Posted on 2026/01/07
AI / Software Engineer - AI Agents & Voice AI
MedWatchers
San Diego, CA, United States
Qualifications
- Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluation, and guardrails
- Speech-to-Text / Text-to-Speech (Whisper, Deepgram, Google, AWS, Azure)
- Cloud & DevOps:
- AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Ideal Experience
- Strong programming fundamentals with an ability to move fast without sacrificing quality
- Hands-on experience building AI-powered or conversational systems
- Comfort rapidly prototyping, testing, and refining tools based on user feedback
- Experience integrating third-party AI APIs and deploying production services
- Strong problem-solving skills and ownership mindset
- Agile collaboration in cross-functional teams
- Experience with Voice AI, call center technology, or healthcare workflows
- Exposure to HIPAA-compliant systems or regulated environments
Benefits
- Salary Range: $100,000 – $175,000 (based on experience and skills) + Annual Bonus
- We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including:
- 401(k) with company matching
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts
Responsibilities
- This role is hands-on and execution-focused—you’ll move quickly from idea to production, fine-tuning models and tools until they are genuinely useful for end users in high-stakes healthcare environments
- You will collaborate closely with product, clinical, and data teams to deploy intelligent systems that automate workflows, enhance conversations, and improve outcomes
- Design, build, and deploy AI agents that support clinical and operational workflows
- Develop and optimize Voice AI systems for real-time, natural conversations with patients and providers
- Rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on AI-driven tools based on real user feedback
- Fine-tune and adapt models (LLMs, speech, NLP) to improve accuracy, reliability, and usefulness
- Integrate AI services into production applications via APIs and event-driven architectures
- Collaborate with clinicians and product teams to translate real-world needs into AI solutions
- Ensure systems meet performance, security, privacy, and reliability requirements
- Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making as platforms scale
- Contribute clean, well-documented, and testable code in a fast-moving environment
- NLP, conversation state management, agent orchestration
- Python (FastAPI, Flask), Node.js
- REST and real-time APIs (WebSockets, streaming)
- Event-driven and workflow-based architectures
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, vector databases
- Logging, tracing, and monitoring for AI systems
Full Description
Job Description
If interested in position, please fill out this form: as accurately as you can.
Only candidates who fill out the form will be considered for the position.
Roles: AI Software Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Voice AI Engineer, Product Technologist
(Title and level will be commensurate with education and experience)
Location: Onsite – San Diego, CA (No remote)
Preferred Qualifications: MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, or related field (BS acceptable with strong applied experience)
Salary Range: $100,000 – $175,000 (based on experience and skills) + Annual Bonus
Overview
Join our San Diego-based engineering team to design, build, and rapidly iterate on AI agents and Voice AI systems used by clinicians, pharmacists, and patients at scale.
This role is hands-on and execution-focused—you’ll move quickly from idea to production, fine-tuning models and tools until they are genuinely useful for end users in high-stakes healthcare environments.
You will collaborate closely with product, clinical, and data teams to deploy intelligent systems that automate workflows, enhance conversations, and improve outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and deploy AI agents that support clinical and operational workflows
• Develop and optimize Voice AI systems for real-time, natural conversations with patients and providers
• Rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on AI-driven tools based on real user feedback
• Fine-tune and adapt models (LLMs, speech, NLP) to improve accuracy, reliability, and usefulness
• Integrate AI services into production applications via APIs and event-driven architectures
• Collaborate with clinicians and product teams to translate real-world needs into AI solutions
• Ensure systems meet performance, security, privacy, and reliability requirements
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making as platforms scale
• Contribute clean, well-documented, and testable code in a fast-moving environment
Representative Technologies
(Familiarity with similar tools is welcome)
AI & ML:
• Large Language Models (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source LLMs)
• Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluation, and guardrails
• Speech-to-Text / Text-to-Speech (Whisper, Deepgram, Google, AWS, Azure)
• NLP, conversation state management, agent orchestration
Backend & Systems:
• Python (FastAPI, Flask), Node.js
• REST and real-time APIs (WebSockets, streaming)
• Event-driven and workflow-based architectures
Data & Storage:
• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, vector databases
• Logging, tracing, and monitoring for AI systems
Cloud & DevOps:
• AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Docker, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code
Ideal Experience
• Strong programming fundamentals with an ability to move fast without sacrificing quality
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered or conversational systems
• Comfort rapidly prototyping, testing, and refining tools based on user feedback
• Experience integrating third-party AI APIs and deploying production services
• Strong problem-solving skills and ownership mindset
• Agile collaboration in cross-functional teams
Bonus:
• Experience with Voice AI, call center technology, or healthcare workflows
• Exposure to HIPAA-compliant systems or regulated environments
We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including:
• 401(k) with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts

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