Tech Lead, Applied AI

Abby Care

Applied AI Technical Lead responsible for building AI systems at Abby Care for home care transformation. Overseeing technical architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $230,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Applied AI, including the architecture and delivery of AI-powered products, while leading and mentoring engineering teams. Proficient in designing systems that handle complex data and establishing rigorous evaluation methodologies for AI systems.

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Applied AI ExperienceMachine Learning ExpertiseSystem Design FundamentalsTechnical LeadershipCommunication Skills

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringMachine LearningAI-Powered Product DevelopmentBackend ArchitectureData ModelingEvaluation MethodologiesAgent ArchitecturesRetrieval SystemsStructured OutputsProbabilistic Systems

Soft Skills

MentoringProduct JudgmentOperational JudgmentStakeholder AlignmentProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

Healthcare WorkflowsRevenue Cycle ManagementComplianceHuman-in-the-LoopHuman-on-the-LoopQuality MonitoringSafetyReliabilityLatencyCost Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the Applied AI vision and roadmap: Define how AI will transform workflows across intake and enrollment, care delivery, revenue cycle management, and compliance. Partner with Engineering, Product, Clinical, Operations, and Analytics to prioritize the highest-leverage opportunities.
Build the intelligence layer of Abby Care’s operating system: Architect and develop agentic systems that reason over complex information, interact with internal tools, and execute consequential healthcare workflows end to end.
Design for safe and scalable autonomy: Establish human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop patterns based on risk, reversibility, confidence, and regulatory requirements, combining AI with deterministic systems where appropriate.
Create shared AI foundations: Build reusable capabilities for orchestration, retrieval, knowledge representation, tool use, memory, structured outputs, evaluation, tracing, and feedback loops.
Establish production and evaluation rigor: Define how Abby Care measures, monitors, and improves AI systems across quality, safety, reliability, latency, cost, and downstream operational outcomes.
Build and lead the Applied AI function: Recruit and mentor engineers, set a high technical bar, embed AI engineers into domain teams, and remain hands-on in the most ambiguous and technically critical areas.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, or Applied AI, with significant experience building production systems.
Demonstrated experience defining the architecture and leading the delivery of AI-powered products or platforms.
Strong hands-on experience with modern language models, agent architectures, retrieval systems, tool use, structured outputs, and evaluation.
Experience designing systems that operate over complex, incomplete, or unstructured real-world data.
Strong software engineering and system-design fundamentals, including backend architecture, APIs, distributed systems, and data modeling.
Experience establishing evaluation methodologies and production monitoring for probabilistic systems.
Demonstrated ability to identify high-leverage problems and drive them from ambiguous problem definition through measurable outcomes.
Experience providing technical leadership across teams and mentoring senior engineers.
Strong product and operational judgment, including the ability to balance autonomy, reliability, speed, cost, and risk.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Must reside in or be willing to permanently relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages that reflect the value you bring. We reward our team for the impact of their work.
Comprehensive health coverage that works for you. Choose from high-quality medical dental and vision options, including a $0 deductible PPO and a company-funded HSA, alongside employer-paid life and disability insurance.
Generous paid time off. We provide policies that allow you to recharge along with 10 paid company holidays.
Financial savings benefits to support your future. We support your financial well-being with HSA contributions, optional FSA and commuter benefits, and full coverage of all 401(k) account fees (employer match not currently offered).
Paid parental leave to support your growing family. We provide paid leave, so you can focus on bonding and adjusting to life as your family grows.