Senior Software Engineer – AI Healthcare Platforms

hellopatient; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Hello Patient is transforming healthcare communication through advanced conversational AI. Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to own end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and AI workflows in a fast-moving startup environment.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Design, Operations, and other engineers to build scalable solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Python, and FastAPI, delivering reliable systems that engage patients and providers while solving ambiguous problems

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production applications.
• Experience owning and delivering meaningful product features end-to-end.
• Strong full-stack development or frontend/backend with ability to work across the stack.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
• Strong backend development experience with Python and FastAPI.
• Solid understanding of databases, APIs, testing, and production reliability.
• Experience building and deploying cloud-based applications using AWS, Docker, and modern workflows.
• Experience using AI-powered development tools to improve coding, debugging, testing, or productivity.
• Ability to work independently, make thoughtful technical decisions, and ask for help when needed.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and ship customer-facing features across frontend, backend, and AI workflows.
• Develop intuitive user experiences using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Build reliable backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Translate product requirements into thoughtful technical solutions.
• Work closely with Product and Design to understand problems and iterate based on feedback.
• Take ownership of projects from design through deployment and iteration.
• Break down complex problems into manageable solutions and make sound engineering decisions.
• Build systems that are reliable, maintainable, and scalable as Hello Patient grows.
• Collaborate with engineers to identify tradeoffs and pragmatic solutions.
• Develop AI-powered features involving conversational AI, LLMs, and automation.
• Work on systems involving voice, SMS, chat, scheduling, and patient engagement workflows.
• Build integrations with healthcare systems and third-party APIs.
• Improve reliability, observability, testing, and engineering workflows.
• Share knowledge and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Python

FastAPI

AWS

Docker

API development

AI-powered tools

Communication

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

OpenCode

Job description

Hello Patient is transforming healthcare communication through advanced conversational AI. Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to own end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and AI workflows in a fast-moving startup environment.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Design, Operations, and other engineers to build scalable solutions using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Python, and FastAPI, delivering reliable systems that engage patients and providers while solving ambiguous problems