Staff AI Engineer

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 198,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Mental health resources

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff AI Engineer for a remote role in healthcare technology. You will define the technical direction for AI-enabled engineering workflows, partnering with product and engineering to improve how software is built, validated, and delivered while focusing on safe autonomy and privacy-aware design.

You will lead by example in AI-native engineering practices, extend workflows across the SDLC, and collaborate cross-functionally to turn ideas into reliable production systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building and operating production systems.
• Experience with agentic coding workflows or autonomous loops.
• Ability to identify bottlenecks across the software lifecycle.
• Proven technical leadership without direct management.
• Strong background in mobile or backend APIs, concurrency, reliability.
• Knowledge of security and privacy when handling sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for the agentic pipeline, ensuring reliability and improved developer experience.
• Extend agentic workflows across the entire software development lifecycle, from code generation to post-deployment signals.
• Prototype new workflows rapidly and transition them into production infrastructure.
• Manage AI in production, including evaluation sets and performance metrics.
• Design safe autonomy with appropriate guardrails and privacy considerations.
• Lead by example in AI-native engineering practices across the organization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure cohesive system development and trade-off management.

Skills

Production systems

Technical leadership

Autonomous workflows

Backend APIs

Security & privacy

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance & reliability

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff AI Engineer to join the team of a leader in the Healthcare space.
This role will shape the technical direction for AI-enabled engineering workflows that improve how software is built, validated, and delivered. The person in this position will partner closely with product, engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders to identify bottlenecks across the software development lifecycle and turn promising ideas into reliable production systems. A strong focus will be placed on safe autonomy, performance measurement, and privacy-aware design in a highly sensitive environment.
Location: Remote
Compensation: $198,050 – $233,000 annually
Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for the agentic pipeline, ensuring reliability and improved developer experience
• Extend agentic workflows across the entire software development lifecycle, from code generation to post-deployment signals
• Prototype new workflows rapidly and transition them into production infrastructure
• Manage AI in production, including evaluation sets and performance metrics
• Design safe autonomy with appropriate guardrails and privacy considerations
• Lead by example in AI-native engineering practices across the organization
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure cohesive system development and trade-off management

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in building and operating production systems, particularly in developer tooling or AI infrastructure
• Experience with agentic coding workflows or autonomous loops in a real engineering organization
• Ability to think holistically about the software development lifecycle and identify bottlenecks
• Proven technical leadership skills, influencing teams without direct management
• Strong fundamentals in mobile or backend APIs, concurrency, and reliability
• Fluency in one domain (backend, iOS, or Android) with the ability to adapt to others quickly
• Understanding of security and privacy in handling sensitive data

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance, along with mental health resources
• A consumer health product for personal use and discounts for friends and family
• 20 days of paid time off, 13 paid holidays, and 8 flexible wellness days
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.