Lead Applied LLM / Generative AI Software Engineer - Profitable Health Tech Startup jobs in United States
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Skyrocket Ventures ยท 2 days ago

Lead Applied LLM / Generative AI Software Engineer - Profitable Health Tech Startup

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$250K/yr - $250K/yr
date4+ years exp

Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for high growth technology companies, and they are seeking a Lead Applied LLM / Generative AI Software Engineer for a profitable health tech startup. The role involves individual contributorship transitioning to people management, focusing on building and deploying AI agents for healthcare applications and owning the architecture of backend systems.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1Bnote
Hiring Manager
Matthew Strassberg
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Responsibilities

Initially 100% individual contributorship, then ramping up to 50% of time on people management within 3-6 months
Building and deploying voice-based AI agents using LLMs for real-world tasks (e.g., recommendations, file handling, autonomous workflows)
Owning the end-to-end architecture across backend systems and AI pipelines
Designing and refining prompts for production-level LLM applications
Contributing to backend services and infrastructure (APIs, databases, job queues, etc.)
Solving open-ended problems independently and moving fast in a startup environment

Qualification

PythonAI/LLMs experienceBackend systems designAgentic AI experienceLangfuseNode.js familiarityVoice AI experienceStartup experienceEngineering mindset

Required

At least 4 years (the more the better) of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years working with AI/LLMs in production
BS/MS in Computer Science or similar
Strong Python skills
Experience designing backend systems at scale (APIs, databases, cloud infra)
Comfortable building AI agents that can plan and act autonomously
Engineering mindset: gets things done, production-focused, handles ambiguity well

Preferred

Agentic AI experience (e.g., multi-step planning agents, memory, tool use)
Langfuse
Startup experience
Node.js familiarity
Voice AI or intelligent assistant experience
You've worked on something real: shipped a live product, ideally one users can talk to

Benefits

Annual bonuses
Equity which could be valuable
Opportunities for frequent raises
Performance reviews every 6 months

Company

Skyrocket Ventures

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Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for high growth technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
dateFounded in 2010
location
Westlake Village, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
http://skyrocketventures.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
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