Staff Applied AI Engineer

Amigo is seeking a Staff Applied AI Engineer for an onsite NYC role with compensation USD 240,000 - 300,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead an AI deployment for a major healthcare customer, from initial engagement through production rollout.
• Convert ambiguous customer needs into a concrete technical plan with assigned owners and deadlines.
• Define the architectural direction and engineering standards the team will implement.
• Make strategic tradeoff decisions on what to build now, what to reuse, and what to push back on.
• Develop and elevate the capabilities of the engineering team.
• Collaborate directly with customers to maintain clear scope, timelines, and quality expectations.

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering large-scale engineering work end to end in roles such as tech lead, staff engineer, or engineering manager.
• Demonstrated ability to break down hard, ambiguous problems into work that other engineers can own and deliver.
• Real-world experience with large language models and agent systems, or the ability to ramp quickly.
• Sound judgment for tradeoffs and the confidence to say no when a proposal does not meet standards.
• Leadership across architecture, people, or both.
• Low ego, direct communication, and a high personal and team standard.
• Ability to work on site in New York City or San Francisco.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Daily on-site lunch and dinner
• Mental health support and wellness coaching
• Flexible wellness stipend for fitness, therapy, or personal growth
• Annual learning budget for courses, books, or conferences
• Conference attendance budget for professional development
• Annual team offsite
• Academic collaboration opportunities
• Unlimited PTO

Nice to Have

• Experience in a regulated or high-reliability domain (healthcare, finance, legal)
• Experience shipping production AI or ML systems
• Background in customer-facing or forward-deployed engineering
• Experience growing engineers or running a small team

Our Core Values

• Patients Win, We Win
• High Standards, High Care
• Thoughtful Urgency
• Intensely Measured

Who Builds With Us

• Low ego: Politics and territory do not interest you; the best ideas win on merit.
• Direct: You say the hard thing, challenge ideas openly, and commit fully once decided.
• High agency: You trust results over instructions; when you see something is broken, you fix it and avoid waiting for others.
• Bar of excellence: You hold yourself to a high standard and expect teammates to do the same.
• Skeptical: You push back on rules that do not make sense and question assumptions that haven’t earned their place.