Principal AI Engineer

• Define the multi-year technical strategy and architecture for agentic workflow infrastructure supporting the full QH product portfolio (100+ workflows and growing).
• Represent applied AI engineering in cross-functional and leadership-level decisions on product direction, build-vs-buy, and platform investment.
• Set org-wide engineering standards for LLM evaluation, deployment, safety, and monitoring — informing QH's broader AI governance approach.
• Act as a technical escalation point for the hardest, highest-ambiguity problems across product lines.
• Mentor and develop Staff-level engineers; help shape the technical career ladder for applied AI roles.
• Stay ahead of the frontier – evaluate emerging models, frameworks, and techniques (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, etc.) and determine what's worth adopting at QH.
• Partner with founders and engineering leadership on how AI infrastructure investment ties to company strategy.

• Deep software engineering foundation (Python required) with a track record of architecting systems used company-wide.
• 10+ years building production software, including 4+ years building and scaling AI-powered/LLM-driven applications in production.
• Proven experience setting technical direction and standards adopted across multiple teams, not just a single product line.
• Deep expertise in MLOps, model deployment, and workflow automation at an organizational/platform level.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with full autonomy on ambiguous, high-stakes technical and strategic problems.
• Strong track record influencing technical decisions at the leadership level, including with non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree + 12 years OR Master's degree + 10 years in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Recognized expertise (internally or externally — talks, publications, open source, prior platform-level roles) in applied AI/agentic systems.
• Experience building AI infrastructure in a regulated or high-stakes domain (healthcare, finance, etc.).
• History of founding or scaling a technical function from the ground up in a startup environment.
• Experience mentoring Staff-level engineers and shaping technical career ladders.

WHY JOIN QUALIFIED HEALTH?

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing company and a world-class team, that is poised to change the healthcare industry. We are a passionate, mission-driven team that is building a category-defining product. We are backed by premier investors and are looking for founding team members who are excited to do the best work of their careers.

Our employees are integral to achieving our goals so we are proud to offer competitive salaries with equity packages, robust medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible working hours, hybrid work options and an inclusive environment that fosters creativity and innovation.