Staff AI Infrastructure Architect for Scalable Healthcare

Assured Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Office lunches

Job summary

Assured is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect, build, and productize our AI/ML infrastructure. You'll bridge research, product, customers, and engineering, driving AI adoption from strategy through production at scale.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments, enjoys owning things end to end, and wants their work to have a measurable impact on an industry that desperately needs modern infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems or workflow-heavy SaaS platforms.
• Deep experience implementing AI harnesses.
• Recent experience in startups.
• Proven ability to own architecture and make high-stakes technical decisions in ambiguous, high-growth environments.
• Deep understanding of modern cloud architecture and full software stacks.
• Excellent communication — able to clearly explain technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences alike.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve a modular architecture to power configurable healthcare workflows at scale.
• Build a workflow orchestration engine capable of handling thousands of concurrent stateful tasks (credentialing, verification, enrollment).
• Define and optimize integration frameworks to connect with thousands of external systems — web portals, APIs, PDFs, spreadsheets.
• Drive reliability, auditability, and performance through observability, self-healing, and clear fault-domain boundaries.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

Effective communication

AI/ML infrastructure

Startup experience

Job description

Assured is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect, build, and productize our AI/ML infrastructure. You'll bridge research, product, customers, and engineering, driving AI adoption from strategy through production at scale.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments, enjoys owning things end to end, and wants their work to have a measurable impact on an industry that desperately needs modern infrastructure.