Staff AI Product Engineer
$175k - $206k USD
Modern Health
Modern Health is a mental health benefits platform for employers. We are the first global mental health solution to offer employees access to one-on-one, group, and self-serve digital resources for their emotional, professional, social, financial, and physical well-being needs—all within a single platform. Whether someone wants to proactively manage stress or treat depression, Modern Health guides people to the right care at the right time. We empower companies to help all their employees be the best version of themselves, and believe in meeting people wherever they are in their mental health journey.
Modern Health is backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, John Doerr, Y Combinator, and Battery Ventures and raised more than $170 million in less than two years, making Modern Health the fastest entirely female-founded company in the U.S. to reach Unicorn status.
More about our culture and what you can expect when you join the team:
- “It Takes a Village” culture. Modern Health has a unique and unabashed culture centered around high empathy and high accountability - with a drive to win. We are energized by bringing together the best talent in the industry to achieve audacious goals focused on making mental health a strength and priority for all.
- We have an obsession to win. We are highly ambitious and passionate about the work that we do. We take pride in delivering excellence and our personal best and we continuously innovate to uniquely solve our customers’ needs.
- We are accountable and can rely on each other. We are a team and hold ourselves and each other accountable. We believe in transparent communication and continuous feedback to foster a culture of trust, reliability, and growth.
- We demonstrate empathy. We have a supportive and diverse culture where we bolster and uplift each other as we pursue our lofty goals. We encourage selflessness and a willingness to support others, fostering a collaborative and respectful environment.
- We exhibit a bias towards action. This is a fast-paced environment. We jump into problems and initiate solutions. We empower our people to make decisions and experiment, iterate, and repeat until we get it right.
Modern Health is a fully remote workforce and a hyper-growth company that is often recognized for its excellence, winning awards such as World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2023 by Fast Company, Top 25 Companies of San Francisco 2023, and 2023 Well-Being Trailblazer Award. To protect our culture and help our team stay connected, we require overlapping hours for everyone. While many roles may function from anywhere in the world—see individual job listing for more—US based team members who live outside the Pacific time zone are expected to work at least six hours between 8 am and 5 pm Pacific time each workday.
We are looking for driven, creative, and passionate individuals to join in our mission. An inclusive and diverse culture are key components of mental well-being in the workplace, and that starts with how we build our own team. If you're excited about a role, we'd love to hear from you!
The Role
We’re looking for an AI Product Engineer to join our small but nimble AI team. Your mission is to deploy responsible AI within the Modern Health ecosystem. As an AI Product Engineer, you will work on developing and implementing AI-powered products, incorporating LLMs, embeddings, and other ML/AI technologies into Modern Health’s experiences.
This position is not eligible to be performed in Hawaii.
What You’ll Do
- Provide technical leadership on a new team prototyping and experimenting with new AI features
- Productionize and ship AI integrations into Modern Health’s core product
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver product features on time
- Stay up-to-date with the latest AI technologies and trends
Who You Are
- 8+ years experience building and prototyping: You have experience building products from the ground up with a solid grasp of the full stack from user experience to data models. You are familiar with RDS (ideally Postgres).
- Problem-solving: You understand first principles thinking and approach problems starting with a clear understanding of context. You think critically about the implications of what you're building and how it will impact real people's lives. You can navigate ambiguity, keeping in mind the business impact of what you’re building.
- Empathetic communication and collaboration: You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. You can empathize with other points of view and consider another person’s angle, especially when it disagrees with your own. You collaborate well not only with other engineers but with all cross-functional partners. You are a lifelong learner and invest your own growth and the growth, learning, and development of your teammates.
- Impact-focused: You care about business impact and prioritize your work accordingly. You understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line. Your impact extends beyond the code; you mentor other engineers, have taken lead on large projects, and are thinking beyond immediate deliverables to set teams up for long-term success.
- Shipping quality user interfaces: You have partnered closely with product and design to craft beautiful user experiences for large audiences, ideally with React/React Native.
Bonus Points
- GenAI production experience (building with LLMs, inference, embeddings, etc.)
- ML experience (data engineering, model development, MLOps, etc.)
- You're proficient with any part of our technology stack: Python/Django, React/React Native/TypeScript, Docker, Postgres, AWS
- You have experience driving teams toward shared goals and can balance business priorities with individuals’ strengths, areas of interest, and career development goals
- Experience in a high growth SaaS and/or Health Tech startup environment
Our Stack
- Python, Django, Flask, aiohttp
- PostgreSQL, Redis
- Docker
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) including ECS, RDS, Cloudfront, etc.
- On the frontend: React, TypeScript, React Native, Redux, Webpack
Benefits
Fundamentals:
- Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life Insurance
- High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HSA) option
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Access to coaches and therapists through Modern Health's platform
- Flexible Time Off
- Company-wide Collective Pause Days
Family Support:
- Parental Leave Policy
- Family Forming Benefit through Carrot
- Family Assistance Benefit through UrbanSitter
Professional Development:
- Professional Development Stipend
Financial Wellness:
- 401k
- Financial Planning Benefit through Origin
But wait there’s more…!
- Annual Wellness Stipend to use on items that promote your overall well being
- New Hire Stipend to help cover work-from-home setup costs
- ModSquad Community: Virtual events like active ERGs, holiday themed activities, team-building events and more
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Information
Please refer to the ranges below to find the starting annual pay range for individuals applying to work remotely from the following locations for this role.
- Zone 1: San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Metro
- Zone 2: All other California locations and Seattle, WA
- Zone 3: All other New York locations, All other Washington locations, Washington DC, Austin,
TX, CT, IL, MA, NH, NJ, OR, RI, VT - Zone 4: All other Texas locations, AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, WV, WI, WY
Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. Ranges are not necessarily indicative of the associated starting pay range in other locations. Full-time employees are also eligible for Modern Health's equity program and incredible benefits package. See our Careers page for more information.
Depending on the scope of the role, some ranges are indicative of On Target Earnings (OTE) and includes both base pay and commission at 100% achievement of established targets.
Zone 1
$175,100—$206,000 USD
Zone 2
$175,100—$206,000 USD
Zone 3
$157,590—$185,400 USD
Zone 4
$148,835—$175,100 USD
Below, we are asking you to complete identity information for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). While we are required by law to ask these questions in the format provided by the EEOC, at Modern Health we know that gender is not binary, and we recognize that these categories do not reflect our employees' full range of identities.