--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Web at Knowtex' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-web-knowtex-san-francisco-t4e64mjmg4bk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Senior Software Engineer, Web at Knowtex - **Company:** Knowtex - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $180k–$220k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/knowtex/64692ce5-8a4c-4c02-b03c-c4400987b77c ## Job description Knowtex.ai Senior Software Engineer, Web ## LOCATION San Francisco, CA (in office 3 days a week) ## EMPLOYMENT Full-time, individual contributor ## WORK AUTHORIZATION Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; we are unable to sponsor visas for this role ## About Knowtex.ai Knowtex is the first frontier AI lab for healthcare that is building AI to save human lives. We built an AI system that executes the most complex workflows in medicine and empowers clinicians with clinical intelligence capabilities, so every patient can receive the best care possible. Position Overview We are seeking a frontend-leaning engineer to help build and scale Clinical Intelligence capabilities in our user-facing web application. You will work closely with Platform Engineering and customer-facing teams to build accessible, intuitive, and performant user experiences that support real-time AI workflows across enterprise healthcare environments. This role is ideal for an engineer who has experience operating on small, high-impact teams with significant ownership and autonomy, including end-to-end execution on critical product features. ## Key Responsibilities - Maintain and expand core Clinical Intelligence experiences, including AI assistants, patient context, patient search, trial and drug eligibility, and other emerging workflows - Build and scale client-side EHR-integrated features - Maintain complex audio-centric workflows - Develop accessible, intuitive, and performant user interfaces - Develop secure and performant APIs and supporting infrastructure for web and mobile applications - Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and customer delivery teams to prioritize bug fixes, improvements, and new feature development - Participate meaningfully in technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews - Improve system reliability, observability, and performance - Handle engineering escalations from customer-facing teams, including investigating issues outside of your typical areas of responsibility Required Qualifications - 5+ years of experience building production web applications - Strong proficiency in TypeScript - Experience building applications with React and Node.js - Experience designing and building RESTful APIs - Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases - Understanding of distributed systems and scalability concepts - Strong debugging, communication, and problem-solving skills - Significant experience using agentic coding tools to aid in the SDLC ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience in healthcare technology or regulated environments - Experience building real-time or highly interactive web applications - Familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS, and DynamoDB Technical Environment - React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python (Lambda) - AWS cloud infrastructure (including GovCloud environments) - AI-enabled application platforms - CI/CD pipelines and containerized services - Observability and analytics tools (Amplitude, Sentry) ## Compensation & Benefits - Meaningful equity compensation - Unlimited PTO - Premium health, dental, and vision coverage - 401(k) plan Why Knowtex? Mission that matters Our product sits inside real-time clinical care. Every workflow you improve gives a clinician time back and makes a patient's documentation safer and more complete. Already at scale You'll ship to a deployment spanning hundreds of VA sites and tens of thousands of clinicians, plus a growing commercial base — with impact backed by peer-reviewed research. AI-native ways of working We're a frontier AI lab for healthcare, and we work like one: AI tooling is part of how you prototype, analyze, and ship every day. Growth and training Onboarding on our product, clinical documentation workflows, and customer base; HIPAA and security/compliance training (plus VA/federal training where relevant); shadowing implementations and site visits; and direct mentorship from the CTO. Knowtex is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse team that reflects the clinicians and patients we serve. ## About Knowtex ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Knowtex provides an ambient clinical AI platform that automates documentation, coding, and workflow tasks by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. - **Entity Type**: Private (startup; Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Caroline Zhang (CEO) and Jocelyn Kang (CTO) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Healthcare AI / Ambient Clinical Intelligence - Target customers: Enterprise health systems, federal agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs), and large medical practices (B2B, enterprise, government) - Mission: Leverage AI and voice technology to solve inefficiencies and revenue leakage in healthcare, freeing clinicians from documentation burden so they can focus on patient care. ## Products & Services - **Knowtex Ambient Clinical AI Platform**: A HIPAA-compliant, EHR-agnostic platform that listens to doctor-patient conversations and automatically generates accurate clinical notes, ICD-10/E&M codes, orders, and other documentation. Tailored to over 200 medical specialties. Includes an admin dashboard for operational oversight, performance monitoring, and AI governance. