Staff Software Engineer

The role

You will design and deliver scalable software systems for the core platform. You will act as a technical leader, mentoring engineers and partnering with product, data, and clinical teams.

What you will do

• Define and drive the architecture of large-scale, distributed application systems.
• Ensure solutions are secure, performant, maintainable, and compliant.
• Champion engineering best practices in CI/CD, testing, release management, and observability.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in Python, TypeScript/React, or Java/Kotlin.
• Lead the development of core features and APIs.
• Partner with DevOps and Data teams for integration and scalability.
• Embed automated testing, monitoring, and release safeguards.
• Mentor engineers on technical design, code quality, and system thinking.
• Lead design reviews, technical deep-dives, and incident retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product, Clinical, and Operations teams.

Required qualifications

• 13+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 3+ years in a staff/principal/lead role
• Expertise in designing and scaling distributed, cloud-native applications
• Strong background in one or more modern languages: Python, Java, TypeScript/React
• Proven track record of driving system architecture, technical strategy, and execution
• Demonstrated success in mentoring and growing engineering talent
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience working in healthcare technology or other regulated environments
• Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work

Before you apply

• Preliminary Phone Screening
• Meet Hiring Manager
• Live Design Exercise
• Technical Discussion
• Cross-Functional Interview

About the company

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs. The company improves collaboration and reduces burden through an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making.