Senior Clinical Context Engineer
Doctronic
Remote · USA · $200k–$350k a year · Posted January 14, 2026
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SENIOR CLINICAL CONTEXT ENGINEER
Doctronic Physicians Group (DPG) & Doctronic Inc.
POSITION OVERVIEW
We seek a physician-leader to bridge clinical medicine and artificial intelligence. This role combines hands-on context engineering with strategic leadership, requiring both deep medical knowledge and comfort with AI/LLM technologies.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Medical AI Development (50%)
- Write and refine medical guidelines and prompts that enable our LLMs to provide accurate clinical responses
- Translate medical knowledge into structured formats for our agentic workflows and knowledge graph
- Ensure AI outputs align with current medical standards across urgent care, primary care, chronic disease management, and medication management
Systems & Evaluation (30%)
- Organize medical databases supporting our AI agents and consensus models
- Develop evaluation frameworks to assess LLM performance in clinical contexts
- Create metrics specific to diagnosis accuracy, treatment appropriateness, and prescription safety
Cross-functional Collaboration (20%)
- Day-to-day interaction with engineering team to develop and refine architecture
- Gather feedback from our physician network to identify improvement opportunities
- Partner with engineering on integration between AI doctor and EHR system
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Medical Background
- MD, DO, or equivalent; completed residency in any specialty
- Strong clinical decision-making skills with experience in urgent care, primary care, or internal medicine preferred
Technical Expertise
- Data science background and a deep understanding of managing large databases
- Demonstrated deep knowledge of AI and large language models
- Experience with or strong interest in prompt engineering
- Comfort with iterative testing and rapid prototyping
- Familiarity with EHR systems and clinical workflows
Leadership Skills
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams
- Exceptional writing and editorial skills for medical content
- Experience developing clinical protocols or guidelines
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience at healthcare technology companies or digital health startups
- Understanding of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data privacy
WHAT WE OFFER
- Direct impact on healthcare accessibility for millions of patients
- Opportunity to shape AI medical standards at a pioneering company
- Work with world-class AI technology unique in the industry
- Competitive equity package
- Salary commensurate with experience
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks fully paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender or path to parenthood — no distinction between birthing and non-birthing parents
ABOUT DOCTRONIC
Doctronic is the #1 AI Doctor, revolutionizing direct-to-patient healthcare through our proprietary AI system. Doctronic is the first AI legally authorized to practice medicine. We're processing millions of consultations monthly with 99%+ treatment plan accuracy validated by board-certified clinicians. Our platform (doctronic.ai http://doctronic.ai) provides free, anonymous, HIPAA-compliant AI consultations alongside affordable human physician visits ($40) available 24/7 across all 50 states via instant video, scheduled video, or async text.