What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Agent Engineer position at Assort Health?
About The Company
Assort is led by Jon (Founder of Shimmer, YC S21, Stanford grad, former UCSF med student) and Jeff (ex-Facebook, first engineer at Cameo, former Head of Product Engineering at Athelas/Commure).
In 2023, we became the first voice AI to answer patient calls. Since then, we've powered 25M patient interactions, helping health systems automate ops and scale care. We're growing fast — 10× since January 2025, with millions in ARR every month.
We're well-funded with 3× revenue growth since our Series A, backed by Quiet Capital, First Round, Chemistry, and strategic angels from Flatiron, Athena Health, Mercury, and PathAI.
Join us to build Assort OS — a customizable fleet of genAI agents transforming patient-provider interactions.
About The Role
We're on the hunt for driven Senior Engineers to join our team at an exciting stage of our startup's journey. If you're eager to contribute to building and scaling innovative products, this role is your ticket to making a significant impact. You'll gain hands-on experience in a dynamic startup environment, working with and contributing to cutting-edge generative AI and voice/transcription models technologies.
As part of our first 20 Engineers, you will be a cornerstone to our company's growth and success. If you are a self-starter who is ready to wear many hats, build and scale products from zero-one, then this is the perfect role for you. You’ll have lots of autonomy and will need to be comfortable operating in ambiguous situations with an entrepreneurial mindset.
What You'll Do
We have published our operating principles "Raising the BAARS in Healthcare" on our blog - they describe how we work at Assort. They cover how we aim to run projects, spend time and make decisions. Specifically:
Assort is led by Jon (Founder of Shimmer, YC S21, Stanford grad, former UCSF med student) and Jeff (ex-Facebook, first engineer at Cameo, former Head of Product Engineering at Athelas/Commure).
In 2023, we became the first voice AI to answer patient calls. Since then, we've powered 25M patient interactions, helping health systems automate ops and scale care. We're growing fast — 10× since January 2025, with millions in ARR every month.
We're well-funded with 3× revenue growth since our Series A, backed by Quiet Capital, First Round, Chemistry, and strategic angels from Flatiron, Athena Health, Mercury, and PathAI.
Join us to build Assort OS — a customizable fleet of genAI agents transforming patient-provider interactions.
About The Role
We're on the hunt for driven Senior Engineers to join our team at an exciting stage of our startup's journey. If you're eager to contribute to building and scaling innovative products, this role is your ticket to making a significant impact. You'll gain hands-on experience in a dynamic startup environment, working with and contributing to cutting-edge generative AI and voice/transcription models technologies.
As part of our first 20 Engineers, you will be a cornerstone to our company's growth and success. If you are a self-starter who is ready to wear many hats, build and scale products from zero-one, then this is the perfect role for you. You’ll have lots of autonomy and will need to be comfortable operating in ambiguous situations with an entrepreneurial mindset.
What You'll Do
- You'll have many responsibilities and will be involved in key decisions alongside the founders
- Work closely with our world-class engineering team to develop features and products from the ground up.
- Enjoy a high degree of autonomy, tasked with solving complex problems in innovative ways.
- Participate actively in design and development discussions, contributing fresh ideas and perspectives.
- Engage with healthcare professionals to tailor software solutions that meet real-world needs.
- Play a role in an agile team, prioritizing rapid development and deployment to meet our ambitious goals.
- You will develop scalable software solutions that comply with HIPAA and other security standards.
- 4–8 years of industry experience, with a proven track record of impact at a major tech company or a high-growth startup.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and a demonstrated ability to design, build, and scale production-grade applications or systems.
- Willingness to wear multiple hats—from design and development to testing and occasional support. Comfortable with rapid iteration, experimentation, and learning from failure in a fast-paced environment.
- 💸 Competitive Compensation – Including salary and employee stock options so you share in our success.
- 📚 Lifelong Learning – Annual budget for professional development, plus training opportunities to help you grow.
- 💻 Office Setup Stipend – We’ll outfit your in-office workspace so comfy as it's productive.
- 🩺 Top-Tier Health Coverage – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, because your health comes first.
- 🏖 Unlimited PTO – We trust you to take the time you need to recharge and come back ready to crush it.
- 🥗 Meals & Snacks – Lunch, dinner, and snack breaks that fuel great ideas.
- 💪 Wellness Stipend – Your physical and mental well-being matters, and we’ve got a yearly stipend to prove it.
- 👵 401(k) – Let us help you plan for the future. We’ve got you covered.
We have published our operating principles "Raising the BAARS in Healthcare" on our blog - they describe how we work at Assort. They cover how we aim to run projects, spend time and make decisions. Specifically:
- Back to basics
- Accessibility for all
- Always accountable
- Relentless resilience
- Ship fast, ship often
Salary : $160,000 - $210,000
