Hippocratic AI
Director of Engineering - Product Development
Hippocratic AI, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306
About Us
Hippocratic AI has developed a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare. The company believes that a safe LLM can dramatically improve healthcare accessibility and health outcomes in the world by bringing deep healthcare expertise to every human. No other technology has the potential to have this level of global impact on health. Why Join Our Team
Innovative Mission:
We are developing a safe, healthcare-focused large language model (LLM) designed to revolutionize health outcomes on a global scale.
Visionary Leadership:
Hippocratic AI was co-founded by CEO Munjal Shah, alongside a group of physicians, hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, and artificial intelligence researchers from leading institutions, including El Camino Health, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Microsoft, Google, and NVIDIA.
Strategic Investors:
We have raised a total of $278 million in funding, backed by top investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, NVIDIA’s NVentures, Premji Invest, SV Angel, and six health systems.
World-Class Team:
Our team is composed of leading experts in healthcare and artificial intelligence, ensuring our technology is safe, effective, and capable of delivering meaningful improvements to healthcare delivery and outcomes.
For more information, visit www.HippocraticAI.com. We value in-person teamwork and believe the best ideas happen together. Our team is expected to be in the office five days a week in Palo Alto, CA, unless explicitly noted otherwise in the job description. About the Role As a
Director of Engineering
at Hippocratic AI, you’ll play a pivotal role in
bringing cutting-edge AI research into production
and
launching transformative healthcare products
powered by our generative, voice-based agents. You’ll work at the intersection of
AI research, engineering, and product , leading the design and delivery of
next-generation agentic capabilities
that make our healthcare agents more
intelligent, adaptive, and compliant
with real-world clinical workflows. This is a
strategic and hands-on
role: you’ll architect scalable systems, define engineering best practices, and build and inspire a world-class team to deliver
clinically safe, production-grade systems
used by healthcare professionals and patients around the world. If you love
translating frontier AI research into production , thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building the connective tissue between teams to deliver ambitious outcomes
quickly and safely , this role is for you. What You’ll Do:
Team Building & Leadership Recruit, grow, and inspire a
world-class AI engineering team
focused on agentic AI for healthcare.
Foster a culture of
innovation, accountability, and technical excellence.
Mentor and coach engineers and managers to achieve
high performance and career growth.
Product Development & Delivery Lead the
design, implementation, and deployment
of new agentic features that extend HippocraticAI’s healthcare agents (e.g., reasoning loops, contextual memory, adaptive dialogue systems, safety enforcement).
Partner with Product, Clinical, and Research teams to
translate conceptual designs into reliable, production-ready systems.
Oversee
integration of AI models, APIs, and healthcare systems
(EHRs, clinical databases, etc.) in a compliant and secure manner.
Technical Strategy & Execution Define and communicate the
technical roadmap
for agentic AI systems in alignment with company goals.
Establish
scalable architectures, coding standards, and operational best practices.
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure delivery of
safe, performant, and testable systems.
Operational Excellence Drive
sprint planning, technical reviews, and release processes.
Ensure
uptime, observability, and reliability
of deployed systems.
Manage
budgets, staffing, and vendor relationships
for engineering operations.
What You Bring
Must Have: 10+ years
of software engineering experience, including
5+ years in engineering management.
Proven track record of
building and scaling technical teams
from the ground up.
Deep understanding of
distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and modern ML/AI pipelines.
Experience developing
AI-driven or conversational products , ideally in regulated domains such as
healthcare or finance.
Strong architectural instincts and
hands-on technical ability
when needed.
Exceptional
communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
Passion for
healthcare innovation
and
responsible AI development.
Nice-to-Have Experience with
agentic AI systems ,
LLM orchestration frameworks , or
safety-aligned AI.
Familiarity with
healthcare interoperability standards
(FHIR, HL7).
Background in
compliance
(HIPAA, SOC 2, FDA SaMD).
