AI Engineer

DirectSupply

AI Engineer designing and operating AI systems for healthcare delivery. Collaborating with customers and product teams to improve care for millions of seniors.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate systems in customer-facing production environments
Translate ambiguous business and customer problems into prototypes & technical specs
Track AI capabilities and apply them where they create clear leverage
Own the full application lifecycle: product discovery, experimentation, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
Own system design, tradeoffs, and long-term scaling and maintainability
Build code bases that are legible to agents and other developers; drive the organization forward on tooling
Partner with product managers to enhance their product vision, including with AI-native solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years in software engineering or applied AI
Experience working with AI development tools in full-stack applications
Experience designing AI-based solutions to real workflows
Working knowledge of cloud and frontier AI platforms
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (Nice to Have)
Experience operating AI systems in production, with attention to evaluation, cost, and performance tradeoffs (Nice to Have)
Background in high-ambiguity environments with proximity to customers (e.g., early-stage startups, forward-deployed engineering, internal product teams) (Nice to Have)
Experience in large-scale Python, C#, and TypeScript codebases (Nice to Have)
Experience integrating AI solutions into existing, established products (Nice to Have)
Experience working with healthcare, regulated, or sensitive data (Nice to Have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous benefit package available.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringapplied AIAI development toolsAI-based solutionscloud platformsPythonC#TypeScriptsystem designapplication lifecycle

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilitycreativityattention to detailorganizational skillscustomer focusinnovationleadership

Certifications

degree in Computer Sciencedegree in Engineeringdegree in Data Science