Senior Backend Software Engineer
About Us
Ambience is developing the most capable AI systems for healthcare and medicine. As healthcare costs soar to 17.3% of US GDP and a projected shortage of 100,000 physicians within the next decade, the need for AI is critical. Our frontline healthcare workers are overwhelmed, with only 27% of the average clinician's day spent on direct patient care.
Our vision is to advance healthcare by empowering clinicians with safe, intelligent AI agents that improve quality, reduce costs, and enhance both patient and provider experiences.
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have secured $100M in funding from top investors, including Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Optum Ventures, Human Capital, and Martin Ventures. We collaborate with leading AI experts such as Jeff Dean, Richard Socher, Pieter Abbeel, and AIX Ventures.
Join us in the endeavor of accelerating the path to safe & useful clinical super intelligence by becoming part of our community of problem solvers, technologists, clinicians, and innovators.
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the AI Platform team, you will design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure that empowers healthcare providers who use our platform every single day as they care for patients. As an OpenAI portfolio company, you will be surrounded by the leading minds in AI and exposed to the latest advancements in our field.
In the first 6 months, you’ll be responsible for setting up the foundations for long term success, investing in platform observability, reliability, and scalability. As a technical leader, you’ll be responsible for the entire lifecycle of major technical initiatives in our AI stack--from system design to deploying the code you've written.
Our Engineering roles are hybrid in our SF office 3x/wk.
What You’ll Do
Design and architect major product features leveraging the latest advancements in AI to deliver a magical user experience
Anticipate system bottlenecks and proactively re-architect key system components before they create issues for our customers
Lead product initiatives with high strategic value, accelerating speed of iteration while preventing accumulation of technical debt
Hold the codebase to a high standard, and assist in developing engineering processes that encourage shipping high quality code
Who You Are
You have spent 5+ years working on challenging zero-to-one software engineering problems that have spanned multiple teams
You’re comfortable working on a modern infrastructure stack, including common cloud providers (e.g. AWS, GCP), containers (e.g. Docker), queuing systems (e.g. SQS, Kafka), and standard database technologies (e.g. Postgres)
You have a demonstrated ability to own execution of ideas from inception through to successful outcomes
You’re willing to flex up and down the stack in order to take projects to the finish line.
You are a low-ego team player who prioritizes co-discovering the best ideas, even if they’re not your ideas
You value being a kind, encouraging, and supportive teammate to others
You thrive in environments with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity
Pay Transparency We offer a base compensation range of approximately $175,000–$250,000 per year, exclusive of equity. This intentionally broad range provides flexibility for candidates to tailor their cash and equity mix based on individual preferences. Our compensation philosophy prioritizes meaningful equity grants, enabling team members to share directly in the impact they help create. If your expectations fall outside of this range, we still encourage you to apply—our approach to compensation considers a range of factors to ensure alignment with each candidate's unique needs and preferences.
Being at Ambience
An opportunity to work with cutting edge AI technology, on a product that dramatically improves the quality of life for healthcare providers and the quality of care they can provide to their patients
Dedicated budget for personal development, including access to world class mentors, advisors, and an in-house executive coach
Work alongside a world-class, diverse team that is deeply mission aligned
Ownership over your success and the ability to significantly impact the growth of our company
Competitive salary and equity compensation with benefits including health, dental, and vision coverage, quarterly retreats, unlimited PTO, and a 401(k) plan