If you’re excited about
turning AI breakthroughs into real-world products that improve patient care and safety , this is your chance to lead at the frontier. Join
HippocraticAI
and help bring
clinically safe generative AI
to healthcare — at scale. ***Be aware of recruitment scams impersonating Hippocratic AI. All recruiting communication will come from @hippocraticai.com email addresses. We will never request payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If anything
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Hippocratic AI has developed a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare. The company believes that a safe LLM can dramatically improve healthcare accessibility and health outcomes in the world by bringing deep healthcare expertise to every human. No other technology has the potential to have this level of global impact on health. Why Join Our Team
Innovative Mission:
We are developing a safe, healthcare-focused large language model (LLM) designed to revolutionize health outcomes on a global scale.
Visionary Leadership:
Hippocratic AI was co-founded by CEO Munjal Shah, alongside a group of physicians, hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, and artificial intelligence researchers from leading institutions, including El Camino Health, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Microsoft, Google, and NVIDIA.
Strategic Investors:
We have raised a total of $278 million in funding, backed by top investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, NVIDIA’s NVentures, Premji Invest, SV Angel, and six health systems.
World-Class Team:
Our team is composed of leading experts in healthcare and artificial intelligence, ensuring our technology is safe, effective, and capable of delivering meaningful improvements to healthcare delivery and outcomes.
For more information, visit www.HippocraticAI.com. We value in-person teamwork and believe the best ideas happen together. Our team is expected to be in the office five days a week in Palo Alto, CA, unless explicitly noted otherwise in the job description. About the Role As a
Director of Engineering
at Hippocratic AI, you’ll play a pivotal role in
bringing cutting-edge AI research into production
and
launching transformative healthcare products
powered by our generative, voice-based agents. You’ll work at the intersection of
AI research, engineering, and product , leading the design and delivery of
next-generation agentic capabilities
that make our healthcare agents more
intelligent, adaptive, and compliant
with real-world clinical workflows. This is a
strategic and hands-on
role: you’ll architect scalable systems, define engineering best practices, and build and inspire a world-class team to deliver
clinically safe, production-grade systems
used by healthcare professionals and patients around the world. If you love
translating frontier AI research into production , thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building the connective tissue between teams to deliver ambitious outcomes
quickly and safely , this role is for you. What You’ll Do:
Team Building & Leadership Recruit, grow, and inspire a
world-class AI engineering team
focused on agentic AI for healthcare.
Foster a culture of
innovation, accountability, and technical excellence.
Mentor and coach engineers and managers to achieve
high performance and career growth.
Product Development & Delivery Lead the
design, implementation, and deployment
of new agentic features that extend HippocraticAI’s healthcare agents (e.g., reasoning loops, contextual memory, adaptive dialogue systems, safety enforcement).
Partner with Product, Clinical, and Research teams to
translate conceptual designs into reliable, production-ready systems.
Oversee
integration of AI models, APIs, and healthcare systems
(EHRs, clinical databases, etc.) in a compliant and secure manner.
Technical Strategy & Execution Define and communicate the
technical roadmap
for agentic AI systems in alignment with company goals.
Establish
scalable architectures, coding standards, and operational best practices.
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure delivery of
safe, performant, and testable systems.
Operational Excellence Drive
sprint planning, technical reviews, and release processes.
Ensure
uptime, observability, and reliability
of deployed systems.
Manage
budgets, staffing, and vendor relationships
for engineering operations.
What You Bring
Must Have: 10+ years
of software engineering experience, including
5+ years in engineering management.
Proven track record of
building and scaling technical teams
from the ground up.
Deep understanding of
distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and modern ML/AI pipelines.
Experience developing
AI-driven or conversational products , ideally in regulated domains such as
healthcare or finance.
Strong architectural instincts and
hands-on technical ability
when needed.
Exceptional
communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
Passion for
healthcare innovation
and
responsible AI development.
Nice-to-Have Experience with
agentic AI systems ,
LLM orchestration frameworks , or
safety-aligned AI.
Familiarity with
healthcare interoperability standards
(FHIR, HL7).
Background in
compliance
(HIPAA, SOC 2, FDA SaMD).
If you’re excited about
turning AI breakthroughs into real-world products that improve patient care and safety , this is your chance to lead at the frontier. Join
HippocraticAI
and help bring
clinically safe generative AI
to healthcare — at scale. ***Be aware of recruitment scams impersonating Hippocratic AI. All recruiting communication will come from @hippocraticai.com email addresses. We will never request payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If anything
#J-18808-Ljbffr