Sr. AI Engineer

Rightway; United States; On-site; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Rightway is seeking a Sr. Engineer, Applied AI in the United States to drive AI-powered features that help members access the right care at the right time and price.

You will own AI integration efforts across a scalable platform, turning cutting-edge concepts into production-ready solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will architect full-stack components using Node.js, React, TypeScript, Ruby, GraphQL, and Postgres, set technical standards for AI, and mentor engineers to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production-grade full-stack experience.
• Experience designing AI/ML features for production systems.
• Background in healthcare technology or HIPAA considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI integration initiatives to improve care navigation and PBM services.
• Prototype rapidly and deliver production-ready features within days or weeks.
• Architect and implement full-stack solutions using a modern tech stack.
• Make independent technical decisions while aligning with business goals.
• Build scalable, secure systems handling sensitive healthcare data.

Skills

Full-stack development

AI/ML features

Production systems

Technical leadership

Healthcare tech

Tools

Node.js

React

TypeScript

Ruby

GraphQL

Postgres

Job description

About The Role

As a Sr. Engineer, Applied AI at Rightway Healthcare, you'll spearhead our AI integration initiatives to revolutionize healthcare delivery through our platform. Working with a dynamic team, you'll drive the development of AI-powered features that empower members to make informed healthcare decisions, ensuring they get the right care at the right time and price. This role offers a unique blend of autonomy and innovation, where you'll transform cutting-edge AI concepts into production-ready solutions. While AI is a key focus, you'll also architect and implement solutions that scale across our platform, combining intuitive technology with expert guidance to bring clarity and direction to our members' healthcare journeys.

About The Role

As a Sr. Engineer, Applied AI at Rightway Healthcare, you'll spearhead our AI integration initiatives to revolutionize healthcare delivery through our platform. Working with a dynamic team, you'll drive the development of AI-powered features that empower members to make informed healthcare decisions, ensuring they get the right care at the right time and price. This role offers a unique blend of autonomy and innovation, where you'll transform cutting-edge AI concepts into production-ready solutions. While AI is a key focus, you'll also architect and implement solutions that scale across our platform, combining intuitive technology with expert guidance to bring clarity and direction to our members' healthcare journeys.

What You’ll Do

• Pioneer AI-driven solutions that enhance our care navigation and PBM services, directly improving healthcare outcomes for our members
• Lead rapid prototyping cycles, transforming concepts into production features within days or weeks, not months
• Architect and implement full-stack solutions using our modern tech stack (Node.js, React, TypeScript, Ruby, GraphQL, Postgres)
• Drive technical decisions independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals
• Build and maintain scalable, production-grade systems that handle sensitive healthcare data with reliability and security
• Establish technical standards and best practices for AI integration across the platform
• Mentor team members and contribute to our engineering culture of innovation and excellence

Who You Are

• A versatile full-stack engineer with 5+ years of experience building production applications at scale
• A self-driven problem solver who thrives in ambiguous environments and creates structure from chaos
• An innovative thinker who balances quick experimentation with production-quality implementation
• A technical leader comfortable making independent decisions while valuing team collaboration
• An effective communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
• A pragmatic engineer who values shipping working solutions over perfect solutions
• Someone passionate about using technology to solve real healthcare challenges

Extra Credit

• Experience designing and implementing AI/ML features in production environments
• Proven track record of optimizing LLM implementations and prompt engineering
• Background in healthcare technology or experience with HIPAA compliance

COMPENSATION: $175,000 - $215,000

annually, in addition to bonus and equity

Compensation offered will be determined by geographic location, experience, and qualifications.

CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS NOTICE

In response to ongoing and industry-wide fraudulent recruitment activities (i.e., job scams), Rightway wants to inform potential candidates that we will only contact them from the @rightwayhealthcare.com email domain. We will never ask for bank details or deposits of any kind as a condition of employment.

About Rightway

Rightway is on a mission to harmonize healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Our products guide patients to the best care and medications by inserting clinicians and pharmacists into a patient’s care journey through a modern, mobile app. Rightway is a front door to healthcare, giving patients the tools they need along with on-demand access to Rightway health guides, human experts that answer their questions and manage the frustrating parts of healthcare for them.

Since its founding in 2017, Rightway has raised over $200mm from investors including Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Tiger Global. We’re headquartered in New York City, with satellite offices in Denver and Dallas. Our clients rely on us to transform the healthcare experience, improve outcomes for our teams, and decrease our healthcare costs.

How We Live Our Values To Our Teammates

We’re seeking those with passion for healthcare and relentless devotion to our goal. We need team members that embody our core values:

• We are human, first

Our humanity binds us together. We bring the same empathetic approach to every individual we engage with, whether it be our members, our clients, or each other. We are all worthy of respect and understanding and we engage in our interactions with care and intention. We honor our stories. We listen to—and hear—each other, we celebrate our differences and similarities, we are present for each other, and we strive for mutual understanding.

• We redefine what is possible

We always look beyond the obstacles in front of us to imagine new solutions. We approach our work with inspiration from other industries, other leaders, and other challenges. We use ingenuity and resourcefulness when faced with tough problems.

• We debate then commit

We believe that a spirit of open discourse is part of a healthy culture. We understand and appreciate different perspectives and we challenge our assumptions. When working toward a decision or a new solution, we actively listen to one another, approach it with a “yes, and” mentality, and assume positive intent. Once a decision is made, we align and champion it as one team.

• We cultivate grit

Changing healthcare doesn’t happen overnight. We reflect and learn from challenges and approach the future with a determination to strive for better. In the face of daunting situations, we value persistence. We embrace failure as a stepping stone to future success. On this journey, we seek to act with guts, resilience, initiative, and tenacity.

• We seek to delight

Healthcare is complicated and personal. We work tirelessly to meet the goals of our clients while also delivering the best experience to our members. We recognize that no matter the role or team, we each play a crucial part in our members’ care and take that responsibility seriously. When faced with an obstacle, we are kind, respectful, and solution-oriented in our approach. We hold ourselves accountable to our clients and our members’ success.

Rightway is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes in the strength of diverse thought, beliefs, backgrounds, and education. We foster an inclusive culture where differences are celebrated to drive the best business decisions possible. We do not discriminate on any basis protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, need, and performance.