Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a high-ownership engineering role at an early-stage healthtech startup building an AI-powered payer compliance platform for procedure-heavy medical specialties. You'll own the integration layer between the platform and real-world provider and insurance systems, sitting close to both the founding team and clients to turn complex healthcare workflows into clean technical solutions. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and maintain integrations with provider practices and insurance systems using APIs, web scrapers, and RPA tooling as needed. - Join client discovery sessions with founders to map workflows and translate them into clear technical requirements. - Ship custom integrations quickly and iterate based on real-world feedback from live deployments. - Contribute to the core product when integration work isn't the bottleneck. - Develop deep working knowledge of the US provider/payer landscape. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 2–5 years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production features. - Startup background with experience owning features or products end-to-end in small teams, from discovery through delivery. - Proven ability to integrate with third-party APIs. - Proficiency in Python and FastAPI (or equivalent backend framework) and React + TypeScript (or equivalent frontend). - Active, hands-on use of AI coding tools — with real shipped production work to show for it. - Strong communication skills; able to clearly articulate technical problems and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders. - Nice to have: experience building web scrapers or RPA solutions; AWS or GCP infrastructure experience; production LLM application development; prior work in US healthcare or with provider/payer systems. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary: $150,000–$230,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION Hybrid — based in Los Angeles, CA. In-person presence required when called upon, with some travel expected.