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Recruiting from Scratch · 1 day ago

Founding Engineer

Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing top talent at innovative companies. They are seeking a Founding Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of core AI systems for medical coding and revenue cycle workflows in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.

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Growth Opportunities
Hiring Manager
Arsen Petrosyan
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Responsibilities

Design and build RAG systems over clinical notes, billing data, and coding guidelines
Adapt and fine-tune LLMs (LoRA/QLoRA, instruction tuning) for medical coding and explanations
Help architect and operate GCP-based infrastructure (Cloud Run/GKE, Vertex AI, BigQuery, Pub/Sub)
Build evaluation and feedback loops to measure accuracy and quality
Own integrations with EHRs, RCM systems, and other healthcare data sources

Qualification

LLM + RAG systemsModel adaptation techniquesBackend engineering (Python)Healthcare experienceHIPAA complianceVertex AI familiarityMove quicklyOwnership mindset

Required

Experience building and shipping LLM + RAG systems in production
Hands-on experience with model adaptation or fine-tuning techniques
Strong backend engineering skills (Python, TypeScript, or similar)
Comfortable working with messy, real-world data and production systems
Ownership mindset and ability to move quickly in an early-stage startup
Healthcare, EHR, or medical coding experience (ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS)
Experience handling PHI and working in HIPAA-regulated environments
Familiarity with Vertex AI or high-performance inference
NYC-based or able to be in-office periodically

Benefits

Meaningful early-stage equity.

Company

Recruiting from Scratch

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A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

Leadership Team

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Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
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Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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