Senior AI Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Work closely with business stakeholders to deeply understand existing workflows, pain points, bottlenecks and manual processes
• ▹Proactively identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate or redesign processes, rather than only responding to predefined technical requirements
• ▹Translate operational problems into pragmatic AI-powered tools, automations and software solutions
• ▹Own solutions end to end, from process discovery and solution design through implementation, deployment, adoption and iteration
• ▹Build and integrate AI-driven applications using LLMs, APIs, internal systems and workflow automation
• ▹Handle both front-end and back-end development when needed, ensuring seamless integration across the tech stack
• ▹Measure the impact of implemented solutions and continuously improve them based on user feedback, operational metrics and observed outcomes

Requirements

• ▹At least 3 years of experience in software engineering, automation, AI engineering or a similarly technical role
• ▹Strong hands-on proficiency in JavaScript (React, Node.js) and/or Python
• ▹Experience building practical software solutions and integrating multiple systems through APIs
• ▹Hands-on experience with LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic or equivalent models
• ▹Proficiency in SQL and confidence working with data to understand processes and measure outcomes
• ▹A strong continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to analyze how a process works today and make it simpler, faster, more reliable or more scalable
• ▹Experience working directly with business or operational stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into concrete solutions
• ▹Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly where the problem is not fully defined upfront
• ▹High levels of ownership and autonomy, with a bias toward experimentation and execution
• ▹Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Lean, Kaizen, continuous improvement, process engineering or operational excellence methodologies
• ▹Experience automating operational workflows or transforming manual business processes
• ▹Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and integrating structured and unstructured data into LLM workflows
• ▹Practical experience building or orchestrating AI agents
• ▹Experience with workflow automation platforms or agentic systems
• ▹Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• ▹Understanding of AI governance principles

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Country-specific benefits, detailed separately
• ▹Total compensation range €50,400 – €72,000 EUR (base, variable and estimated equity value combined)

About the company

Sword Health builds AI-powered care across physical therapy, women's health, cardiometabolic and mental health, with more than 700,000 members across three continents. AI proficiency is a core expectation at the company.