Senior Applied AI Product Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

VetsEZ•Houston, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

EZLabs, the AI innovation division of VetsEZ, is hiring a Senior Applied AI Product Engineer for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government healthcare modernization project. The role builds intelligent healthcare products focused on patient engagement, care coordination, claims management, and operational efficiency. The engineer uses Claude Code and related AI development tools to develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain full-stack software products, working with product managers, designers, engineers, and clinical stakeholders in a fast-paced remote Agile environment. Candidates must reside within the continental United States. U.S. citizenship is required. Selected candidates must successfully complete a background check and be able to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including required fingerprinting, when required for the position. VetsEZ cannot offer sponsorship at this time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, or full-stack application development.
Demonstrated proficiency using Claude Code to develop functional software products, including implementing features, debugging code, and validating results.
Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable programming languages, with experience developing frontend components, backend services, and APIs.
Hands-on experience integrating LLMs into applications through APIs, prompt engineering, AI agents, generative AI workflows, or retrieval augmented generation (RAG).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to review AI-generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and test coverage.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and contribute effectively in a remote Agile environment.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to successfully complete a background check.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including required fingerprinting, when required for the position.
Must reside within the continental United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, along with Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with Cursor, Codex, OpenAI APIs, Anthropic APIs, vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, or AI orchestration frameworks.
Experience developing deployed AI applications or supporting healthcare, payer/provider, federal government, or Department of Veterans Affairs technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement AI-powered features that improve patient engagement, care coordination, claims management, and operational efficiency.
Use Claude Code and related AI development tools to build, test, troubleshoot, and maintain full-stack software products.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, and clinical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, user-focused solutions.
Develop APIs, backend services, automation pipelines, and LLM integrations that support intelligent product capabilities.
Apply software engineering, DevOps, and MLOps practices to testing, deployment, monitoring, security, and performance optimization.
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and implementation approaches to improve product functionality and engineering workflows.
Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and project success.