
Technical Lead
OpenLoop
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
BigQueryCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesNode.jsPythonTypeScript
About the role
- Architect distributed, compliant backend systems on GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
- Own system design decisions, including service boundaries, data schemas, and language tradeoffs (Go, Python, TypeScript)
- Lead integration and orchestration of AI models, including open-source LLMs, embeddings, and speech pipelines
- Optimize prompts, evaluations, and agent behavior using tools like LangFuse
- Drive observability: event-driven ingestion, tracing, automated QA for call transcripts and EHR data (FHIR/Medplum)
- Act as a player-coach: contribute to core code paths while mentoring engineers
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Clinical Ops to align technical strategy
- Champion reliability, compliance (HIPAA/SOC2), and scalable engineering practices
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years as a Tech Lead or team lead
- Expert-level skill in at least one of Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node, with ability to review full-stack code
- Deep experience building distributed systems, containerized deployments (Docker, k8s, Cloud Run), and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with LLMs: open-source model hosting (vLLM, Ollama), embeddings, and RAG design
- Familiarity with regulated domains (HIPAA, SOC 2) and/or healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7)
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to turn complexity into crisp RFCs and clear direction
- Bias toward action with comfort in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k) + Company Match
- Life Insurance, Pet insurance, and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
GoPythonTypeScriptDockerKubernetesGCPevent-driven architecturesdistributed systemsAI modelsopen-source LLMs
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingreliabilitycomplianceaction-orientedadaptabilitystrategic thinking