Staff Software Engineer, Continuity

Rad AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision,

Life insurance

HSA employer-match

401(k)

11 Paid Company Holidays

Flexible PTO

Annual company-wide offsite

Periodic team offsites

Equipment stipend

Job summary

Rad AI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join a high-performance cross‑functional team building AI-powered radiology software in San Francisco. You will develop scalable web applications and Python/FastAPI backend services, and collaborate with ML, data science, and product teams to deliver secure, reliable features for healthcare providers.

You will mentor engineers, address performance challenges, and drive best practices across a HIPAA-compliant environment while delivering impactful

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry engineering experience in multi‑tenanted environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Python and FastAPI, or equivalent modern frameworks.
• Experience with relational and document databases and large-scale data storage.
• Experience with unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of modern web architecture and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale progressive and single-page web applications to streamline workflows.
• Develop Python, FastAPI backend services including REST APIs and ML pipelines.
• Build features for a growing customer base and ensure security and maintainability.
• Write code aligned with HIPAA-ready standards for high-scale environments.
• Collaborate with Product, ML, Data Science, Customer Success, and others to iterate on features.
• Champion improvements in product quality, security, and performance across the team.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

REST API

Unit testing

Distributed systems

Git

Performance optimization

AI/ML tooling

Tools

PostgreSQL

Auth0

Amplitude

Job description

About Rad AI

At Rad AI, we're on a mission to transform healthcare with artificial intelligence. Founded by a radiologist, our AI-driven solutions are revolutionizing radiology-saving time, reducing burnout, and improving patient care. With one of the largest proprietary radiology report datasets in the world, our AI has helped uncover hundreds of new cancer diagnoses and reduced error rates in tens of millions of radiology reports by nearly 50%. Rad AI has secured over $140M in funding, including a recently oversubscribed Series C ($68M round) led by Transformation Capital, bringing our valuation to $528M. Our investors include Khosla Ventures, World Innovation Lab, Gradient Ventures, Cone Health Ventures, and others- backing our mission to empower physicians with cutting-edge AI. Our latest advancements in generative AI are used by thousands of radiologists daily, supporting more than one-third of radiology groups and healthcare systems and nearly 50% of all medical imaging in the U.S. at partners including Cone Health, Jefferson Einstein Health, Geisinger, Guthrie Healthcare System, and Henry Ford Health. Recognized as one of the most promising healthcare AI companies by CB Insights and AuntMinnie, and ranked by Deloitte as the 19th fastest-growing company in North America, we are building AI-powered solutions that make a real impact. Most recently, Rad AI was named to CNBC's Disruptor 50 list, highlighting the innovation and momentum behind our mission.

About Continuity

Continuity is Rad AI's care coordination and follow-up product, helping radiology teams make sure important findings do not fall through the cracks. The team builds and operates the applications, APIs, and integrations that turn clinical data into actionable workflows for customers, with a strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence in a sensitive healthcare environment. This work sits at the intersection of product, engineering, implementations, and customer needs, and is central to helping Rad AI deliver measurable value for health systems and radiology practices.

Why Join Us

We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our team building the future of radiology. This role will work alongside our high-performing cross‑functional team of Full Stack Engineers, ML Engineers, Product Leaders, and various other teams internally and externally to develop this responsive and performant application.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop on large-scale progressive and single page web applications that streamline user workflows and increase their efficiency and effectiveness
• Develop our Python, FastAPI backend services including a REST API and ML pipeline services
• Build new features that support our rapidly growing number of customers
• Write code that meets our internal standards for security, style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale HIPAA web environment
• Work with Product Management, ML, Data Science, Customer Success and other stakeholders to iterate on new features and address defects
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have impact across your team
• Mentor engineers on the team through technical guidance, code reviews, design collaboration, and development of strong engineering practices.

Who We're Looking For

• 7+ years of industry engineering experience with single and multi‑tenanted environments
• In-depth knowledge of Python and FastAPI, or equivalent modern languages/frameworks
• Knowledge of relational and document based databases, as well as other large scale data storage paradigms
• Knowledge of modern web architecture and best practices
• Experience with unit and integration testing
• Experience working on a distributed team and strong version control skills using git
• Experience with performance and optimization problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to diagnose and prevent these problems
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools and workflows to improve engineering productivity, while maintaining high standards for code quality, reliability, and security.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience with 3rd‑party integrations such as Auth0, Amplitude
• Experience working at an early‑stage startup
• Experience in a HIPAA‑compliant environment, especially with FHIR and HL7
• Experience working on machine learning

Join our world‑class team as we build and deploy AI solutions that empower physicians and transform patient care-making a meaningful impact on millions of lives. Driven by our mission, we prioritize transparency, inclusion, and close collaboration, bringing together exceptional people to revolutionize healthcare. If you're passionate about driving innovation and delivering impactful healthcare solutions, we'd love to hear from you!

To learn more about what it's like to work at Rad AI, visit https://www.radai.com/life-at-rad-ai and be sure to follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date!

For US-Based Full-Time Roles, Rad AI offers a variety of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
• HSA (with employer match), FSA, & DCFSA
• 401(k)
• 11 Paid Company Holidays
• Flexible PTO policy
• Annual company-wide offsite
• Periodic team offsites
• Annual equipment stipend
• For roles based outside the US, your recruiter can share more details

At Rad AI, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Compensation Range: $175K - $230K