AI Adoption Engineer
Navina
Software Engineering, Data Science
Illinois, USA
AI Adoption Engineer
- Research
- IL
- Full-time
Description
Navina is a fast-growing digital health SaaS company transforming how physicians interact with patient data. Thousands of clinicians across the US use Navina’s AI-powered solution to turn complex, fragmented records into concise patient portraits and actionable insights at the point of care — reducing burnout, missed diagnoses, and administrative overhead.
As Navina scales its AI product, a parallel opportunity has emerged: applying that same mindset internally. Several non-R&D teams already run AI-powered workflows. What’s missing is a dedicated role to scale this systematically — someone with the technical ability to build and the product judgment to decide what’s worth building.
This role fills that gap: an individual contributor focused on accelerating AI adoption across all non-R&D teams through high-impact tool development, embedded collaboration, and practical enablement.
Responsibilities
1. Use Case Discovery & Prioritization
- Embed with non-R&D teams (CS, Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations) to understand workflows and identify where AI creates the highest leverage.
- Define and prioritize what’s worth building, maintaining a live backlog aligned with VP of AI.
Good discovery is the difference between automation that gets used and automation that gets ignored.
2. AI Tool Development & Delivery (~40%)
- Build custom tools, workflow automations, Cowork skills, and AI integrations with existing business systems.
- Validate with real users, iterate on adoption signals, and transition stable tools to team ownership.
This role leads by shipping. Working tools — not proposals — are the primary output.
3. Enablement & Adoption
- Ensure tools get used: onboarding sessions, playbooks, and hands-on support through behavior change.
- Build team confidence and self-sufficiency over time; avoid creating dependency on a single person.
4. AI Landscape Awareness
- Evaluate new models, tools, and capabilities for internal relevance and bring what matters back to Navina.
- Collaborate with VP of AI to maintain a current roadmap for internal AI operations.
Requirements
- 3–5 years in a technical role (engineering, solutions engineering, product, or similar) with demonstrated ability to ship software independently.
- Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or equivalent).
- Strong product instincts — knows what’s worth building and can make scope decisions without over-engineering.
- Python proficiency: scripting, API integration, automation pipelines.
- Experience with workflow automation tools (Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar).
- Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences; self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity.
Optional / Nice-to-Have
- Experience in digital health, healthcare IT, or a regulated industry.
- Familiarity with Claude for Work, Cowork, NotebookLM, or Base44.
- Background in solutions engineering, technical consulting, or B2B SaaS product management.
- Startup or scale-up experience.