True Talent Solutions Partners
Founding Engineer
Early-career founding engineer (third engineer) at a healthtech startup: starts with technical customer support for AI-powered clinical conversation simulations used in education, builds automations and internal tools, then transitions into full-stack product development. On-site in NYC with the founders; stack involves AI agents and LLMs.
- Compensation
- $160K–$200K / yr
- Location
- New York
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 0–4 years of experience in software engineering, full-stack development, or forward-deployed engineering
- Experience as a founder, on a founding team, or at an early-stage startup
- Broad software engineering background with full-stack skills
- Familiarity with AI agents, LLMs, and automation
- Comfort working autonomously in a fast-moving environment without a detailed daily task list
Nice to have
- Experience in education technology or working with universities
Full description
About the Role
Join an early-stage healthtech team as its third engineer, working directly with the founders. You will help support and improve AI-powered clinical conversation simulations used in education, while building tools and product features that make the team more effective.
What You'll Do
- Own technical customer support across AI simulations, learning management, field experience, and compliance products.
- Respond to support requests from educators, students, and university administrators, troubleshooting issues through email and customer calls.
- Build automations and internal tools to reduce support volume and help the team scale.
- Transition into full-stack product development, shipping features used by students and faculty.
- Contribute to product decisions, system architecture, engineering culture, and AI-agent workflows.
What We're Looking For
- Zero to four years of experience in software engineering, full-stack development, or forward-deployed engineering.
- Experience as a founder, on a founding team, or at an early-stage startup.
- A broad software engineering background, with full-stack skills and familiarity with AI agents, LLMs, and automation.
- Comfort working autonomously in a fast-moving environment without a detailed daily task list.
- Experience in education technology or working with universities is helpful.
- This role is suited to an early-career engineer and is not focused on Android development.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site, five days per week in New York, New York.