Agent Platform Engineer ($150K - $230K + Equity) for Healthcare AI Automation

About the job

This role is being recruited by CoffeeSpace on behalf of an anonymous VC-backed startup focused on building AI agents to automate healthcare back-office operations.

We’re identifying a small number of exceptional engineers from our network. If there’s a strong fit, we’ll introduce you directly to the founding team.

Location: New York City, NY

Compensation: $150K - $230K base + competitive equity

Employment type: Full-time

Visa: Open to candidates with H1B transfer support

About the company

This company is a VC-backed startup that develops AI agents to automate healthcare back-office tasks. Their technology focuses on computer-use agents that handle workflows such as browser and desktop automation, tool use, and state management.

The company has rapidly grown its revenue from $0 to over $1.5M in just six months, driven by strong customer demand. They have secured $7M in seed funding from Y Combinator and other top-tier venture capitalists.

The team is currently 7 people strong, with a founder who has firsthand experience in clinical settings and a background from companies like Facebook and Snapchat.

About the role

You will be responsible for building and maintaining the core agent infrastructure that supports healthcare customer workflows. This includes developing systems for browser automation, desktop automation, and workflow orchestration.

You will also design evaluation and observability systems to measure and debug agent performance, and improve agent architecture by experimenting with new approaches to planning and execution.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain core infrastructure for computer-use agents, including browser and desktop automation.
• Design systems to evaluate agent performance and track regressions.
• Improve agent architecture with new approaches to planning and memory.
• Own backend systems and workflow orchestration across the TypeScript monorepo.
• Collaborate with forward-deployed engineers to enhance platform capabilities.
• Develop clean abstractions for agents to operate across healthcare systems.

Why This Role Is Compelling

• Work on the core infrastructure of AI agents for healthcare automation.
• Be part of a small, elite team with significant individual impact.
• Engage in cutting-edge technical work with AI-native tools like Cursor and Claude Code.
• Contribute to a company with explosive growth and a clear product-market fit.

The Ideal Candidate

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Expertise in TypeScript backend systems and infrastructure.
• Experience with AI agents, browser automation, or workflow orchestration is a plus.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment.

Next steps

• 1. Apply via this LinkedIn job post
• 2. We’ll review and reach out if there’s a strong match
• 3. If aligned, we’ll introduce you directly to the team
• 4. If this role isn’t the right fit, we may suggest and make introductions to other high-signal startup roles we’re recruiting for, always with your permission.

A quick note on authenticity

This is a real, active role that CoffeeSpace is recruiting for in close partnership with the hiring team. We don’t post speculative roles and work directly with teams on their actual hiring needs.