Staff Software Engineer

The role

You will direct a collaborative, agile team of software engineers in the design, development, and scaling of AI healthcare products on the Cohere platform. You will own architecture and design decisions and set technical direction for the platform.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership across architecture, system design, and mentor junior engineers
• Lead the development and enhancement of Cohere's AI-powered applications and platforms
• Design data and retrieval architectures for AI agents
• Design, review, and own high-quality production code
• Lead releases, production deployments, and on-call support
• Drive technical strategy for non-functional requirements including security and privacy
• Work with ML/DS, product teams, and architects to meet business needs
• Contribute to sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives

Required qualifications

• 12+ years in the software development lifecycle
• Expertise in auth/authz frameworks, secure API design, access control, and automated testing
• Strong system design, observability, and production operations skills
• Fullstack expertise in modern languages, event-driven systems, and CI/CD
• Experience designing data systems/pipelines for analytical and AI workloads
• Strong data modeling fundamentals
• Track record shaping engineering standards, mentoring engineers, and communicating strategy
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Nice to have

• IaC a plus
• AI architectures (multi-agent, RAG, evaluation frameworks) a plus
• Healthcare tech, health plan, or Payment Integrity experience a plus
• Healthcare interoperability standards and clinical ontologies a plus

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• 401K retirement plan with company match
• flexible spending and health savings account
• Flex Time Off + company holidays
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pet insurance

Before you apply

• Preliminary Phone Screening
• Meet your Hiring Manager
• Live System Design
• Project 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, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction.