Senior AI Engineer in Healthcare Startup in Zürich (80-100%)
<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p>We are a team of entrepreneurs, psychologists, and engineers bringing joy back to therapy. At PlaynVoice, we are reshaping mental health care by combining AI with clinical expertise to make documentation a breeze. In under 2 years, our AI scribe has gone from concept to reality, gaining 500+ users in Switzerland and Germany. We are generating over 20,000 patient notes monthly. We are looking for entrepreneurs; fast, ambitious, and smart individuals who want to take care of the people who take care of our mental health.</p><br/>Tasks<br/><ul><br/><li><strong>Prompt Engineering & Pipeline Management:</strong> Design, iterate, and maintain prompt systems that reliably generate high-quality clinical documentation across a growing number of templates. Build scalable prompt architectures that let us add new output formats without fragmentation.</li><br/><li><strong>Evaluate & Integrate AI Models:</strong> Benchmark and select the best LLM solutions for clinical documentation. Stay on top of the rapidly evolving model landscape and assess new options.</li><br/><li><strong>Build Evaluation Pipelines:</strong> Design practical evaluation processes across our data pipeline from audio and transcription to LLM-generated output. The goal isn't perfection but knowing when output is good enough.</li><br/><li><strong>Ensure Clinical Output Quality:</strong> Work closely with our psychologists and product team to define what "good" looks like, ensuring features meet the real-world expectations of users.</li><br/><li><strong>Experiment, Ship, Iterate:</strong> Design experiments and data labeling strategies, push them to production, measure real-world performance, and use the insights to drive the next iteration.</li><br/></ul><br/>Requirements<br/><ul><br/><li><strong>Prompt Engineering & LLM Expertise:</strong> 2+ years of deep experience in systematic prompt engineering, building structured prompt systems that produce reliable outputs at scale.</li><br/><li><strong>Software Engineering Foundation:</strong> Solid engineering skills in Python and cloud infrastructure (we run on Azure). You build reliable, production-grade systems, not just notebooks.</li><br/><li><strong>German Language Skills:</strong> You need to understand Swiss German to sanity check AI-generated notes against the original audio. Strong High German for evaluating written clinical output.</li><br/><li><strong>Pragmatic Startup Mindset:</strong> You know that good enough is good enough. You ship fast, iterate based on real-world feedback, and resist over-engineering. Ideally you've worked in an early-stage SaaS company.</li><br/><li><strong>Clear Communicator:</strong> Our team works in English day-to-day. You can articulate technical decisions and collaborate effectively across functions.</li><br/></ul><br/>Benefits<br/><ul><br/><li>Real Impact, Fast: 500+ therapists use our product daily, your work improves their lives within days, not quarters.</li><br/><li>Unique Problem Domain: Clinical AI at the intersection of Swiss German speech, mental health, and regulatory requirements.</li><br/><li>Massive Ownership: A team of ~10 means your decisions shape the product directly.</li><br/><li>Flexibility: Remote-first with flexible hours and a coworking space in Zürich when you want it.</li><br/><li>Equity: Meaningful stake in a high-growth healthtech company.</li><br/></ul><br/><p><strong>Please send your CV and 5-10 sentences about why PlaynVoice, generic applications won't be considered.</strong></p> </div>