Torch Dental is a rapidly growing start-up whose mission is to improve the lives of healthcare providers by simplifying supply ordering, providing transparent pricing, and modernizing a previously outdated ordering process. Torch is targeting the $100+ billion office-based healthcare supply industry, starting with dental practices. Our innovative e-commerce software platform streamlines healthcare professionals’ procurement process and secures the best prices for products.
We are a close‑knit team that enjoys working together every day to solve real‑world problems. We obsess over customer satisfaction, promote a strong bias for action, encourage team members to engage in impactful work, and foster a one team culture. Our goal is to create better solutions to help healthcare professionals succeed, and we are looking for people like you to help bring this vision to life.
Your Impact:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Torch, you will own the design, deployment, and operation of Torch’s AI systems while also contributing to the backend services that support them. You will ensure our workloads are secure, compliant, and scalable, enabling LLM-powered features for thousands of dental practices, and occasionally writing backend code to integrate and optimize these systems.
About Us:Torch Dental is a rapidly growing start-up whose mission is to improve the lives of healthcare providers by simplifying supply ordering, providing transparent pricing, and modernizing a previously outdated ordering process. Torch is targeting the $100+ billion office-based healthcare supply industry, starting with dental practices. Our innovative e-commerce software platform streamlines healthcare professionals’ procurement process and secures the best prices for products. We are a close‑knit team that enjoys working together every day to solve real‑world problems. We obsess over customer satisfaction, promote a strong bias for action, encourage team members to engage in impactful work, and foster a one team culture. Our goal is to create better solutions to help healthcare professionals succeed, and we are looking for people like you to help bring this vision to life.Your Impact:As a Senior Software Engineer at Torch, you will own the design, deployment, and operation of Torch’s AI systems while also contributing to the backend services that support them. You will ensure our workloads are secure, compliant, and scalable, enabling LLM-powered features for thousands of dental practices, and occasionally writing backend code to integrate and optimize these systems.
Responsibilities:
Own the end-to-end AI infrastructure architecture, including cloud deployment, container orchestration, and pipelines
Build and maintain HIPAA-compliant systems for sensitive healthcare data
Lead decisions around security, compliance, cost, performance, and scaling of AI workloads
Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and observability systems for AI pipelines and production models
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations teams to integrate AI capabilities into Torch’s platform
Mentor and guide other engineers on best practices in AI infrastructure, DevOps, and compliance
What we are looking for:
5+ years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure engineering
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and deploying secure, compliant workloads
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience designing and managing infrastructure as code to provision, maintain, and scale cloud resources reliably and reproducibly (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools)
Proven experience building production-grade AI/ML infrastructure, including LLM inference pipelines
Familiarity with HIPAA or other regulated healthcare environments
Demonstrated record of building scalable, secure, and reliable systems
Comfortable collaborating with non-engineers, including product managers, designers, and business stakeholders
Bonus:
Experience leading AI infrastructure projects end-to-end in a startup environment
Contributed to architecture or coding standards for engineering teams
Experience optimizing AI workloads for performance, cost, or latency
Experience in early-stage product ideation and design for AI-enabled feature
Compensation and Benefits:
Base Salary: $180K - $220K
Comprehensive medical, dental, and wellness benefits
401k benefits with Empower
Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
Maternity and Paternity leave
Medical and dental coverage with Aetna
Work from home stipend
Commuter benefits for hybrid employees
Fully stocked pantry and fridge for hybrid employees
An employee-driven culture with happy hours, team events, and other initiatives to celebrate our many successes
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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