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Founding AI Engineer

Delfino AI
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2026
We are an early stage, Y Combinator-backed health tech start-up that uses generative AI to help automate the calls that providers’ offices make to payors. We are looking for a Founding AI Software Engineer to join our small team. Join us as we help improve healthcare efficiency. You’ll work directly with the two founders to shape the direction of the start-up company. Our founders are graduates of Stanford, MIT and Harvard Business School and hold a PhD and PharmD.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead development and scaling of our voice AI-based product
  • Work across the full stack from AI LLM models, backend development, and light frontend development
  • Ensure the product maintains a high bar for security, privacy, reliability, performance, accuracy, and code quality
  • Create API integrations with third parties
  • Take an entrepreneurial mentality to identify new opportunities
  • Integrate and optimize LLM-based voice AI features
  • Have a front row seat at a fast growing, early stage YC company

About You

  • You’re excited about the massive impact of improving healthcare efficiency
  • You’re a product-minded engineer excited about building creative, unique products
  • You are excited about iterating quickly and solving complex problems in a rapidly changing environment of a small start-up
  • You have experience designing, developing and maintaining complex web applications
  • You have strong coding skills, ideally including python and javascript
  • You have experience with AI software development, particularly with LLMs
  • You thrive in the flexibility of a remote working environment and have strong communication skills
  • You love learning quickly and are excited to try out new technologies, including generative AI and voice AI
  • You enjoy building in a small, close-knit team with no bureaucracy

If you’re interested, message us with a short intro, including why you are interested in joining and a resume.

Salary : $80,000 - $180,000

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