Senior AI-Powered Internal Efficiency Engineer

Lyra Health, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

Equity in the company

Paid parental leave

401K with matching

Monthly tech allowance

Job summary

Lyra Health, Inc. seeks a Sr. Software Engineer to accelerate internal efficiency by embedding AI into daily workflows across engineering, operations, and clinical support. You will own outcomes and drive adoption of AI-powered tools in production.

You will work directly with non-engineering stakeholders to translate problems into shipped software, build with Python/Java microservices, and advance agentic software capabilities while adhering to high standards for security and data handling.

Qualifications

• BS in CS or related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience developing enterprise or consumer web applications, ideally using Python or Java/Spring.
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs in production: agentic tools and frameworks, prompt and context engineering, evals, and development workflows using Claude and Codex.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with non-engineering stakeholders: eliciting requirements and translating business problems into shipped software.
• Strong judgment about when AI helps vs. adds risk, especially in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Embed with internal teams across the company to map workflows, identify bottlenecks, and scope AI-driven solutions with measurable efficiency outcomes.
• Own the full lifecycle from discovery to deployment, adoption, measurement and iteration.
• Build and improve AI-powered tools, agents, and automations integrated with Python/Java microservices, web and mobile apps, and third-party systems.
• Drive integration of agentic software development across engineering and expand adoption and capabilities.
• Evaluate new AI tools and models; run experiments and convert winners into durable internal capabilities.
• Define and track impact metrics (time saved, throughput, quality, cost) and report results to leadership.
• Collaborate with data science, product management, design, security, and operations teams to refine solutions.

Skills

Python

Java/Spring

LLMs in production

AI-powered tools

Stakeholder communication

Healthcare context judgment

Autonomy

Education

BS in CS or related field

Tools

Claude

Codex

Job description

Lyra Health, Inc. seeks a Sr. Software Engineer to accelerate internal efficiency by embedding AI into daily workflows across engineering, operations, and clinical support. You will own outcomes and drive adoption of AI-powered tools in production.

You will work directly with non-engineering stakeholders to translate problems into shipped software, build with Python/Java microservices, and advance agentic software capabilities while adhering to high standards for security and data handling.