Senior AI Architect & Lead Engineer - Healthcare

Surescripts; Gunnison (CO); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Surescripts is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives with hands-on engineering and architectural leadership. You will ensure technical feasibility, business alignment, and responsible AI practices across platforms, delivering scalable AI for products and internal operations.

This role offers a Flexible Hybrid Work model and requires U.S. work authorization. Base pay ranges from $187,500 to $229,100 per year, with robust benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in software, data, or AI/ML engineering.
• 4+ years in a lead/senior engineering role mentoring engineers.
• 3+ years hands-on ML/AI engineering.
• Experience architecting APIs, microservices, and data/analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical how and the delivery timeline for AI initiatives, acting as both AI solution architect and principal engineer.
• Architect and build scalable, interoperable, responsible AI solutions, including generative AI, RAG, agentic AI, and predictive models, and guide their deployment into production.
• Serve as a trusted technical partner across groups and projects, providing solution architecture and weighing options on technical feasibility, effort, and performance targets.
• Translate business and customer needs into technical requirements, and frame technical options and trade-offs for decision-making.
• Lead the technical evaluation of new AI technologies and vendors, judging architectural fit and integration approach.
• Prototype and validate advanced AI approaches to prove out direction and de-risk initiatives.
• Run architecture and design reviews across teams, surfacing key trade-offs and keeping decisions transparent.
• Set and evolve AI engineering standards including MLOps, data architecture, and governance.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar, fostering collaboration and continuous learning.
• Keep current with new AI technologies and translate trends into practical strategies.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Leadership

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/related

Tools

APIs

Microservices

Data pipelines

Job description

Surescripts is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives with hands-on engineering and architectural leadership. You will ensure technical feasibility, business alignment, and responsible AI practices across platforms, delivering scalable AI for products and internal operations.

This role offers a Flexible Hybrid Work model and requires U.S. work authorization. Base pay ranges from $187,500 to $229,100 per year, with robust benefits and growth opportunities.