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; notable backing includes Y Combinator, Amazon Web Services, UCSF Rosenman Institute, and MedTech Innovators. In 2024, awarded a $15 million contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator, Amazon Web Services, UCSF Rosenman Institute, MedTech Innovators, 4D EMR (partnership) - **Growth Signals**: - Selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for deployment across the nation’s largest integrated health system (170 medical centers, 1,193 outpatient clinics). [knowtex.ai](https://www.knowtex.ai/resources/knowtex-selected-by-u-s-department-of-veterans-affairs-to-deploy-ambient-clinical-ai) - Platform has automated over 100 million workflows, supports 1,000+ clinicians, and covers 200+ specialties. - Reports 90% decrease in administrative manual work and 10% increase in ROI from improved code capture and billing error prevention. [knowtex.ai](https://www.knowtex.ai/) - Achieved SOC 2 Type I, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliance; features explainable/transparent AI. ## Competitive Advantages - **Specialty-specific, EHR-agnostic**: Models are tailored to individual medical specialties and integrate with any electronic health record system, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. - **Enterprise & Federal Readiness**: Compliance with HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR; built for scale with strong PHI protection and audited security. - **Transparent, Explainable AI**: Platform provides structured benchmarking, continuous monitoring, and evaluation standards, making AI decisions measurable and trustworthy for clinicians. - **VA Partnership**: A top-3 winner of the VA’s 2024 AI Tech Sprint for Ambient Scribe and a $15M contract validates the solution at federal scale. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling the platform across the VA health system (national rollout starting October 2025) and expanding federal partnerships. - Deepening specialty-specific model performance (200+ specialties) and expanding into new clinical domains. - Building an integrated AI infrastructure that unifies automation, oversight, and intelligence for health systems. - Advancing transparent AI evaluation to increase clinician trust and adoption. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: According to the careers page, the team values curiosity, ownership, and thoughtful collaboration. Employees work alongside clinicians, engineers, and researchers tackling complex healthcare challenges. [knowtex.ai/careers](https://www.knowtex.ai/careers) - **Impact**: Directly improve how care is delivered by reducing clinician burnout and administrative burden. Technology is used by the VA and large health systems. - **Location**: Headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated, but roles listed on Ashby include San Francisco as location. - **Team**: Women-founded (Caroline Zhang, Jocelyn Kang) by Stanford AI scientists, with backgrounds in biomedical research, investment banking, and prior startups. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but as an early-stage YC company, employees likely get significant ownership and growth opportunities. ## Sources 1. [knowtex.ai](https://www.knowtex.ai/) 2. [knowtex.ai/careers](https://www.knowtex.ai/careers) 3. [ycombinator.com/companies/knowtex](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/knowtex) 4. [knowtex.ai/resources/knowtex-selected-by-u-s-department-of-veterans-affairs-to-deploy-ambient-clinical-ai](https://www.knowtex.ai/resources/knowtex-selected-by-u-s-department-of-veterans-affairs-to-deploy-ambient-clinical-ai) 5. [linkedin.com/company/knowtexai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowtexai) ## Other roles at Knowtex - [Senior Software Engineer, Android](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-android-knowtex-san-francisco-pxt7a5pyjf71) — San Francisco, CA - [ML Engineer, LLM's](https://feeny.ai/job/ml-engineer-llm-s-knowtex-san-francisco-wkgw7s3v7d0s) — San Francisco, CA - [Join Our Talent Community](https://feeny.ai/job/join-our-talent-community-knowtex-united-states-q25ef9gyp2cd) — United States - [Senior Software Engineer, Web](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-web-binance-us-canada-svf1qrsbzxwg) — Canada