DrFirst

DrFirst

Principal AI Engineer

UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE, US · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$200kDetected 1 day ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonReactNext.jsCSSTailwind CSSFastAPIBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewGitPostgreSQLDynamoDBAWSKubernetesHelmCI/CDOAuthMachine LearningLLMsAgentic AIComplianceProject ManagementCRM

About the role

  • About DrFirst For 25 years, DrFirst has empowered providers and patients to achieve better health through intelligent medication management.
  • We improve healthcare workflows and help patients start and stay on therapy with end-to-end solutions that enhance prescription access, affordability, and adherence.
  • Here you'll get to work with some of the smartest and most interesting people around; solving unique and complex challenges in healthcare on a scale matched by a few companies.

Responsibilities

  • You ask "How can I help?" before "Here is what you should do." What you will work on Build Production AI Automation (80%) You own the technical implementation of department sprints.
  • Design and build Python/FastAPI backends connecting to enterprise APIs (HRIS, ERP, CRM, finance systems, project management).
  • Build Next.js/React frontends with Okta SSO, role-based access control, and audit trails.
  • Write Playwright end-to-end tests before production deploy and maintain a 1000+ test suite with visual regression baselines.
  • Partner with the CISO on PII/PHI de-identification, least privilege, and per-user OAuth2.
  • Explain security trade-offs to executives and translate "OAuth2 delegation" into "everyone sees only their own data."
  • Document patterns so others can self-serve and write playbooks department heads can follow without engineering help.
  • Daily Work Morning sync with the VP of AI Automation on build queue, blockers, and technical decisions.
  • If you get excited about stretching yourself in new ways, developing yourself to your fullest potential, care about working with smart colleagues; we want to talk to you!
  • Position Overview DrFirst is building an agentic ecosystem at scale.

Requirements

  • Deep AI/ML experience: production systems using LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock) and agent frameworks.
  • Production Python: FastAPI, Pydantic, httpx, pytest (1000+ test suite experience).
  • At least one automation you have built that eliminated hours of manual work, ideally using LLM APIs.
  • Comfort teaching others to use AI tools effectively through pairing and code review.

Nice to have

  • challenges ideas constructively and welcomes being challenged.
  • US-based (US Central time zone preferred
  • Poland also considered).
  • strong code review skills, pairing experience, and documentation focus.
  • You should be writing code with AI assistants, not just using them occasionally.

Skills

  • Servant leadership mindset: remove blockers for others, teach through questions not directives, and make stakeholders successful first.
  • Thrives in organized chaos: 15 stakeholders, 6 systems, 3 sprints in flight.
  • US-based (US Central time zone preferred; Poland also considered).
  • Built agentic systems: agent coordination, scheduled routines, and feedback loops.
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) experience: custom connectors for enterprise systems.
  • Active contributor to AI/ML communities (papers, open source, conference talks).
  • Teaching through code: strong code review skills, pairing experience, and documentation focus.
  • Experience teaching non-technical users through workshops, training sessions, and business-user documentation.
  • AI-Augmented Engineering (Non-Negotiable) DrFirst runs on AI-assisted development.
  • Active, daily use of AI engineering tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, or similar).
  • Hard requirement.
  • Experience with Claude (Anthropic) is highly valued, whether through Claude.ai, Claude Code CLI, API integration, or AWS Bedrock.

Compensation

  • Occasional travel, less than 5-10% of the time. #LI-GF1 #LI-Remote Benefits Competitive compensation, with a base salary of $175,000 - $200,000 (Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience) Eligible for Company Performance-ba

Company info

  • Check out our approach to remote work https://drfirst.com/company/about-us/careers/.
  • Learn more about our benefits and professional development opportunities https://drfirst.com/company/about-us/careers/the-perks/.
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