Senior AI Engineer (Natural Language Systems)

Prompt is a mission-driven startup looking for an experienced Senior AI Engineer to help push forward an ambitious set of AI initiatives in healthcare, with a particular emphasis on speech and language processing. This role combines deep technical expertise in AI with strong software engineering fundamentals to build reliable, production-grade systems.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building AI/ML systems in industry or academia, with meaningful production ownership
• Strong experience building and evaluating NLP and/or LLM systems (e.g., retrieval, summarization, classification, extraction, agent workflows)
• Experience working with speech-related pipelines in production or near-real-time settings (e.g., speech-to-text, spoken intent classification, conversational AI)
• Track record of benchmarking and iteratively improving accuracy, cost, and latency
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Python (>3.9)
• Docker (Basics)
• AWS familiarity (S3, RDS, EC2) preferred
• Willingness to learn and deeply understand the healthcare sector, specifically physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Remote/hybrid environment
• Potential equity compensation for outstanding performance
• Flexible PTO
• Company-wide sponsored lunches
• Company paid disability and life insurance benefits
• Company paid family and medical leave
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits
• Discounted pet insurance
• FSA/DCA and commuter benefits
• 401k
• Credits for online fitness classes/gym memberships
• Recovery suite at HQ – includes a cold plunge, sauna, and shower