Senior Founding Engineer, Platform
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Title of Role: Senior Founding Engineer Platform
Location: New York / San Francisco / Remote (Hybrid 3 days/week onsite in NY or SF)
Company Stage of Funding: Series A ($12M raised)
Office Type: Hybrid
Salary: $160000 $200000 Competitive Equity
Visa: Visa sponsorship not available (relocation support available)
Company Description
Our client is a fast-growing healthcare AI company building the operating system for autism care.
The company provides AI-powered infrastructure that enables clinicians to start run and scale autism therapy practices by automating core operational workflows including billing scheduling payroll documentation and patient communication.
The company has seen rapid traction growing 30% month-over-month and already supporting hundreds of children across dozens of under a year they have scaled from zero to multi-million dollar revenue and raised a $10M Series A.
Backed by top-tier investors and experienced operators the company is building foundational infrastructure for modern autism care delivery combining healthcare operations with AI-driven automation.
What You Will Do
Lead architecture and execution of core platform systems powering healthcare operations
Own backend systems for payouts payroll billing and financial infrastructure
Design and maintain core data models state machines and system logic
Build production-grade backend services in Python (7090% backend focus)
Design schema migrations and evolve production systems safely
Build infrastructure for LLM-powered clinical workflows
Ensure systems are auditable reliable and HIPAA-compliant
Design APIs and backend contracts for platform features
Work closely with product and clinical operations teams
Own platform stability and system correctness end-to-end
Make architectural decisions for scalability and long-term reliability
Help stabilize early-stage production systems under rapid growth
Ideal Candidate Background
410 years of backend or fullstack engineering experience
Strong Python backend experience in production systems
Experience in high-accuracy environments (fintech healthcare insurance)
Strong system design and architecture experience
Experience building production APIs and backend services
Strong data modeling and database design skills
Experience at Series AC or high-growth startups
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
Preferred
Fintech healthcare or regulated systems experience
Stripe Brex Ramp Plaid Gusto or similar companies
Healthcare tech experience (Grow Therapy Headway Candid Health etc.)
Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB Firebase etc.)
Exposure to LLMs or AI systems in production
Event-driven systems or state machine design
Financial systems (ledger payroll payouts) experience
Strong Signals
Strong backend ownership in production systems
Experience building correctness-critical infrastructure
Stripe / Brex / Ramp / Plaid-type engineering background
Healthcare or fintech domain exposure
Strong CS fundamentals and system design ability
Ownership of architecture decisions in prior roles
Experience shipping in fast-growing startups
High attention to detail and production rigor
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary: $160000 $200000
Equity: Competitive early-stage equity
Hybrid work: 3 days/week onsite in NYC or SF
Relocation support available
High ownership founding engineer role
Direct access to founders and leadership
Opportunity to define core platform architecture
Why Join
This is a high-impact founding engineering role building the core systems behind healthcare operations for autism care providers.
You will own the platform architecture powering billing payroll scheduling and clinical workflows used in real production environments.
This role offers the opportunity to build foundational infrastructure in a fast-growing mission-critical healthcare domain with strong real-world impact.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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