Lead AI Engineer — Build Healthcare AI Platform (Remote)

Motion Recruitment; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Employee Stock Purchase Program

401(k) with company match and vesting

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Lead Software Engineer IV to influence product strategy and architecture for an AI-enabled healthcare platform. The role supports remote work nationwide or hybrid in Chicago, IL, with hands-on development across Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, and SQL technologies.

You will mentor engineers, partner with users, and drive architectural decisions while delivering scalable RCM solutions for healthcare providers nationwide. Sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience leading technical direction and mentoring teams.
• Strong development skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Full-stack application development experience.
• API design and development experience.
• Event-driven architecture and asynchronous workflows.
• Strong SQL skills and DB schema design.
• Experience with ORMs and AWS.
• Product-minded engineering and strong stakeholder management.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and mentor engineering teams.
• Hands-on software development across Python and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Influence architecture decisions and drive platform strategy.
• Collaborate with users and product teams to solve business problems.
• Ship high-impact AI-enabled software with strong ownership.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring teams

Product-focused mindset

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on engineering

Tools

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

SQL

ORMs

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MSSQL

Job description

Motion Recruitment seeks a Lead Software Engineer IV to influence product strategy and architecture for an AI-enabled healthcare platform. The role supports remote work nationwide or hybrid in Chicago, IL, with hands-on development across Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, and SQL technologies.

You will mentor engineers, partner with users, and drive architectural decisions while delivering scalable RCM solutions for healthcare providers nationwide. Sponsorship is not available.