Forward Deployed Engineer at Asteroid
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Compensation
- $130k-$150k + Equity
Join Asteroid, a YC W25 company revolutionizing healthcare administration by building the programmable APIs the industry lacks.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you’ll work at the absolute frontier of AI, deploying computer-use agents that handle 300,000+ executions monthly for tasks like prior authorizations and referral intake. Backed by top investors from OpenAI and Hugging Face, Asteroid is growing 30% month-over-month.
You’ll be the primary architect for customer success, turning manual SOPs into sophisticated AI workflows that save thousands of hours. If you have a technical background, healthcare context, and a desire to ship real-world AI, this is the most exciting role in San Francisco right now.
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Role overview
As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Asteroid, you will bridge the gap between healthcare operations and AI automation. You’ll scope complex workflows like prior authorizations and EHR write-backs, then build production-ready agents using Anthropic’s computer-use tools. This high-impact role combines technical execution with direct customer ownership to modernize the $1T healthcare administration market.
About Asteroid
Software · 6–10+ employees
Asteroid is the AI-powered integration layer for healthcare. One connector for EHRs, payer portals, and legacy desktop systems, with 100+ pre-built integrations that go live in days, not months. Built for developers and operations teams, with integrations that maintain themselves.
What you will do
- Lead scoping calls with healthcare teams to translate complex manual SOPs into technical requirements for AI-driven automation.
- Build and ship production workflows on the Asteroid platform using a mix of prompts, scripts, and computer-use models.
- Own the end-to-end customer relationship, triaging production failures and identifying opportunities to expand Asteroid’s footprint within accounts.
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses a strong technical background with 1-2 years of experience building real products or systems using APIs and scripts.
- Understands the nuances of healthcare operations, including prior authorizations, eligibility checks, and EHR conventions like eClinicalWorks or athenahealth.
- Demonstrates builder-level AI judgment, knowing precisely when to use a deterministic script versus a large language model for maximum reliability.
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Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the frontier of AI as an early-access partner for Anthropic’s computer-use tools, deploying agents that handle 300,000+ executions monthly.
- Join a high-growth YC W25 team with 30%+ MoM revenue growth and backing from elite angels at OpenAI and Hugging Face.
- Directly impact patient care by automating critical but manual processes like prior authorizations and referral intake for top-tier healthcare providers.
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