Senior Software Engineer II — AI HealthTech

hellopatient; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hello Patient in Austin, TX is hiring a Senior Software Engineer II to build and own features across frontend, backend, and AI workflows. You will ship customer-facing experiences using React, Next.js, and TypeScript, and design reliable Python/FastAPI services in a fast-moving startup environment.

You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate with Product and Design, and contribute to AI-powered healthcare systems with integrations to healthcare APIs and third-party services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications.
• Experience owning and delivering meaningful product features end-to-end.
• Strong full-stack development experience or a strong primary focus in either frontend or backend with the ability to work across the stack.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend frameworks (Next.js preferred).
• Strong backend development experience with Python and API frameworks such as FastAPI.
• Solid understanding of databases, APIs, testing, and production reliability.
• Experience building and deploying cloud-based applications using AWS, Docker, and modern development workflows.
• Experience using AI-powered development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode) to improve coding, debugging, testing, or overall engineering productivity.
• Ability to work independently, make thoughtful technical decisions, and ask for help when needed.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and ship customer-facing features across our frontend applications, backend services, 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, propose solutions, and iterate based on customer feedback.
• Take ownership of projects from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
• Break down complex or ambiguous problems into manageable technical solutions.
• Make sound engineering decisions and know when to seek input from teammates.
• Build systems that are reliable, maintainable, and scalable as Hello Patient grows.
• Collaborate with other engineers to identify tradeoffs and find pragmatic solutions.
• Develop features powered by 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.
• Help improve the reliability, quality, and performance of AI-powered experiences.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Participate actively in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions.
• Improve reliability, observability, testing, and engineering workflows.
• Share knowledge with teammates and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.
• Help raise the quality and consistency of the systems you work on.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Python

FastAPI

AWS

Docker

AI-powered development tools

Communication

Independent work

Tools

Next.js

FastAPI

Python

AWS

Docker

Claude Code

Cursor

OpenCode

Job description

Hello Patient in Austin, TX is hiring a Senior Software Engineer II to build and own features across frontend, backend, and AI workflows. You will ship customer-facing experiences using React, Next.js, and TypeScript, and design reliable Python/FastAPI services in a fast-moving startup environment.

You will own projects end-to-end, collaborate with Product and Design, and contribute to AI-powered healthcare systems with integrations to healthcare APIs and third-party services.