strong opinions about what makes AI-assisted development work and keeps experimenting.

• Owns every line of code, whether an AI or a person wrote it.

• Does their best work with a lot of autonomy.

WHERE WE WORK

This role is on-site at our Bethesda office. We think the first engineer on a new product should sit next to the people running it.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including production ownership.

• A track record of shipping products or major features from concept through deployment.

• Daily use of AI coding agents in your development work.

• Strong product judgment and the ability to turn business goals into shipped features.

• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical people.

• Authorization to work in the United States.

Preferred

• Experience in healthcare technology or HIPAA-regulated environments.

• Experience building LLM-powered products, including evals, structured outputs, or agentic workflows.

• Experience integrating production third-party APIs such as payments, messaging, or EHR systems.

• Startup or zero-to-one product experience.