We are seeking a Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer to join our Forward Deployed Engineering team at Cohere Health. In this highly technical, customer-facing role, you will own end-to-end technical integration work with enterprise customers and partners.
Requirements
- 6–10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend/systems focus
- Healthcare industry experience, particularly on the payer side (health plans, managed care organizations), including familiarity with healthcare workflows, data standards, and regulatory requirements
- Deep expertise in data architecture and integration patterns: data modeling, transformation logic, schema design, and enterprise integration patterns (middleware, message queues, event-driven architectures)
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms (Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, API Gateway, EventBridge)
- Strong API integration and authentication experience: RESTful APIs, webhooks, OAuth2/OIDC, SAML 2.0, JWT, mTLS, and API key management
- Production coding skills in modern languages (Python, Node.js, Java, Go, or similar)
- Experience working directly with enterprise customers in technical implementation roles (not just internal teams)
- Comfort with ambiguity and high agency: ability to define problems, propose solutions, and execute independently
- Direct experience with payer-side technology: prior authorization platforms, utilization management systems, or claims processing is a plus
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards: FHIR, X12 (837, 278, 275), HL7v2, or similar specifications is a plus
- AI/ML integration experience: working with LLMs, embedding AI capabilities into production systems, or ML model deployment is a plus
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools is a plus
- Experience in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC2, HITRUST) is a plus
- Database expertise: SQL and NoSQL (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB), query optimization, and data modeling is a plus
- Identity and access management (IAM) experience: SSO implementations, federated identity, RBAC, and multi-tenancy security patterns is a plus
Benefits
- Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel
- 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
