Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI
Quick facts
- Pay
- $120,000 - $190,000 per year
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Skills
- Python
- Industry
- Information Technology — 675 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
River City Consulting is recruiting on behalf of a client, an early stage AI company building AI agents for healthcare operations. This is a direct hire role with our client. River City Consulting is the recruiting partner, not the employer.
Location: San Francisco, CA, on site 5 days per week
Base salary: $120,000 to $190,000
Equity: 0.1% to 0.5%, separate from base
What you will do
- Scope and build AI systems for complex clinical workflows, from first conversation to production
- Build and deploy retrieval pipelines, multi agent workflows, and structured extraction from unstructured records
- Work with healthcare data standards such as EHR, FHIR, and HL7
- Own monitoring, tuning, and improvement after deployment
- Work directly with customers and with the founders on product and technical direction
What you need
- 1+ years of software engineering experience, internships included
- Strong Python (required)
- Infrastructure as code experience with Terraform or similar (required)
- Working knowledge of prompt engineering
- An active GitHub history showing recent hands on work
- Ability to work on site in San Francisco 5 days per week
Nice to have
- Open source contributions
- Startup or founding team experience
- Browser automation experience
Work authorization: the client accepts H-1B transfer or sponsorship, O-1, and OPT.
Pay: $120,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name River City Consulting in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Below Level ISoftware Developers · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $137,093 | ~15% |
| Level II | $165,131 | ~31% |
| Level III | $193,149 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $221,187 | ~61% |
This job pays $120,000–$190,000 a year — below the Level I prevailing wage. For H-1B the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage, so the offer would have to go up.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.