Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
About Abridge
Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters mosttheir patients.
Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built auditable AI we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.
We are a growing team of practicing MDs AI scientists PhDs creatives technologists and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense. We have offices located in the Mission District in San Francisco the SoHo neighborhood of New York and East Liberty in Pittsburgh.
The Role
Were looking for Software Engineers to join our growing Product Engineering team! Youll play a key role in helping us scale and mature our business by building and supporting new existing web applications and their supporting backends. Youll be writing code (mostly Typescript and React) making architectural decisions recommending technologies to adopt and ensuring that our systems scale up reliably and securely. You will ship AI-powered features and use AI tooling as a core part of how you build.
What Youll Do
Design build and support the robust cloud-based services we need for our rapidly-growing business
Make and implement technology decisions that support business needs without compromising security privacy or quality
Research commercial and open-source solutions and make build vs buy recommendations to bring new capabilities into the technology organization. Youll have a say in the technology strategy not just implementation details
Enhance existing systems to add new functionality and to improve performance stability quality and security
Advocate for high standards; make quality-of-life improvements to the codebase; and help limit the growth of technical debt
Build deep user empathy and maintain a user-centric mindset
Communicate regularly and effectively within and on behalf of our cross-functional product delivery teams. Youll work with other disciplines including design product machine learning and infrastructure and will have opportunities to learn from and contribute to projects across the company
Mentor and learn from other engineers
What Youll Bring
7 years of experience building shipping and operating cloud-based distributed systems at scale - Youve seen what works and probably a few things that didnt work. Your opinions are grounded in experience
Experience as a lead engineer on a number of major components or subsystems of a software platform or have been the lead for the platform itself
AI tooling is part of your daily workflow you use it to move faster and you know when to trust it and when to verify.
Confidence knowing your way around event pipelines and experience with tools such as Kinesis or Kafka
Several years of experience building software for a regulated environment and understand the tradeoffs that can be required to ensure compliance with regulations and frameworks such as HIPAA SOC 2 and HITRUST
Willingness to pitch in wherever needed -- as a fast-moving startup we need to do good work quickly
Why Work at Abridge
At Abridge were transforming healthcare delivery experiences with generative AI enabling clinicians and patients to connect in deeper more meaningful ways. Our mission is clear: to power deeper understanding in healthcare. Were driving real lasting change with millions of medical conversations processed each month.
Joining Abridge means stepping into a fast-paced high-growth startup where your contributions truly make a difference. Our culture requires extreme ownershipevery employee has the ability to (and is expected to) make an impact on our customers and our business.
Beyond individual impact you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of curious high-achieving people in a supportive environment where success is shared growth is constant and feedback fuels progress. At Abridge its not just what we doits how we do it. Every decision is rooted in empathy always prioritizing the needs of clinicians and patients.
Were committed to supporting your growth both professionally and personally. Whether its flexible work hours an inclusive culture or ongoing learning opportunities we are here to help you thrive and do the best work of your life.
If you are ready to make a meaningful impact alongside passionate people who care deeply about what they do Abridge is the place for you.
How we take care of Abridgers:
Generous Time Off: 14 paid holidays flexible PTO for salaried employees and accrued time off for hourly employees
Comprehensive Health Plans: Medical Dental and Vision coverage for all full-time employees and their families.
Generous HSA Contribution: If you choose a High Deductible Health Plan Abridge makes monthly contributions to your HSA.
Paid Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
Family Forming Benefits: Resources and financial support to help you build your family.
401(k) Matching: Contribution matching to help invest in your future.
Personal Device Allowance: Tax free funds for personal device usage.
Pre-tax Benefits: Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter Benefits.
Lifestyle Wallet: Monthly contributions for fitness professional development coworking and more.
Mental Health Support: Dedicated access to therapy and coaching to help you reach your goals.
Sabbatical Leave: Paid Sabbatical Leave after 5 years of employment.
Compensation and Equity: Competitive compensation and equity grants for full time employees.
... and much more!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Abridge is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or disability.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
Abridge is powering deeper understanding in healthcare with purpose-built AI by transforming clinical conversations into structured notes.