Founding AI Engineer
RemoteRemote$150,000 a yearFull Time
Job Description
*Founding AI Engineer at Pocket*
*About the Company*
At , we’re on a mission to transform the rehab therapy space with end-to-end, vertically integrated AI solutions. We’re backed by and our first product, insurance verification, is live with rehab therapy clinics processing thousands of verifications per month. This year, we’re rolling out a suite of new capabilities to streamline how rehab therapy clinics operate using LLM-based text and voice systems.
*About the Role*
You will report to and work closely with the , who has 8 years of experience developing text and voice AI products for both enterprise and early-stage startups.
We are looking for senior candidates who have operated in fast-paced, early-stage startup environments and exhibit strong engineering judgment around speed, reliability, and complexity trade-offs.
In this role, you’ll own the end-to-end development lifecycle, including data, evaluation, deployment, and reliability. We’re looking for candidates who thrive in high-trust, high-ownership environments.
*Key Responsibilities*
* Build speech training & evaluation frameworks using prompt management, fine-tuning, and retrieval-based techniques
* Implement document generation training & evaluation frameworks for clinical workflows
* Develop test harnesses and monitoring systems for critical AI workflows
* Continuously refine datasets and evaluation methodologies to improve model performance and real-world alignment
* Build automated pipelines for training, deployment, and monitoring of AI systems
*What We’re Looking For*
* 5+ years of professional experience in applied ML, data science, or software engineering with at least 2 years in a startup environment
* Experience developing training & evaluation frameworks for LLM-based speech processing, including ASR, diarization, TTS, and speech-to-speech systems
* Experience deploying AI speech solutions in production settings using REST API’s, containerization and CI/CD pipelines
* Strong Python expertise
*Compensation & Benefits*
$150K base salary
~0.75-1.0% equity (stock options) fully diluted at time of grant, vesting over 4 years with a 1 year cliff
Flexible PTO
Health insurance
*Location*
This is a remote position and the company is headquartered in New York City.
*Our Hiring Process*
* Initial Screen (30 minutes)
* Technical Interview (1 hour)
* Systems Design & Behavioral Interview (1 hour)
* Meet with CEO (30 minutes)
* Meet with both co-founders (30 minutes)
*First 60 Days*
* Deliver monitoring systems and evaluation harnesses for insurance voice and clinical documentation generation workflows
* Drive a measurable improvement in the AI voice systems through targeted error analysis, data iteration, and model optimization
* Ship 1-2 production voice agents for real-time insurance payer interaction
* Improve the documentation generation system through prompt and fine-tuning based techniques
* Collaborate with the CTO to deliver additional integrations and enhancements to the platform
Pay: $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Paid time off
Work Location: Remote
*About the Company*
At , we’re on a mission to transform the rehab therapy space with end-to-end, vertically integrated AI solutions. We’re backed by and our first product, insurance verification, is live with rehab therapy clinics processing thousands of verifications per month. This year, we’re rolling out a suite of new capabilities to streamline how rehab therapy clinics operate using LLM-based text and voice systems.
*About the Role*
You will report to and work closely with the , who has 8 years of experience developing text and voice AI products for both enterprise and early-stage startups.
We are looking for senior candidates who have operated in fast-paced, early-stage startup environments and exhibit strong engineering judgment around speed, reliability, and complexity trade-offs.
In this role, you’ll own the end-to-end development lifecycle, including data, evaluation, deployment, and reliability. We’re looking for candidates who thrive in high-trust, high-ownership environments.
*Key Responsibilities*
* Build speech training & evaluation frameworks using prompt management, fine-tuning, and retrieval-based techniques
* Implement document generation training & evaluation frameworks for clinical workflows
* Develop test harnesses and monitoring systems for critical AI workflows
* Continuously refine datasets and evaluation methodologies to improve model performance and real-world alignment
* Build automated pipelines for training, deployment, and monitoring of AI systems
*What We’re Looking For*
* 5+ years of professional experience in applied ML, data science, or software engineering with at least 2 years in a startup environment
* Experience developing training & evaluation frameworks for LLM-based speech processing, including ASR, diarization, TTS, and speech-to-speech systems
* Experience deploying AI speech solutions in production settings using REST API’s, containerization and CI/CD pipelines
* Strong Python expertise
*Compensation & Benefits*
$150K base salary
~0.75-1.0% equity (stock options) fully diluted at time of grant, vesting over 4 years with a 1 year cliff
Flexible PTO
Health insurance
*Location*
This is a remote position and the company is headquartered in New York City.
*Our Hiring Process*
* Initial Screen (30 minutes)
* Technical Interview (1 hour)
* Systems Design & Behavioral Interview (1 hour)
* Meet with CEO (30 minutes)
* Meet with both co-founders (30 minutes)
*First 60 Days*
* Deliver monitoring systems and evaluation harnesses for insurance voice and clinical documentation generation workflows
* Drive a measurable improvement in the AI voice systems through targeted error analysis, data iteration, and model optimization
* Ship 1-2 production voice agents for real-time insurance payer interaction
* Improve the documentation generation system through prompt and fine-tuning based techniques
* Collaborate with the CTO to deliver additional integrations and enhancements to the platform
Pay: $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Paid time off
Work Location: Remote