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You will own and build the core agent infrastructure, the orchestration layer, tool integrations, retrieval systems, and evaluation pipelines, that powers both patient-facing and internal operations. It is a systems and infrastructure role at the heart of a small, senior team.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and implement the orchestration layer for multi-step agentic workflows across clinic operations and internal processes.\n\nIntegrate external tools and APIs into agent systems, ensuring reliable tool calling and robust error handling.\n\nBuild retrieval and evaluation infrastructure to measure and continuously improve agent reliability and accuracy.\n\nIdentify recurring manual workflows and ship automation systems to eliminate them end-to-end.\n\nMonitor agent performance in production and iterate on system design based on real-world behavior.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nDemonstrated experience building agent or LLM systems through personal projects, research, open-source contributions, or professional work, orchestration, tool integrations, RAG, and evals all count.\n\nExperience designing and implementing agent orchestration systems or multi-step agentic workflows.\n\nExperience integrating tools, APIs, or external services into agent pipelines.\n\nExperience building or working with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.\n\nExperience designing evaluation frameworks or monitoring systems for agent reliability.\n\nStrong CS and math fundamentals, shown through academic performance, competition experience, or fast self-directed learning. Recent graduates and self-taught builders are welcome.\n\nComfortable working in TypeScript; familiarity with Vercel and agent orchestration frameworks is a plus.\n\nAn automation instinct: you naturally spot manual work and think in systems.\n\nExperience in early-stage startup environments, healthcare or regulated industries, prompt engineering, or open-source AI research is a bonus but not required.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\nBase salary: $150,000 to $220,000 annually, plus meaningful founding-team equity. 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