Staff Software Engineer

Help Build Technology That Saves Lives

Areti Health is a venture-funded Silicon Valley healthcare technology startup transforming how patients join clinical trials.

Using generative AI, we dramatically accelerate clinical trial enrollment for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies, helping life-saving therapies reach patients faster.

Our AI platform achieves up to 10x higher patient conversion rates compared to traditional human-driven recruitment. By automating outreach, answering patient questions, scheduling appointments, running pre-qualification questionnaires, and assisting with onboarding, we compress recruitment timelines from months to weeks.

We already work with some of the largest clinical research site networks in the United States and are an official partner of CRIO, one of the leading clinical trial management systems.

If you're excited about building real-world AI systems that impact healthcare, we'd love to talk.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will act as a technical leader and force multiplier across our engineering team.

This is not just a senior individual contributor role, you’ll help shape how we design systems, build software, and adopt AI-assisted development practices.

You’ll work primarily in Python, building systems that integrate large language models (LLMs) into real healthcare workflows used by clinical research organizations and patients.

Beyond shipping product, you'll help elevate the engineering quality bar, architecture, and development practices across the company.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and own core systems in our Python-based platform
• Develop and scale LLM-powered features integrated into healthcare workflows
• Lead technical direction for your domain, balancing speed, simplicity, and long-term maintainability
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing
• Champion engineering best practices including:
  • testing
  • observability
  • documentation
  • CI/CD
    
     
• Pioneer the use of AI-assisted engineering tools across development workflows (coding, testing, documentation, and reviews)
• Collaborate with product, design, and clinical teams to translate complex healthcare requirements into reliable systems
• Identify improvements to engineering processes, tooling, and team workflows
• Contribute to hiring and evaluating engineering candidates

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep proficiency in Python
• Strong system design and architecture skills, with experience building production systems at scale
• A track record of technical leadership through influence, mentoring engineers without formal management authority
• Experience working in remote, distributed engineering teams
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for AI-assisted software development
• Clear communication skills in written and spoken English
• A pragmatic mindset with a bias toward simplicity and shipping

Nice to Have

• Experience in healthcare, health-tech, or clinical research
• Familiarity with HIPAA, SOC 2, or other compliance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI/ML model integrations
• Experience building AI-enabled production systems
  
   

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Remote work with a talented, mission-driven team
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge generative AI applications in healthcare
   

Most importantly, you'll help build technology that accelerates clinical trials and saves lives.

If you're excited about building impactful AI systems and raising the engineering bar in a fast-moving startup, we'd love to meet you.