Senior AI Engineer
AI Summary
Builds and owns the patient-facing AI conversation loop end to end, designing agent systems that improve care quality by integrating tools, retrieval, and clinic automation.
About this role
About the Role
You will own the patient facing AI conversation loop end to end, building robust agent systems that improve patient outcomes. You will work across tool integrations, evaluation frameworks, retrieval, and clinic side automation to ship code that directly impacts care quality.
What You'll Do
Diagnose why AI conversations with patients fail and ship fixes to prevent recurrence.
Build and maintain agent infrastructure including tool integrations, evals, and retrieval systems.
Automate recurring manual workflows on the clinic side to reduce toil through code.
Handle patient facing interactions with warmth when the AI falls short and translate these moments into product insights.
Own systems end to end with minimal oversight and make architectural decisions independently.
What We're Looking For
Experience building and shipping LLM or agent systems end to end across professional roles, personal projects, research, or open source.
Hands on experience with agent infrastructure: evals, retrieval, and tool integrations.
Strong CS and math fundamentals; elite academic signals are a plus.
Automation mindset with a track record of removing recurring manual workflows via code.
Warmth and empathy for patient facing interactions and ability to extract product learnings from conversations.
Autonomy to own systems in a fast moving environment with minimal supervision.
Existing US work authorization; visa sponsorship not available.
Proficiency in Python or equivalent for building agent infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: USD 150,000 to 220,000 annually.
Location
On site in San Francisco, California, United States. Primary location: San Francisco, CA. Local remote options are not available for this role.
Skills
Explore related jobs
More jobs at clera
Similar Automation jobs
Jobs in San Francisco
Proposal ManagerPGH Wong Engineering, Inc. · San Francisco, California
Software Engineer Intern, Mobile (Winter 2027)Notion · San Francisco, California- Residential Security Agent (San Francisco, CA)Concentric · San Francisco, California
Partner Marketing Manger, GSI & SIAnthropic · San Francisco, California | New York City- Marketing ManagerAsset Living · Denver, CO
Program Manager, ConnectMeter · San Francisco
Browse these categories
Market data for ai / ml engineer roles
All reports →- SeriesRole reportsOne role family at a time: how many openings, what changed this week, who is hiring, what it pays.
- SeriesSalary reportsWhat employers publish in job postings, by level and workplace. Not self-reported pay.
- Market overviewState of tech hiring, September 2026: up 4.8%Tech hiring rose 4.8% month over month in September 2026, with 411,122 new listings. Customer support and account executive roles led the growth.
