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Founding Engineer

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About the Role

This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage healthtech startup building AI-powered revenue cycle management software for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies. You'll be a core member of a small, fast-moving team — shaping architecture, shipping product, and talking directly with customers to help EMS agencies recover denied insurance claims and protect critical 911 services.

What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end development: architecture, code, deployment, and on-call responsibilities.
  • Build customer-facing features informed by direct conversations with billers, fire chiefs, and operations leaders.
  • Ship automation that reduces manual work and saves agencies significant revenue.
  • Make product and design tradeoffs with a strong UX sensibility.
  • Iterate quickly — deploy, gather customer feedback, and continuously improve.
  • Collaborate closely with the founding team in a hybrid in-person cadence (SF 2–3 days/week).

What We're Looking For

  • 1–3 years of experience building full-stack products end-to-end.
  • Strong CS fundamentals, high attention to detail, and clear communication skills.
  • Proficiency in React with demonstrated product and UX sensibilities.
  • Experience with customer-facing feature development and translating customer needs into technical deliverables.
  • Backend and infrastructure experience with Go, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud.
  • Familiarity with APIs, LLMs, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
  • Background in EMS, 911 services, healthcare, or insurance billing is a strong plus.
  • NREMT certification is a bonus.
  • Prior experience as a founder or founding engineer is a plus.
  • Comfortable with a hybrid in-person schedule in San Francisco.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $120,000 – $190,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role; OPT and STEM OPT candidates are welcome and the team will work with you on next steps.

Location

Hybrid — San Francisco, California, USA (2–3 days per week in-person).

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