Job Title: AI Engineer
Employment Status: Full-time
Preferred Location: United States or Canada
Compensation: very attractive base salary + performance-based bonus and equity options
Final compensation is negotiable based on experience and qualifications
Job Summary
Join us in an exciting opportunity as an AI Engineer at Ketryx, where you'll help enhance and expand our AI-powered solution that helps medical device manufacturers build safer software faster. In this role, you'll be part of a small, highly motivated team working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical software development. You'll help shape the future of how medical device teams interact with AI systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Our mission is to reinvent how medical device manufacturers bring life-saving innovations to market. As part of our growing AI team, you'll have the opportunity to make significant contributions to our AI infrastructure and help medical device teams work more efficiently and safely.
About You
You're passionate about applying AI to solve real-world problems, particularly in regulated industries where safety and reliability are paramount. Your strong technical foundation in AI/ML is complemented by excellent software engineering skills and a desire to build production-ready systems that users can trust. You're excited about the challenge of making AI systems that are both powerful and responsible, especially in the context of medical software development.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. or Canada. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas (including H-1B), F-1 visas, or Optional Practical Training (OPT) status at this time.
You thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you can take ownership of technical decisions and see their direct impact on users. You're naturally curious, love diving deep into complex problems, and are comfortable working across the full AI system stack - from model integration to user experience design.
Responsibilities:
- Enhance and expand the capabilities of our AI-powered solution across our platform
- Develop and optimize advanced natural language processing techniques for requirement analysis and traceability, with emphasis on identifying dependencies and potential gaps
- Implement methodologies for AI-assisted software verification and validation processes, focusing on regulated environment requirements
- Design and develop AI-powered document processing and generation systems with continuous validation capabilities
- Build and maintain testing frameworks to evaluate KI's AI components through empirical studies, measuring efficiency gains, accuracy improvements, and user satisfaction metrics
- Establish and implement monitoring systems for continuous validation of AI features in regulated environments
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with the product team to design measurable, impactful AI solutions that address specific user challenges
- Ensure AI systems maintain compliance with medical software requirements through systematic testing and validation protocol
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Computing, and at least 2-3 years of practical experience in related field with focus on AI/ML
- Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in a product-focused company
- Experience working on a TypeScript or JavaScript backend (for product integration work)
- Knowledge in common Software Engineering practice
- Experience with large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience building production systems
Additional Skills:
- Familiarity with React, Next.js, and GraphQL
- Experience with AI systems in regulated industries
- Understanding of medical device software development processes
Our Tech Stack:
- Software platform built on Next.js / React. The backend and frontend, including the AI parts, are maintained in TypeScript
- PostgreSQL database
- AWS (EC2, ELB, S3, CloudWatch, etc.) for deployment
- GitHub, Jira, Confluence for collaboration
Am I a Good Fit?
- How would you manage state when using an LLM to power a conversation?
- How would you design an AI-powered document analysis system from scratch?
- What does the await keyword do in TypeScript, and how does it relate to Promises?
- How did you integrate AI powered features into a user-facing SaaS / software system?
If you feel confident talking about these kinds of questions, let’s talk!
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, ML, Product Engineering, TypeScript, Software Engineering, Medical Device Software, Large Language Models, LLMs, React, PostgreSQL
- Competitive compensation
- Generous stock options possible
- Work in an exciting field with a positive impact on the world
- Opportunity to learn and grow as part of a global team
- Hybrid work model (mix of work from home and office is possible)
- Generous PTO for full-time
Ketryx is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances
Ketryx is saving and improving lives by making medical software safe and reliable. We empower software teams building medical applications to create safe, secure, and compliant products used by patients and providers worldwide. We believe that, by automating much of the documentation and quality processes, teams will be able to produce safer and more innovative medical software faster.
Ketryx is at the forefront of helping teams incorporate AI/ML into medical software and that’s why we need you!
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