Chief Engineer Job at HIRA, Chicago, IL

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  • HIRA
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

HIRA is an agentic AI-driven workforce optimization platform that helps hospitals reduce labor costs and improve staffing decisions. Instead of relying on dashboards or manual analysis, HIRA acts as an AI coach that interprets KPIs, identifies root causes, and guides managers on what actions to take.

Hospitals are facing rising labor costs, worsening staffing shortages, and increasing pressure to do more with less. Existing workforce solutions focus on scheduling or HCM tasks but do little to help leaders understand demand, project staffing needs, or make consistent, data-driven decisions. HIRA closes this gap by combining predictive demand modeling, staffing grid intelligence, scenario planning, and agentic AI designed specifically for healthcare operations.

Role Description

We’re hiring a Chief Engineer to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution of our AI-driven workforce optimization platform. This is a highly influential, hands-on leadership role where you will help define how the platform is built, guide engineering direction, and contribute directly to its development.

You will work side-by-side with the co-founders to shape system architecture, build critical product components yourself, and manage a small engineering team as we scale. This role is ideal for someone who wants both flexibility and meaningful ownership in an early-stage, high-velocity environment.

Qualifications

Required

  • 7+ years of engineering experience (backend, full-stack, or data engineering)
  • Experience leading or managing engineers
  • Strong hands-on skills with Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL
  • Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure strongly preferred)
  • Proven experience building LLM-based features, agentic workflows, or AI-enabled applications
  • Prior architecture experience in a startup or complex data environment
  • Strong ownership mindset and comfort operating independently

Preferred

  • Experience with healthcare data, EHR integrations, and staffing workflows
  • Familiarity with HL7, FHIR, and secure healthcare APIs
  • Experience with agent frameworks, vector databases, or orchestration tooling
  • Prior early-stage or founding engineer role
  • Exposure to HIPAA or SOC 2 environments

Who You Are

  • Both a strategic thinker and a hands-on builder
  • Comfortable defining milestones, scoping work, and executing efficiently
  • A leader who can manage, mentor, and scale an engineering team
  • Mission-driven and excited about improving healthcare operations
  • Pragmatic, resourceful, and comfortable in ambiguity

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