Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI to join the team of a leader in the Healthcare space.
This role will shape and deliver AI-powered capabilities that improve how healthcare organizations and their users interact with the platform. You will design production-grade LLM workflows, build full-stack experiences, and partner closely with product teams to bring reliable AI use cases to life. The position also calls for strong technical judgment around evaluation, observability, and deployment quality so the team can ship confidently. In addition, you will help guide architecture and technical direction as the organization expands its applied AI capabilities.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $200,000 – $260,000 annually
Responsibilities
Design and build LLM pipelines for product AI features
Develop full-stack features using Python and TypeScript/React
Prompt-engineer and iterate on LLM prompts
Strengthen evaluation frameworks for reliable deployments
Enhance production observability through accuracy signals
Contribute to architecture and technical direction
Partner with product teams to support AI use cases
Advise on the application of AI solutions
Qualifications
5+ years of software engineering experience
Experience in a startup or 0-to-1 environment
Strong full-stack web application experience in Python
Shipped agentic LLM workflows to production
Experience with LLM workflow evaluation
Familiarity with prompt engineering
Fluent with AI coding tools
Strong communication skills
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
Employer HSA Contribution
401(k) Retirement Plan
Equity Incentive Plan
Annual company-wide bonus up to 15%
Remote-first culture with co-working reimbursements
Flexible vacation policy
Summer Fridays with additional time off
Home office and wellness stipend
Monthly internet stipend
Annual learning and development stipend
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Design and build LLM pipelines for product AI features
- Develop full-stack features using Python and TypeScript/React
- Prompt-engineer and iterate on LLM prompts
- Strengthen evaluation frameworks for reliable deployments
- Enhance production observability through accuracy signals
- Contribute to architecture and technical direction
- Partner with product teams to support AI use cases
- Advise on the application of AI solutions
Qualifications
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience in a startup or 0-to-1 environment
- Strong full-stack web application experience in Python
- Shipped agentic LLM workflows to production
- Experience with LLM workflow evaluation
- Familiarity with prompt engineering
- Fluent with AI coding tools
- Strong communication skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Employer HSA Contribution
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Equity Incentive Plan
- Annual company-wide bonus up to 15%
- Remote-first culture with co-working reimbursements
- Flexible vacation policy
- Summer Fridays with additional time off
- Home office and wellness stipend
- Monthly internet stipend
- Annual learning and development stipend
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.