Staff Software Engineer

DirectSupply

Senior Software Engineer leading AI-enhanced software development for healthcare technology at Direct Supply. Mentoring engineers while architecting scalable AI solutions and improving efficiency.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeDurham • North Carolina, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor engineers in AI-first development methodologies and best practices.
Architect and scale AI-enhanced systems, ensuring security, scalability, and high performance.
Integrate AI-driven capabilities such as chatbot assistants, image-based diagnostics, and automated content creation into products.
Drive adoption of AI-powered engineering tools (e.g., LLM-augmented IDEs, automation frameworks) to enhance development efficiency.
Implement observability and monitoring systems to track AI application performance and ensure proactive issue resolution.
Design and optimize AI-driven APIs and microservices for seamless interaction with models, applications, and databases.
Stay engaged with AI and engineering communities, bringing cutting-edge practices and insights back to the team.
Mentor engineers on technical execution, business impact, and AI-first strategic thinking.
Balance execution speed with innovation, rapidly testing and iterating AI-driven features.
Work in an agile environment, ensuring high-quality, scalable software solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5-7+ years of software development experience,
2+ years working on AI-powered applications or AI-integrated solutions.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI-driven applications (provide examples using models like Hugging Face or APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic).
Proficiency in Microsoft environments (Visual Studio, VS Code) and cloud services (AWS, Azure) for scalable AI applications.
Strong understanding of AI model cost optimization, infrastructure scaling, and performance tuning.
Experience integrating LLMs, agentic workflows, and autonomous AI systems into production environments.
Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead AI-first engineering transformations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous benefit package available.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI development methodologiesAI-driven applicationsAPI designmicroservicesperformance tuningcost optimizationautomation frameworksobservability systemsscalabilitysoftware development

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershipstrategic thinkinginnovationexecution speedcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingagile methodologybusiness impact