10+ years of experience in engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles within enterprise Data and AI systems
Experience building and leading teams with healthcare payers or large provider systems in a fast-paced environment
Deep understanding of healthcare infrastructure, ML and data pipelines, and key API standards
Proven track record of delivering secure, compliant software in the health tech domain
Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and familiarity with Generative AI frameworks and best practices
Responsibilities
Define and evolve the platform and product roadmap according to business priorities and customer expectations
Guide architectural decisions related to ML pipelines and API integrations
Collaborate closely with leadership to execute on the product vision
Align platform investments with business outcomes alongside Product and sales leaders
Manage infrastructure scalability and ensure data security and compliance in partnership with the CISO
Build and scale an efficient engineering organizational structure across geographies
Implement processes to ensure high quality and timely releases of products
Benefits
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in healthcare innovation
Autonomy and ownership in your role and growth path
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance fully covered by employer
Retirement plans including 401k and additional employee benefits
Support programs including disability insurance and employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
The Opportunity
We're seeking a transformative Head of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering teams as we accelerate adoption across major health systems, payers, and provider networks. This is an extremely mission-critical role for someone who's equal parts builder and a technology leader - ready to execute vision laid out by the leadership and product teams, get hands dirty to help expand, secure our scalable Agentic AI platform, grow a high-performing team, and ship enterprise-ready AI products that reshape how healthcare works. Working with the CTO office, you'll set the technical vision, lead cross-functional execution, and ensure we deliver with speed, quality, and resilience. If you've worked at the intersection of AI, healthcare infrastructure, and mission-critical systems - and you're ready to go deep and lead from the front.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Strategy
Define and evolve our platform and product roadmap aligned with business priorities and customer expectations
Guide architectural decisions across ML pipelines, APIs, and enterprise integrations
Work closely with leaders to collaborate and execute on the product vision
Be a partner to Product and sales/go-to-market leaders to align platform investments with business outcomes.
Own infrastructure scalability (Kubernetes on various clouds), data security, and compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2) working with CISO
Team Building & Execution
Own and evolve a high-leverage engineering org structure that scales across geographies and product lines.
Oversee best-in-class processes across CI/CD, code quality, information security, and observability to realize AgentOps lifecycle
Establish a release cadence by shipping product releases on a regular basis
Identify and grow technical leaders, create pathways for autonomy, and eliminate process friction.
Partner with customer solutions and forward deployment teams to accelerate delivery of product capabilities without sacrificing quality and stability
Build for resiliency and scale in mind - not just speed. You reduce toil through automation and uplift long-term system health.
Collaboration & Representation
Act as the face of Engineering with strategic customers, demonstrating deep platform knowledge and inspiring confidence
Understand customer infrastructure needs into scalable product capabilities that can be easily configured for customer deployments
Ensure our platform can support high-volume clinical workflows, interoperability, and analytics by creating and testing capabilities
Align GTM, Product, and Customer Ops to ensure delivery excellence and rapid iteration on feedback
Must-Have Qualifications
10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ in leadership roles building enterprise Data and AI systems
Built and led teams working with healthcare payers and/or large provider systems in a fast-paced setting like startups
Deep understanding of enterprise healthcare infrastructure, ML and data pipelines, and APIs (e.g. HL7, FHIR, EHR integrations), Application integration such as QNXT, Pega, Salesforce
Strong track record of shipping secure, compliant, production-grade software in health tech
Technical Knowledge & Deep Expertise
Prior experience in AI/ML infrastructure or knowledge automation using Agentic AI and Generative AI technologies and frameworks
Working knowledge of Generative AI patterns such as RAG, GraphRAG as well as prompt engineering best practices
Familiar with tools Kubernetes, Keda, Kafka, Agentic AI frameworks like LangGraph, Langchain, LlamaIndex, database technologies including fitment of product needs, and modern DevSecOps stacks
Help with navigating enterprise security, info sec. audits and vulnerabilities by automating common DevSecOps processes within the toolchain
Deep expertise is setting up scalable workload configurations in Kubernetes using common best practices such as pod and node autoscaling
Efficiency & Streamlined Processes
Review and optimize costs on infrastructure spend by creating dashboards with visibility into real-time spend metrics across SaaS and internal environments.
Optimize spend by evaluating instance types, GPU instances, execution patterns such as batch jobs for long running processes
Ensure faster installation of our platforms using IaC best practices such as Helm, Terraform automation resulting to a one-click deployment option or developing Agents
Streamline environments from creation to de-commissioning them across internal and customer environments
Establish quality gates from developer workstations to build systems using known tools such as Pylint, Pytest, SonarCube, Snyk
Culture Fit
Own it end-to-end: You take full responsibility, drive outcomes, and ship with excellence
Move with purpose: You prioritize speed, clarity, and impact over perfection
Elevate the team: You mentor others, simplify complexity, and build trust through action
Think bold, act bold: You challenge assumptions, raise the bar, and take smart risks
What We Offer
A chance to make a real impact in the future of healthcare
Autonomy, ownership, and the ability to chart your own growth path
Competitive compensation and benefits
100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance
Retirement plans (401k for US), disability insurance, employee assistance programs
To Apply
Send your resume and a short note about why you're excited about this role and how your financial leadership will shape the future of Autonomize AI to careers@autonomize.ai . We can't wait to hear your story!
