Software Architect
At a glance
Mid-level Engineering Leadership role at Machinify. Remote, United States · full-time · $230,000–$280,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set the architecture and build the document-processing and agent evaluation framework, from interfaces through production implementation
- Create APIs and abstractions for reasoning across medical records, claims information and other unstructured documents
- Choose how orchestration, retrieval, LLM use and domain logic fit together, including prompt, multimodal, RAG and workflow patterns
- Improve system scale, speed, reliability and observability while reducing technical debt and establishing reusable engineering patterns
- Work with data science, data engineering and product teams, and coach engineers on system and API design
What you bring
- At least ten years in software engineering, including ownership of architecture for large-scale systems
- Deep Python framework and API design experience, plus work with Scala or Java
- Experience building production agentic or multi-step LLM workflows and systems that handle unstructured documents or images
- A computer science degree at bachelor's or master's level, or equivalent experience
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on senior technical leader who sets architecture and contributes production code, while mentoring engineers rather than focusing only on design. The role is remote within the US.
From the employer
Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 85 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 270 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We’re constantly reimagining what’s possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.
JD for Software Architect:
Software Architect | Intelligent Document Processing & Agentic Systems
Location: Remote - US
About Machinify
Machinify is a healthcare intelligence platform deployed across 85+ health plans, serving over 270 million lives. We build AI-powered systems for payment integrity and audit solutions that optimize financial outcomes and reduce healthcare costs — processing hundreds of millions of documents and validating millions of claims annually.
The Role
We are seeking a Software Architect to own the design and implementation of our intelligent document processing and agentic evaluation framework. This is a hands-on, Senior Staff-level technical leadership role responsible for setting the architectural direction for how our platform ingests, understands, and reasons over complex healthcare documents at scale.
This role requires both architectural vision and strong implementation skills. You will design the APIs, abstractions, and frameworks that power agentic case analysis — and build them alongside a team of experienced engineers. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in system design, has strong convictions about where abstraction boundaries belong, and writes Python that sets the standard for the team.
What You'll Do
- Own the architecture of Machinify's intelligent document processing platform and agentic evaluation framework — from API design to implementation
- Design abstractions and interfaces that enable agentic workflows to reason over medical records, claims data, and unstructured healthcare documents
- Define the boundaries between orchestration, retrieval, LLM interaction, and domain logic — creating a framework that is principled yet pragmatic. Ensure the system scales.
- Write performant production code — this is a hands-on role where you lead through implementation, not solely through design documents.
- Make foundational technology decisions around prompt architecture, multi-modal LLM integration, RAG patterns, and workflow orchestration
- Drive reliability and observability into AI systems that must operate at healthcare-grade standards
- Collaborate closely with Data Science, Data Engineering, and Product teams to translate complex domain requirements into clean system design
- Reduce technical debt and establish architectural patterns that scale with the platform
- Mentor engineers on system design, API design, and building production-grade AI systems
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of owning system architecture at scale
- Experience with Python & Scala/Java — deep experience designing Python-based frameworks and writing idiomatic, well-structured APIs in Python and Scala/Java.
- Demonstrated ability to design effective abstractions: knowing when to generalize, when to keep things concrete, and where to draw boundaries in complex systems
- Experience architecting agentic or multi-step reasoning systems that integrate LLMs into production workflows — framework-agnostic design thinking is valued over familiarity with any specific tool
- Strong background in designing large-scale systems that process unstructured data such as documents, medical records, and images
- Deep understanding of API design principles and building platforms that other engineers build upon
- Proven ability to productionize AI/ML systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and maintainability
- Strong experience with designing with system performance and scaling trade-offs in mind
- Strong CS fundamentals — data structures, distributed systems, asynchronous programming
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
- Experience with Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, or Ray
- Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and observability tooling
- Background in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated industries
- Cross-functional collaboration experience with data scientists and ML engineers
What We Offer
- Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first.
- Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings
- FSA/HSA
- Tuition reimbursement
- Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
- Unlimited PTO
- Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
- Flexible and trusting environment where you’ll feel empowered to do your best work
The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications, etc. We are hiring for different levels and the base salary can range from $230k-$280k+ based on your assessed level. Compensation also includes meaningful equity, healthcare, unlimited PTO, and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know. See our Candidate Privacy Notice at: https://www.machinify.com/candidate-privacy-notice/