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Hippocratic AI · 10 hours ago

Agent Deployment Engineer (Residency Program)

positionPalo Alto, CA
timeContract
remoteOnsite
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$55/hr - $55/hr

Hippocratic AI is the leading generative AI company in healthcare, focused on transforming patient outcomes with a safety-first approach. The Junior Agent Deployment Engineer will design and implement prompting strategies for autonomous clinical dialogues, collaborating with various teams to enhance patient interactions and safety.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIHealth CareInformation Technology
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and iterate prompting strategies within our state-of-the-art conversation planning layer to enable end-to-end agentic workflows
Partner with Product, Engineering, Model, and Deployment Architecture teams to deliver autonomous, patient-oriented clinical conversations that meet safety and quality bars
Author and maintain reusable prompt patterns, guards, and fallbacks to improve reliability, clinical safety, and user experience
Run targeted experiments (A/Bs and offline evals), analyze outputs, and use findings to optimize prompts, flows, and tooling
Contribute lightweight Python utilities and configs that instrument, evaluate, and ship agents quickly and safely

Qualification

PythonLLM promptingBackend project experienceDatabasesRESTful APIsAI/ML conceptsWillingness to learnWeb frameworksData privacy awarenessProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent coursework/projects)
Proficiency with Python and comfort building small tools/CLI scripts
Hands-on LLM prompting experience (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) in professional or personal projects
Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn in a fast-moving environment

Preferred

Backend project experience (personal, academic, or internship)
Exposure to databases and RESTful APIs
Foundational understanding of AI/ML concepts—or a strong desire to learn
Familiarity with modern web frameworks (e.g., Flask, Django, or Spring Boot)
Awareness of data privacy and security best practices in regulated settings (healthcare a plus)

Company

Hippocratic AI

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Hippocratic AI is a healthcare technology company that develops safety-focused large-language models for medical applications.
dateFounded in 2023
location
Palo Alto, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://www.hippocraticai.com

H1B Sponsorship

Hippocratic AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9)
2024 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$402M
Key Investors
AvenirKleiner PerkinsNVentures
2025-11-03Series C· $126M
2025-01-09Series B· $141M
2024-09-19Series A· $17M

Leadership Team

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Alex Miller
Co-Founder
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Amy McCarthy
Chief Nursing Officer
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Recent News

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2026-01-09
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