Senior AI Product Engineer

Virta Health is pioneering a new standard of care for people to reclaim their lives. We are in the midst of a public health crisis: obesity rates are at an all-time high and over half of US adults have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and despite billions spent on new treatments, outcomes are largely worse. Virta reverses these diseases and delivers life-changing results by pairing individualized nutrition with ongoing care from a clinical support team. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives.

As a Senior Software Engineer for AI & Automation on our AI Enablement Team, you will rapidly build impactful workflow and AI-driven product solutions from discovery to production readiness. You'll actively use cutting-edge AI tools including agents and LLMs to automate internal processes and enhance productivity. Working closely with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and stakeholders across diverse teams you'll autonomously craft solutions that reliably address real-world business challenges. This role is perfect for engineers motivated by tangible impact, autonomy, and continuous learning.

What You'll Do

As an AI & Automation Engineer, you’ll embed with cross-functional teams to understand their most onerous manual processes, then prototype, deploy, and own automated solutions. In doing so you will provide invaluable feedback to our platform teams on gaps in our existing software delivery lifecycle.

• Collaborate with SMEs and cross-functional teams during initial discovery to understand business challenges and define success metrics.
• Rapidly prototype Workflow and AI-enabled automations.
• Independently drive solutions from initial prototype through to robust, production-grade deployment within a 4–6 week cycle.
• Continuously provide feedback to platform teams on gaps in development workflow, infrastructure, observability, library abstractions, and ci/cd.
• Continuously automate your own processes using AI, enhancing efficiency and accelerating development timelines.
• Maintain active engagement with stakeholders to ensure adoption and refine solutions based on feedback.
• Stay updated on advancements in AI models and tools, proactively applying relevant developments to enhance your solutions.

Your First 90 Days

Joining a new company and stepping into an impactful role takes time. Here’s what you can expect as you get started and begin making your mark:

• Immerse Yourself: Meet the team, stakeholders, and understand our company mission, values, and context
• Setup our standard developer environment and get familiar with the tools and processes we use.
• Complete one full discovery and prototyping cycle for a high-impact automation opportunity.
• Drive that initial prototype through iterations of feedback, reliability, and scalability to prepare for production deployment
• Share insights and learnings to refine the team workflow, tooling, and operating procedures in preparation for the next cycle.

Who You Are

• 5+ years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience with proficiency in Go, Python, TypeScript, and modern frameworks such as React.
• Demonstrated experience creating AI-backed tools using LLMs as well as a working knowledge of cutting edge Agent design patterns & techniques.
• Proven track record in rapid prototyping, iterative product development, and delivering robust-by-design solutions.
• Excellent debugging skills, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• High degree of ownership and accountability, especially with sensitive or critical systems.
• Strong collaborative mindset and clear communication skills, comfortable working across diverse teams.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.

Nice to haves:

• Product-oriented mindset focused on delivering practical and user-centric solutions.
• Enthusiastic collaborator with a passion for enabling others through effective, AI-driven automation.
• Commitment to continuous learning and adapting quickly to new technologies and methodologies.

Values-driven culture

Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll do well if:

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally
• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same
• You prioritize positive impact over busy work
• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience
• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information
• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma
• You take risks and rapidly iterate

Virta has a location based compensation structure. Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. For this role, the compensation range is $167,249 - $216,000. Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers_.

__As part of your duties at Virta, you may come in contact with sensitive patient information that is governed by HIPAA. Throughout your career at Virta, you will be expected to follow Virta's security and privacy procedures to ensure our patients' information remains strictly confidential. Security and privacy training will be provided.

__As a remote-first company, our team is spread across various locations with office hubs in Denver and San Francisco.

__Clinical roles: We currently do not hire in the following states: AK, HI, RI

Corporate roles: We currently do not hire in the following states: AK, AR, DE, HI, ME, MS, NM, OK, SD, VT, WI.

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