Senior Applied AI Engineer

Abby Care

Senior Applied AI Engineer building reliable agents and production AI systems for Abby Care’s AI-native family-led home-care platform. Improving clinical, billing, and operational workflows.

Posted 9/11/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating AI systems, with a strong foundation in software engineering and machine learning. Capable of leading cross-functional projects, mentoring engineers, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.

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5+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceAI System DevelopmentLanguage Models and Retrieval SystemsMentoring EngineersHealthcare or Fintech Experience

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningApplied AIBackend SystemsData ModelingModel Fine-TuningProbabilistic Systems AnalysisAPIsTestingObservabilitySynthetic Data Generation

Soft Skills

Cross-Functional Problem SolvingClear CommunicationJudgment in AI Applications

Tools & Technologies

Model APIsWorkflow EnginesState MachinesDocument IntelligenceKnowledge Graphs

Industry Keywords

HealthcareFintechInsuranceRegulated EnvironmentOperations-Intensive Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own high-impact AI systems end to end, from workflow discovery and technical design through production deployment, iteration, and measurable outcomes
Develop reliable agents and copilots that reason over structured and unstructured data, use internal tools, and execute multi-step workflows
Design systems combining models, retrieval, rules, state machines, and human oversight to handle incomplete information, conflicting evidence, changing requirements, and operational edge cases
Create representative datasets, evaluation harnesses, production tracing, confidence-based escalation, and systematic error-analysis processes
Integrate AI capabilities into complete intake, care delivery, billing, and operations workflows
Collaborate with Product, Design, Clinical, Operations, Analytics, Platform, and System of Record engineers
Contribute reusable platform capabilities and architectural decisions
Mentor engineers and improve how the team builds and operates Applied AI systems
Report to the Applied AI Leader
Build AI systems for Abby Care's AI-native platform supporting family-led home care, including clinical documentation, prior authorization, nursing support, billing risk, and operational follow-up

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering, machine learning, or Applied AI experience
Experience building and operating AI- or machine-learning-powered systems in production
Strong hands-on experience with language models, retrieval systems, structured generation, model APIs, or agent architectures
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including backend systems, APIs, data modeling, testing, and observability
Experience designing evaluations and analyzing the behavior of probabilistic systems
Ability to own ambiguous, cross-functional problems through implementation and iteration
Strong judgment about where AI is appropriate and where deterministic approaches or human review are required
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and nontechnical partners
Experience mentoring engineers, leading technically complex projects, or influencing architectural decisions
Must reside in or be willing to permanently relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
Experience with model fine-tuning, post-training, reinforcement learning, synthetic data generation, multimodal models, document intelligence, knowledge graphs, ontologies, workflow engines, or state machines is preferred but not required
Experience in healthcare, fintech, insurance, or another regulated and operations-intensive environment is preferred but not required
Successful completion of a background check, satisfactory references, and any required documentation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages
Medical, dental, and vision insurance options, including a $0 deductible PPO
Company-funded HSA
Employer-paid life and disability insurance
Generous paid time off
10 paid company holidays
HSA contributions
Optional FSA and commuter benefits
Full coverage of all 401(k) account fees (employer match not currently offered)
Paid parental leave
Equity