Ocean Friends

About Ocean Friends Ocean Friends is a fast-growing, profitable healthcare tech startup focused on empowering pediatric therapy centers (Speech, OT, PT) with powerful automation, AI agents, and data-driven insights. Our mission is simple but ambitious: use technology to give every child with special needs a greater sense of purpose, progress, and joy. We build tools that help therapists, parents, and care teams work together effortlessly—so more time goes to the child, not paperwork. Role Overview We are looking for a Software Engineer (AI & Business Systems) who is passionate about using AI to make a real-world difference in children's lives. This is not a “backend research” or “ML-only” role—it's a full-spectrum technology + business + product thinking position . You will: Build AI-powered agents, copilots, and automation workflows used daily by therapists and families Stay on the cutting edge of the AI ecosystem (agents, RAG, speech models, multimodal, reasoning engines) Translate business problems into elegant systems and intelligent tools Work deeply with founders, users, and therapy centers to understand what actually moves the needle Develop robust, scalable backend services (Python + GCP preferred) that power our core platform Business understanding is nearly more important than pure technical skill. Your superpower should be connecting therapy workflows, parent journeys, and business needs to AI capabilities. What You’ll Do AI & Product Build and maintain AI agents for scheduling, claims, parent journaling, therapist documentation, and more Evaluate, experiment, and integrate new AI models and tools quickly Design systems that combine deterministic rules with LLM reasoning Create delightful experiences for therapists, parents, and admin teams Engineering Develop scalable microservices on GCP (Cloud Run, Firestore, BigQuery, Pub/Sub) Write clean, maintainable Python or TypeScript code Work with structured/unstructured data, PDFs, audio, and multimodal features Build APIs, automation pipelines, and real-time event systems Business & Domain Understanding Work closely with founders and customers to understand therapy workflows Translate customer needs into product features Use empathy and curiosity to understand how your work impacts children, parents, and therapists Make product decisions that balance business value, ROI, usability, and technical feasibility Who You Are Human-centric Mission-driven—excited about helping kids and families Empathetic and comfortable talking to non-technical users Curious about therapy, parent journeys, and clinic operations AI-native Strong understanding of the AI agent ecosystem Hands-on experience with LLMs, vector search, multimodal inputs, or agent frameworks Comfortable evaluating multiple models and picking the right tool for the job Stays current with the rapidly evolving AI landscape Product + Business minded Understands how product decisions affect revenue, workflows, and outcomes Thinks in terms of ROI, effort-vs-impact, and user happiness Thrives in ambiguity and can define the problem before solving it Technical skills Strong Python or TypeScript/Node Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) Understanding of basic ML/AI concepts (RAG, embeddings, model evaluation, prompting) Ability to ship quickly and iterate Nice to Have Experience in healthcare, education, or therapy tech UI/UX empathy and ability to design intuitive workflows Experience with FastAPI, React, or BigQuery Familiarity with HIPAA and secure data handling Why Ocean Friends Mission-driven team improving lives of children every day Work directly with founders—zero bureaucracy Modern tech stack and an environment that embraces AI deeply Huge ownership over product direction and outcomes A profitable, growing company where your work has immediate real-world impact