About the role
We are looking for a founding engineer who wants to build deeply technical AI systems in one of the most important and regulated industries in the world.
You will work directly with the founders to:
- Build agentic workflows for clinical trial automation
- Design reliable systems for document ingestion, data transformation, validation, and auditability
- Own core product surfaces across frontend, backend, data infrastructure, and AI orchestration
- Work closely with clinical teams to turn messy real-world workflows into production software
- Ship quickly while maintaining the rigor required for regulated healthcare environments
You might be a fit if you:
- Are an exceptional full-stack or backend engineer
- Care about building reliable, production-grade AI systems and can/have integrated into legacy systems in the past
- Move fast, take ownership, and like ambiguous technical problems
- Are excited by using AI to automate healthcare, clinical trials, or regulated data workflows
- Want to join at the earliest stage and help define the engineering culture
We care less about credentials and more about raw ability, taste, speed, and ownership. This is a high-agency founding role for someone who wants to build category-defining software.
About Astraea
AI Operating System for Clinical Development
Required skills
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Job details
Salary
$150,000 - $300,000
Equity
0.5% - 2%
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
0+ years
Funding
Last stage
Seed
Investors
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.