
AI Engineer
PicnicHealth
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build AI agents that automate labor-intensive clinical study workflows—like drafting clinical trial documentation
- Extend and improve our agent framework (built on pydantic-ai) and the infrastructure that supports it
- Build data pipelines that give our agents access to the research and context they need
- Collaborate directly with study project managers, clinicians, and other stakeholders to understand problems and deliver solutions
- Do whatever it takes to ship—including scrappy UI work when that's what's blocking progress
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience writing production code in Python
- Deep experience with LLMs—not just API calls, but defining tools, understanding failure modes, and developing intuition for how to get reliable results
- Experience building agents that actually work in production
- Comfort navigating complex dev environments (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud-based development) well enough to unblock yourself
- Openness to occasional frontend work, especially with AI coding tools in your toolbelt
- Ability to explain technical tradeoffs to PMs and clinicians and incorporate their feedback quickly
- Self-direction and drive to move projects forward without detailed specs
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including above market Health, Dental, Vision
- Family friendly environment
- Flexible time off
- 401k plan
- Free PicnicHealth account
- Equipment and internet funds for home office set up
- Wellness Stipend
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonLLMsdata pipelinesproduction codeagent frameworkpydantic-aiUI developmentfrontend developmentDockerKubernetes
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationself-directiondriveadaptabilityfeedback incorporationtechnical explanation