Forward Deployed Engineer, Healthcare

OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer deploying OpenAI production AI systems for healthcare organizations. Owning architecture, implementation, evaluation, and regulated production launches in NYC.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $198,000 - $294,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing AI applications within healthcare environments, focusing on interoperability, security, and compliance with regulations such as HIPAA. Proven ability to translate complex healthcare workflows into technical solutions while ensuring production readiness and operational efficiency.

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AI Application DevelopmentHealthcare Workflow IntegrationEHR Systems ExperienceTechnical Solution OwnershipInteroperability Standards Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringML/AI EngineeringSolutions EngineeringTechnical ConsultingArchitecture DesignImplementationEvaluationProduction DeploymentError AnalysisModel Selection

Soft Skills

Strong JudgmentCollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

EpicOracle Health/CernerMEDITECHHL7FHIREnterprise APIsData PlatformsClaims SystemsOperational Tools

Industry Keywords

PHIHIPAAPrivacySecurityGovernanceAuditabilityClinical OperationsRevenue Cycle ManagementPatient AccessHealth Information Exchanges

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical solution end to end, from customer discovery and workflow scoping through architecture, hands-on implementation, evaluation, production deployment, adoption, and handoff.
Partner with customer engineers, operators, and domain experts to frame ambiguous problems and translate healthcare workflows into technical requirements and measurable outcomes.
Design and implement production AI applications and agentic systems integrating with customer infrastructure, enterprise APIs, data platforms, EHRs, claims systems, and operational tools.
Build safeguards for PHI, HIPAA, privacy, security, authorization, governance, auditability, and other regulated-delivery requirements.
Define and operationalize evaluations, validation evidence, human-review workflows, escalation paths, and launch criteria.
Use evaluation results, error analysis, observability, and customer feedback to improve reliability, performance, model selection, workflow impact, and production readiness.
Distill deployment learnings into reference architectures, interoperability and integration patterns, evaluation harnesses, security controls, and reusable technical primitives.
Collaborate with customer technical and operational teams and internal Business, Research, Product, Engineering, and Security partners.
Translate deployment learnings into product improvements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of software engineering, ML/AI engineering, solutions engineering, technical consulting, or comparable experience
Experience operating as a senior engineer, tech lead, or deployment owner making technical decisions in ambiguous environments
Hands-on ownership of technical discovery, architecture, implementation, evaluation, productionization, and handoff for complex customer-facing or enterprise systems
Healthcare experience with payer workflows, provider operations, EHR systems, or interoperability standards such as Epic, HL7, and FHIR
Exposure to clinical operations, revenue cycle management, patient access, contact centers, EHR, and interoperability technologies
Experience with Epic, Oracle Health/Cerner, MEDITECH, HL7, FHIR, or health information exchanges
Experience shipping complex systems as a forward deployed/customer engineer, healthcare engineer, EHR/interoperability/revenue-cycle/payer-tech engineer, technical consultant/integrator, regulated-enterprise solutions architect, or technical founder/early engineering leader
Strong judgment in AI evaluation, privacy, security, governance, and reliability
Ability to work from the NYC office three days per week
Willingness to travel up to 50%
Clinical credentials and prior FDE titles are not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense accounts
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave
Paid medical and caregiver leave
Flexible PTO for exempt employees
Up to 15 paid days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Paid coordinated company office closures
Paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend
Daily meals in offices
Meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided
Hybrid work model