Software Engineer, AI x Healthcare

Asha Health

Asha Health

Software Engineering, Data Science

Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

Posted on Apr 25, 2026

Most job descriptions are jargon that no one reads. Let's cut straight to the chase.

About Asha Health

  • What we do: At Asha Health, we help outpatient clinics transform into "AI clinics". What the heck does that even mean? Sounds like a good question for the interview process.
  • We have more than ramen: Backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, 186 Ventures, Reach Capital and many more. Oversubscribed seed round, blah blah blah.
  • We're not (completely) stupid: Team includes AI product leaders from companies like Google, physician executives from major health systems, etc.

About The Role

  • You'll build AI agents.
  • You'll built a lot of AI agents.
  • You'll get super deep in healthcare workflows.
  • You're going to have to be an insanely good product manager, designer, and backend/AI engineer all in one. 4.6 raised the bar a little :)

Who Should Not Apply

  • The role is in person, most of the team works 6 days a week. We wouldn't advise most of our friends to join seed stage startups. If this level of intensity isn't your cup of tea, hit that X button.
  • If you're just looking for a job without a particular passion for AI in healthcare, hit that X button.
  • If you're looking for the highest possible comp, hit that X button.
  • If you are not super confident in your engineering & product skills, for example if we asked you to build a production-ready version of Instagram in 2 days and that sounds difficult, hit that X button.

Who Should Apply

  • You have some deep rooted passion to "fix the healthcare system!!"
  • You are seeking rapid career growth and think that joining a seed stage startup + being a significant contributor in its rapid growth is the best way for you to get there.
  • You are a builder at heart. No one needed to tell you in college/after college to do side projects. You didn't do them to get jobs, you just did them. Because stuff was cool. Because you cared.
  • You value substance over dressing. Meaning you want to be part of a team which has an ethos to win by having the most merit, not the most marketing.

Responsibilities

Everything. You'd be the 7th engineer on the team; the product is obviously built and live with customers. But we're still small enough that we're looking for all rounders that take a high degree of ownership.

(Suggested) Qualifications

  • Graduated with a bachelors in computer science or related degree from a top engineering school.
  • Very strong backend experience, preferably in 0-1 or 1-10 environments.
  • Worked at an early stage startup (Seed - Series C) before.
  • Experience building AI agents before with a high degree for reliability (we will ask you to impress us with the clever backend engineering techniques you've used).
  • Must be ready to work in person in Manhattan, New York 5 days per week in person but 6 days per week total.
  • Built and scaled your own projects to significant revenue.
  • Understanding of US healthcare/health-tech.

Compensation

Determined based on leveling. Yes, we're small but have a calibrated leveling process to keep the process fair for everyone.