
Staff AI Engineer
Rula
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Hawaii • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $200,700 - $236,200 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptPythonTypeScript
About the role
- Define the core technical systems that make this possible.
- Architect and scale production-grade Generative AI powering patient conversations, provider decision support, and clinical operations.
- Build infrastructure that turns experimentation into reliable, real-world impact in healthcare.
- Work across AI research, platform engineering, product, and clinical teams to design systems that are safe, observable, and built for scale in a regulated environment.
- Set technical direction, mentor other engineers, and help shape Rula’s AI roadmap.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering, including 7+ years of experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, etc.), 5+ years designing and scaling distributed systems.
- 5+ years of deep experience in Python and at least one backend language (preferably JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or Go)
- 1+ years of proven track record building production-grade AI systems, such as training, inference, evaluation, and safeguards that power AI product features at scale
- Strong expertise in LLM integration patterns (RAG, function calling, agents, memory routing, etc.), AI orchestration frameworks (eg. LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy, Haystack), and vector databases (eg. Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, Milvus).
- Deep understanding of AIOps, data pipelines, evaluation, and observability systems for continuous model improvement.
- Strong and effective communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field.
Benefits
- 100% remote work environment: Working hours to support a healthy work-life balance, ensuring you can meet both professional and personal commitments (must be based in United States, currently not hiring in Hawaii)
- Attractive pay and benefits: Full transparency of pay ranges regardless of where you live in the United States
- Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
- 401(k) plan access: Start saving for your future
- Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care (for most employees)
- Paid parental leave: Available for all parents, including birthing, non-birthing, adopting, and fostering
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Support for your mental and physical health
- New hire home office stipend: Set up your workspace for success
- Quarterly department stipend: Fund team-building activities or in-person gatherings
- Wellness events and lunch & learns: Explore a variety of engaging topics
- Community and employee resource groups: Participate in groups that celebrate employee identity and lived experiences, fostering a sense of community and belonging for all
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software engineeringPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaGodistributed systemsAI systemsAIOpsdata pipelines
Soft skills
communicationmentoringtechnical direction
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Machine Learning