Technical Lead - Product Engineering

What You'll Do

Own Operational Systems Architecture: Design and evolve distributed systems on GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery) that support scheduling, task assignment, and operational workflows. Make final decisions on service boundaries, schemas, and technology trade-offs across Go, Python, and TypeScript.

• AI-Powered Operations: Lead integration of AI into operational workflows using open-source LLMs, embeddings, and speech models. Define prompt strategies, evaluations, and safeguards (e.g., LangFuse) to ensure AI systems are reliable and usable by operations teams.
• Human-in-the-Loop Workflows: Build and improve systems that coordinate AI decisions with human execution—assigning work, routing tasks, and handling exceptions at scale.
• Operational Excellence: Champion observability, reliability, and data quality. Oversee event-driven ingestion and automated QA for call transcripts and healthcare data (FHIR / Medplum).
• Player-Coach Execution: Contribute code to critical paths while leading technical initiatives. Identify gaps, unblock teams, and ensure projects ship end-to-end.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner deeply with Operations, Product, Design, and Clinical Ops to translate operational constraints into clear technical solutions and trade-offs.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years leading projects or acting as a Tech Lead.
• Staff-level scope or equivalent technical impact.
• Strong experience building operational products involving scheduling, task assignment, routing, or workforce coordination (e.g., DoorDash, Uber, logistics, marketplaces).
• Hands-on experience working with AI systems in production environments.
• 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.

Preferred:

• AI / LLM Fluency: Experience hosting or integrating open-source models (vLLM, Ollama) and understanding modern RAG architectures.
• Healthcare & Compliance: Prior experience in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC 2) or healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7).
• Strong Communicator: Able to write clear RFCs and explain technical decisions to non-technical operations stakeholders.