Staff Software Engineer, AI Agents

Asha Health

Asha Health

Software Engineering, Data Science

Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

USD 200k-200k / year + Equity

Posted on May 2, 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.
  • You wont have to eat Ramen (unless you want to): Backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, 186 Ventures, Reach Capital and many more.
  • Tbh we're not big believers in credentials but our team has some cool folk: Team includes AI product leaders from companies like Google, physician executives from major health systems, etc.

About The Role

  • You'll be both a rockstar IC and have the opportunity to lead a team of engineers.
  • We aren't looking for managers or 10+ YOE, our ideal fit is 3-7 YOE and very hungry. We don't care if it's your first time leading a team. We like to make bets on people based on their trajectory, not their tenure.
  • You'll build a lot of AI agents.
  • You'll get super deep in healthcare workflows.
  • If this job was posted pre 4.6, we would have said your job is to be a stellar engineer. Given that the world changed in February, so have role expectations: you'll be expected to be a strong product manager, designer, and backend/AI engineer all in one -- just like the rest of the team.

Who Should Not Apply

  • The role is in person 5 days a week, 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).
  • Built and scaled your own projects to significant revenue.
  • Understanding of US healthcare/health-tech.

Compensation

$200k+ generous equity