Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Operate

Company: Vi
Location: Remote US (Eastern or Central hours preferred); hubs in New York Boston Chicago and Texas; quarterly offsite in New York
Compensation: $170000 - $205000 equity with periodic liquidity; 10% annual bonus
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Confirm with recruiter

Vi is a high-growth healthcare AI company that deploys predictive models and AI agents into the daily operations of the largest US health systems and health plans. Founded in 2017 it has about 100 people and doubled revenue last year.

Vi is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (5-15 years) to own the full technical delivery of AI agent deployments for major health systems providers and pharma organizations. You will architect complex systems present to executives and build production software end to end often as the only engineer in the room.

• Own enterprise engagements end to end from pre-sales demos and requirements through implementation and post-launch support.
• Architect and build production AI agent systems integrated with EHR/EMR claims specialty pharmacy and CRM systems under HIPAA.
• Run working sessions and present to executive stakeholders at major health plans and health systems.
• Make independent architecture decisions on scope tools and integrations.
• Feed field learnings back into the core platform and build reusable components.

• 5-15 years as a software engineer building and owning complex production systems
• Ability to design full system architectures and produce architecture diagrams
• Strong client-facing communication and executive presence
• Healthcare or life science domain experience

• EHR/EMR or claims integrations
• HIPAA-regulated environments

Equity with secondary liquidity events every 18-24 months annual performance bonus (about 10% of total compensation).

JavaScript TypeScript Python React PostgreSQL Redis WebSockets ETL/ELT AWS GCP Docker

REVENUE: 17.5% of first-year salary. Est. fee per hire $30K-$36K; 2 seat(s) up to $66K if all filled.

TARGET COMPANIES (suggested): Palantir Samsara Anduril Scale AI Applied Intuition Motive Flexport.

BEST-FIT CANDIDATE: 5-15 yrs; owned complex production systems; executive-facing delivery; healthcare/life science domain; visa: confirm; location: US remote (ET/CT preferred). Low competition engaged hiring manager.