Junior Applied AI Engineer — Healthcare AI Solutions

Bask Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bask Health is seeking a Junior Applied AI Engineer to help develop, test, and improve AI-powered features across Bask Health's platform. You will work with senior engineers to apply modern AI tech to real product challenges in a healthcare context.

This hands‑on role focuses on integration of language models, building backend API connections, and improving prompts and outputs while learning Bask Health’s engineering standards and security practices.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated experience through internships, coursework, personal projects, or open‑source contributions.
• Foundational programming skills in Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable languages.
• Understanding of REST APIs and backend concepts.
• Familiarity with AI model APIs and basic prompts.
• Willingness to learn new AI tools and healthcare tech.

Responsibilities

• Assist with developing AI‑powered features across Bask Health's platform.
• Work with experienced engineers to integrate large language models into software applications.
• Implement application features using TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or comparable languages.
• Build and maintain backend API integrations for AI‑powered functionality.
• Assist with connecting applications to approved AI model providers.
• Develop and improve prompts for supported AI features.
• Implement structured model outputs and basic response validation.
• Help build AI‑assisted tools for merchant‑facing and internal workflows.
• Contribute to patient‑facing AI features within approved product and safety boundaries.
• Assist with developing AI‑powered search, summarization, and information retrieval features.
• Write automated tests for AI integrations and application functionality.
• Help evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy, consistency, and relevance.
• Investigate unexpected model outputs and report reproducible issues.
• Assist with testing AI features using realistic application scenarios.
• Help improve error handling and fallback behavior in AI‑powered applications.
• Work with backend engineers to connect AI functionality to existing services.
• Contribute to frontend integrations for AI‑powered user experiences.
• Assist with maintaining application data flows and API connections.
• Help document AI features, implementation details, and technical limitations.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback from senior engineers.
• Learn and follow Bask Health's engineering standards and development practices.
• Use AI‑assisted development tools to improve productivity while reviewing generated code carefully.
• Assist with troubleshooting development and production issues.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand feature requirements.
• Help identify opportunities to improve existing AI‑powered workflows.
• Participate in engineering planning, technical discussions, and team collaboration.
• Learn about secure software development and responsible handling of sensitive information.
• Take ownership of appropriately scoped engineering tasks and deliver reliable, well‑tested code.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

AI/ML basics

REST APIs

Git

Prompt engineering

Testing

Tools

OpenAI API

LangChain

Jest

PyTest

Job description

Bask Health is seeking a Junior Applied AI Engineer to help develop, test, and improve AI-powered features across Bask Health's platform. You will work with senior engineers to apply modern AI tech to real product challenges in a healthcare context.

This hands‑on role focuses on integration of language models, building backend API connections, and improving prompts and outputs while learning Bask Health’s engineering standards and security practices.