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Principal Software Engineer

Freed
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/28/2026
ABOUT FREED:

Doctors are overworked, burnt out, and are quitting in masses.

At Freed, we combine clinician love with the latest AI tech and intense execution to create products that make clinicians happier.

Our first product is an AI scribe that automates medical documentation.

Since May of 2023, we have:

  • Acquired 26,000 paying and loving clinicians
  • Generated 100,000 patient notes daily and over 3 million monthly
  • Made thousands of clinicians happier

With the backing of Sequoia Capital and other world-class VC’s, we are rapidly expanding our product offering. Patient-facing assistants, patient insights, EHR integrations, and other products are being built and used by thousands of clinicians every day.

We are looking for entrepreneurs. Fast, ambitious, and smart individuals who want to take care of the people who care for our health. Expect intense, clinician-focused, and interesting co-workers who want to win.

With an office in San Francisco, we embrace a hybrid schedule that brings out the best in teamwork and innovation. Our teams come together in person three days a week to collaborate, connect, and have a little fun along the way.

About The Role

We're on the hunt for talented, high-caliber individuals to join our elite team of engineers. As part of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in restoring joy to medicine while pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI technology. Our engineering culture emphasizes speed, end-to-end ownership, responsibility, and independence, attracting top-tier talent and promoting exceptional performance.

How You’ll Have Impact

  • Full Stack: Take ownership of product features and drive implementation across the backend (TypeScript) and frontend (React/TypeScript) components of our software stack.
  • AI First: Adapt the latest AI models (language and speech) and techniques to our use case. You can contribute to any of: model training, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and optimizing inference for latency and cost. Prior AI experience is not required.
  • Empowered Teams: Collaborate with team members in a fully remote work environment (work hours are flexible but most of the team is on the west coast). Our teams are autonomous and cross-functional, including Product Management and UX Design.
  • Data-driven: Design experiments to validate product changes and ensure the highest quality of our software.
  • Clinician Obsessed: Have a passion for our mission and dedication to making a positive impact on the healthcare industry.

What You’ll Bring

  • A history of consistent top performance and a desire for a mission-driven work culture.
  • 5 years of experience in full stack Software Engineering.
  • Curiosity for LLM applications and familiarity with using AI for development (e.g. Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor)
  • Familiarity with our tech stack is preferred, including React, TypeScript, NodeJS, Azure and SQL.

What We Will Bring

  • Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth company
  • Opportunity to make an immediate impact
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Company-sponsored annual retreats
  • Commuter stipend for our San Francisco based employees
  • 401(k) plan to support your long-term financial goals

Compensation Range: $160K - $250K

Salary : $160,000 - $250,000

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