Founding Engineer (Data/AI) - Flyway Health
Role Overview
As a Founding Engineer, you will build and optimize AI-driven data pipelines, enhance agentic system architecture, and integrate new data sources to deploy AI agent capabilities. This senior-level role involves working independently on scaling data workflows and conducting technical analysis to improve performance for enterprise clients in the life sciences sector. You will have a direct impact on advancing AI systems that deliver insights from complex datasets for pharmaceutical companies.
Perks & Benefits
This role offers a competitive salary based on experience and a flexible, remote-first work environment with no explicit time zone restrictions, though occasional in-person meetings in New York may be required. As an early hire at a fast-growing, VC-backed company, you'll work directly with the founding team and gain exposure to high-value enterprise challenges, providing significant career growth opportunities in healthtech.
Full Job Description
Location: Remote (in-person, NY)
Type: Full-time
About Us
We’re an early-stage, venture-backed healthtech company using AI Agents to drive real-world impact in the life sciences. Our clients include leading pharmaceutical companies who trust us to deliver insights from complex datasets.
We’re looking for a highly versatile engineer who can operate at the intersection of AI, data engineering, and software development. You’ll work on advancing our AI systems, scaling data workflows, and ensuring our platform continues to deliver exceptional performance for enterprise clients.
What You’ll Do
Build and optimize AI-driven data pipelines
Enhance agentic system architecture and monitoring
Integrate new data sources and deploy new AI agent capabilities
Conduct technical analysis to improve performance and scalability
Must-Have Qualifications
A desire to improve
Exceptional Python skills
Experience building applications with LLMs
Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with ORM tools (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
Solid understanding of relational databases & cloud data warehouses
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to design scalable technical solutions
Able to work independently
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in life sciences, healthcare analytics, biomedical research, or enterprise AI software
DevOps skills (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure)
Experience with distributed systems
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary based on experience
Flexible, remote-first work environment
Why Join Us
Early hire at a fast-growing, VC-backed company
Fundamentally change how fast therapies can reach patients
Work directly with the founding team
Exposure to high-value enterprise challenges
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