Member of Technical Staff - Engineering
Company websitekineticsystems.ai (Kinetic Systems, opens in new tab)
Base salary $115K to $200K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Kinetic Systems is a healthcare AI research lab. We partner with frontier labs and healthcare organizations to help make AI models safer and more reliable.
We spun out of the Stanford PhD program in 2025 and are backed by General Catalyst.
The Role
As a Member of Technical Staff (Engineering), you’ll be closely involved in all aspects of engineering, with a particular eye on building RL environments, translating research into deliverables and product, building out core infrastructure and back-end systems, and developing user-facing websites and APIs. We move at the speed of research (i.e. very fast), and you will need to as well!
Note: This is a full-time role, required to be in-person in SF.
What You’ll Do
Develop novel evals, RL environments, and rigorous benchmarks to reflect real-world healthcare workflows
Work with real healthcare data
Maintain customer-facing products
Own internal tooling (data pipelines, dashboards, observability, etc.) that helps our teams move faster
Translate research code into robust, scalable software
Who You Are
2+ years industry SWE experience
Strong background in React, NextJS, Tailwind, and SQL
Proficient in DevOps / CloudOps (e.g. Docker, Terraform, etc.)
Familiar with RLEs, benchmarks, evals, and post-training
Experience working with sensitive data (health, finance, etc.)
Interested in healthcare as an application (prior background not necessary)
Why Us
If you join our team, you will be joining a team with...
Founding-level impact and ownership
An opportunity to advance AI research in one of its most meaningful application areas
Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
Unlimited PTO
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
401(k)
Free lunch + dinner
Source: Kinetic Systems on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($115,000) is above 3% of the 5,063 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 21 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,600; the middle half runs from $149,365 to $204,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
This listingMember of Technical Staff - Engineering$115K to $200K
Member of Clinical Staff$150K to $225K
Member of Technical Staff - Research$175K to $350K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff - Engineering (this listing) | $115K - $200K |
| Member of Clinical Staff | $150K - $225K |
| Member of Technical Staff - Research | $175K - $350K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- fields changed
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-01-26
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 115,000 – 200,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary · Comp
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