Founding AI Software Engineer (Product)

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  • YouShift
  • New York, NY
  • Full-Time
  • 2 months ago
  • $60K – $180K
Published
March 1, 2026
Location
New York, NY
Job Type

Job Description

About YouShift

Healthcare runs on people — but the systems that manage them are outdated. At YouShift, we’re building the AI-powered workforce OS for healthcare teams. Our platform replaces spreadsheets and fragmented legacy tools with an intelligent scheduling engine managed by AI agents that handles complex rules, compliance, and real-world operational constraints at scale.

Our investors include Y Combinator (YC) and Bain Capital Ventures—partners who believe in our mission to redefine how hospitals operate. We’re channeling this investment into building a world-class team: people with relentless drive, sharp problem-solving skills, and the passion to push limits in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. If this resonates, you belong at YouShift.

The Role

We’re looking for an AI Engineer to own and expand the AI agent layer of our platform. This is not a research role, but rather a product engineering one focused on turning real-world operational workflows into agentic, automated systems.

You’ll design and implement AI-powered workflows that:

  • Automate complex scheduling decisions
  • Translate natural-language inputs into structured actions
  • Detect anomalies and suggest corrective actions
  • Assist operators in real-time

You’ll work closely with product and full-stack engineers to bring these systems into production, reliably and safely, in a high-stakes healthcare environment.

What You’ll Do

  • Design and implement agentic workflows inside a production SaaS platform.
  • Develop guardrails evaluation and testing frameworks.

What We’re Looking For

  • 2+ years building production software (or equivalent experience).
  • Experience deploying AI agents in production environments.
  • Strong TypeScript or Python fundamentals.
  • Care about reliability, observability, and measurable outcomes.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous 0→1 environments.

What it’s like to join the team

  • Small team, high ownership and autonomy.
  • We move fast, work long hours, and ship often.
  • You’ll design systems from scratch and see them in production quickly.
  • Real customers and real impact.

If you’re excited about building deep systems that handle real-world complexity — and taking responsibility for the full lifecycle of what you ship — we’d love to talk.

YouShift is transforming how hospitals and clinics manage staff scheduling. Founded by a team of engineers and healthcare experts from Harvard, we’re building the next-generation workforce management platform for healthcare—starting with AI-powered shift scheduling.

Born from firsthand experience watching family members in medicine struggle with chaotic, burnout-inducing schedules, YouShift is on a mission to bring fairness, flexibility, and intelligence to healthcare staffing.

Unlike traditional tools that replicate spreadsheets or require manual input, YouShift leverages cutting-edge optimization algorithms and agentic AI to create shift schedules that respect both hospital needs and staff preferences. We’re replacing outdated admin-heavy workflows with a modern, automated platform that empowers doctors and nurses to have a voice in their schedules.

Key Skills
? Key Skills in dark blue have been inferred based on similar industry roles
SQL ETL AWS Apache Spark Airflow Design Systems Testing Frameworks Python Typescript

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