OpenLoop Health

OpenLoop Health

Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead)

United States - Remote · Staff+

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TypeScriptPythonGoNode.jsDistributed SystemsBigQueryGCPDockerKubernetesMachine LearningLLMsRAGComplianceHIPAAHL7/FHIRLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

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About the role

  • This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who has built real systems with LLMs and understands how to take AI from prototype to production at scale.
  • You'll operate as a player-coach, writing production code, setting technical direction, and guiding a small, senior engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Own System Architecture: Design and evolve distributed systems on GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery), making final decisions on service boundaries, data models, and technology trade-offs across Go, Python, and TypeScript.
  • AI & LLM Strategy: Lead hands-on integration of AI systems, including open-source LLMs, embeddings, and speech models. Define prompt optimization, evaluation strategies, and safety practices using tools like LangFuse.
  • Delivery & Execution: Contribute code to critical paths while leading major technical initiatives. Identify gaps, unblock teams, and drive projects to completion.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Translate complex technical constraints into clear options and trade-offs for Product, Design, and Clinical Operations.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years leading projects or serving as a Tech Lead.

Requirements

  • Strong LLM experience in production environments (hands-on required).
  • Expert-level proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node, with the ability to review code across the stack.
  • Deep experience with distributed systems, containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Run), and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience hosting or integrating open-source models (e.g., vLLM, Ollama), with a strong understanding of RAG architectures.

Compensation

  • Great Tools & Comp: M-series Macs, Linear, GitHub, GCP, competitive compensation, equity, and real perks.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts
  • Life Insurance, Pet insurance, and more
  • Jon Lensing, and COO, Christian Williams, with the vision to bring care anywhere.
  • M-series Macs, Linear, GitHub, GCP, competitive compensation, equity, and real perks.
  • Flexible Bay Area Hybrid:

Company info

  • ABOUT OPENLOOP OpenLoop was co-founded by CEO, Dr.
  • OpenLoop was co-founded by CEO, Dr.

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