Senior Applied AI Engineer at Amigo in New York, NY (onsite) with a salary range of USD 200,000 to 260,000 per year.

Lead an AI deployment for a major healthcare customer from initial discussions to production rollout.
Convert ambiguous customer needs into a clear technical plan with defined owners and timelines.
Make tradeoff decisions on what to build now, what to reuse, and when to push back on scope.
Work directly with customers to keep scope, timelines, and quality aligned.

Ability to break hard, ambiguous problems into work that other engineers can own and deliver.
Hands-on experience with large language models and agent systems, or the ability to gain proficiency quickly.
Judgment to make tradeoffs and the stature to decline efforts that do not hold up.
Proven leadership across architecture, people management, or both.
Low ego, direct communication, and a commitment to high standards for self and team.
On-site work capability in New York City or San Francisco.

Patients Win, We Win: Every internal decision is pressure-tested for patient impact; if the line cannot be drawn, the decision is revisited.
High Standards, High Care: A high bar for the team combined with genuine investment in colleagues, enabling safe risk-taking and accountability.
Thoughtful Urgency: Move fast with judgment, balancing speed and caution in healthcare AI.
Intensely Measured: Instrument patient outcomes, provider ROI, system performance, and clinical accuracy; every metric has an owner, threshold, and response plan.

Low ego: The best ideas win regardless of origin.
Direct: Speak plainly, challenge ideas openly, and commit fully when decided.
High agency: You fix issues proactively without waiting for instructions.
Bar of excellence: Hold yourself and teammates to a high standard.
Skeptical: Push back on rules that do not make sense and question unfounded assumptions.

Senior Applied AI Engineer

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