Staff Software Engineer - Internal Efficiency

The role

You will embed with internal teams across Lyra Health to map how their work gets done and find where AI can help. You will design, build, ship and iterate on AI-powered tools and automations, and you own adoption and measurable efficiency gains.

What you will do

• Embed with internal teams to map workflows, find bottlenecks and scope AI-driven solutions with measurable efficiency outcomes
• Own the full lifecycle from discovery and prototyping through deployment, adoption, measurement and iteration
• Build and improve AI-powered tools, agents and automations that integrate with Python and Java microservices, web and mobile apps, and third-party systems
• Drive adoption of agentic software development across engineering
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and models, run fast experiments and turn winners into internal capabilities
• Define and track impact metrics such as time saved, throughput, quality and cost, and report results to leadership
• Collaborate on technical designs with engineering, data science, product, design, security and behavioral health teams
• Follow best practices and security standards, including responsible handling of sensitive data in AI workflows

Required qualifications

• BS in CS or related technical field
• 8+ years of experience developing enterprise or consumer web applications, ideally in Python or Java/Spring
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs in production, including agentic tools and frameworks, prompt and context engineering, evals, and workflows using Claude and Codex
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with non-engineering stakeholders and drive adoption of what you build
• Strong judgment about where AI helps versus where it adds risk, especially in healthcare
• Highly proactive and self-directed, with autonomy to decide what to build next

Before you apply

• Remote candidates must be based in the United States

About the company

Lyra Health is a provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. Its AI-powered platform is Lyra Empower.