Founding AI Engineer
Founding AI Engineer at Delfino AI — Remote
- Company: Delfino AI
- Location: Remote
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 80000–180000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
We are an early stage, Y Combinator-backed health tech start-up that uses generative AI to help automate the calls that providers’ offices make to payors. We are looking for a Founding AI Software Engineer to join our small team. Join us as we help improve healthcare efficiency.
You’ll work directly with the two founders to shape the direction of the start-up company. Our founders are graduates of Stanford, MIT and Harvard Business School and hold a PhD and PharmD.
What You’ll Do
Lead development and scaling of our voice AI-based product
Work across the full stack from AI LLM models, backend development, and light frontend development
Ensure the product maintains a high bar for security, privacy, reliability, performance, accuracy, and code quality
Create API integrations with third parties
Take an entrepreneurial mentality to identify new opportunities
Integrate and optimize LLM-based voice AI features
Have a front row seat at a fast growing, early stage YC company
About You
You’re excited about the massive impact of improving healthcare efficiency
You’re a product-minded engineer excited about building creative, unique products
You are excited about iterating quickly and solving complex problems in a rapidly changing environment of a small start-up
You have experience designing, developing and maintaining complex web applications
You have strong coding skills, ideally including python and javascript
You have experience with AI software development, particularly with LLMs
You thrive in the flexibility of a remote working environment and have strong communication skills
You love learning quickly and are excited to try out new technologies, including generative AI and voice AI
You enjoy building in a small, close-knit team with no bureaucracy
If you’re interested, message us with a short intro, including why you are interested in joining and a resume.