Senior Software Engineer (Chicago)

Senior Software Engineer — Agentic Voice (Healthcare)

Company: Attune

Location: West Loop, Chicago, IL (Hybrid — 3 days/week in office )

Type: Full‑time

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior / Staff Product Engineer with a strong background in web, backend, and AI development. The ideal candidate is highly product-minded and capable of making strategic decisions that drive product excellence. You will play a pivotal role in building robust software solutions while setting high engineering standards for the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Development: Design, develop, and maintain high-quality web and backend systems that meet product requirements.
• Strategic Decision-Making: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to make informed product decisions that enhance user experience and business value.
• Technical Leadership: Set engineering best practices and standards; lead by example to foster a culture of excellence.
• Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior engineers to develop their technical and professional skills.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Performance Optimization: Ensure the scalability, security, and performance of applications.
• Innovation: Stay updated with emerging AI technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Technical Expertise:
• Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, LLMs (RAG, fine-tuning, scaled deployments).
• Proficiency in Typescript, React / NextJs, Python, Java.
• Expertise in web technologies - experience developing full-stack solutions leveraging websockets, SSE, REST APIs, service workers, and more.
• Strong backend development skills with experience in Java + Spring, Python.
• Experience with databases and understanding of data modeling. Experience with Redis, and Postgres are a plus.
• Deep familiarity with AWS EKS and deploying in Kubernetes.

Soft Skills:

• Product Mindset: Proven ability to make strategic product decisions with a focus on user needs and business impact.
• Entrepreneurial: Experience taking ideas all the way from ideation to execution. Instead of waiting for tasks, you’re proactively identifying areas of opportunity and building them out.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated experience in leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

How we work:

• Small, cross‑functional pods with a tech lead (engineering owns sprint tickets; product owns the what/why and outcomes).
• Bias to prototype → validate → build ; instrument everything; learn fast.
• High autonomy, high bar, candid feedback, low politics.
• Hybrid: 3 days/week in our West Loop office; occasional travel for customer meetings and team onsites.

Compensation & benefits:

Competitive base + equity; comprehensive health benefits; flexible PTO.

Attune is committed to a culture of teamwork; where everyone works together to plan, do, learn, and continuously improve. We accomplish that by staying true to our core values.

• Lead With Empathy - Attune designs technology that listens first and responds with compassion and precision. Every interaction reflects genuine understanding and care for patients, providers, and partners.

• Trust Is Earned - Trust is built through openness, clarity, and reliability. Attune upholds the highest standards of privacy, security, and communication, ensuring confidence in every exchange.

• Work in Harmony - Collaboration drives progress. Attune aligns patients, care organizations, and technology partners to create seamless, unified systems that work together toward better outcomes.

• Prioritize Outcomes - Success is measured by impact, not activity. Attune focuses on closing care gaps, improving experiences, and advancing meaningful health outcomes.

• Innovate With Integrity - Attune advances AI responsibly, creating solutions that amplify human expertise without losing the human touch. Innovation always serves people first.

Attune is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and all employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us.