
Founding Engineer – AI-Native Ops Infrastructure
Legion Health
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $190,000 per year
About the role
- Own our event-driven backend – Architect and scale our Node.js / TypeScript / Supabase (Postgres) / AWS stack.
- Build real LLM agents as coworkers – Implement tool use, retries, memory, and safety rails.
- Shape human + AI ops UX – Build internal tools used by both humans and agents.
- Define world-state & simulation – Model the canonical state of a patient’s journey across time.
- Own data, safety & compliance – Engineer HIPAA-compliant pipelines for transcripts, events, and EHR data.
- Drive architecture & strategy – Work directly with me to debate tradeoffs, define new primitives, and decide what we build next.
Requirements
- You’ve owned real systems 0→1 or 1→N, not just tickets.
- You think in events, state, and invariants, not just CRUD endpoints.
- You’re either already LLM-fluent or a strong systems/backend engineer who can get dangerous fast.
- You care about velocity and correctness—moving quickly while keeping things understandable and robust.
- You like small, high-candor teams and direct feedback.
- You want to see your work go live in production weekly, not sit on a roadmap.
- Experience with Node.js / TypeScript, Postgres, or Supabase.
- Experience with LLMs, agents, tool-calling, or RAG.
- Experience in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated / high-stakes domains.
- Experience in early-stage startups or founding teams.
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Early-Stage Equity: 0.2%–0.8% meaningful early ownership
- Additional Perks: In-person retreats, meal stipends, etc.
- Time Off: Flexible, unlimited vacation policy
- Work Hours: Flexible but demanding because we're literally saving lives
- Autonomy and Learning: Ownership over your projects with the freedom to set priorities, shape processes, and drive outcomes end-to-end.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Node.jsTypeScriptPostgresSupabaseLLMsevent-driven architecturedata pipelinesHIPAA compliancebackend engineeringsystem design
Soft skills
problem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityfeedback receptivenessvelocity focuscorrectness emphasisteamworkcommunicationcritical thinkingownership