Director of Engineering – Platform Engineering
Hippocratic AIPalo Alto, California, United States
Posted November 3, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Hippocratic AI is a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare, developing a safe, healthcare-focused large language model designed to revolutionize health outcomes on a global scale.
Job Description
Hippocratic AI is seeking a Director of Engineering – Platform Engineering to lead the design, implementation, and operation of their cloud infrastructure, observability systems, and GPU control plane. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading infrastructure, SRE, or platform teams at scale.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading infrastructure, SRE, or platform teams at scale
- Proven success in managing large-scale distributed systems and global cloud infrastructure
- Deep experience with high-performance computing or large-scale AI workloads
- Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)
- Expertise in observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, etc.) and operational excellence
- Experience with security and compliance frameworks relevant to healthcare (HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to partner across product, AI research, and operations
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
