Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer, Cohere Health
$128-145k
+ Bonus
About 5% travel
Clinical intelligence company
Be an early applicant
Clinical intelligence company
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$128-145k
+ Bonus
About 5% travel
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the healthcare journey better for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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—from pre-sales through production deployment—bridging complex healthcare systems with Cohere’s AI-first platform
- You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Solutions Architecture, and Customer Success teams to design and execute sophisticated integrations that improve access to care for millions of members
- Own end-to-end technical integration design and execution for enterprise customers, from initial scoping through production deployment, serving as the primary technical authority throughout
- Lead technical discovery, scoping, and proof-of-concept work during pre-sales cycles, creating technical proposals and estimates to validate feasibility for prospective customers
- Design system architectures that bridge customer IT environments with Cohere’s platform, making key architectural decisions that balance customer constraints with platform capabilities
- Work hands-on with AI/ML-enabled healthcare features—including clinical decision support, automated review, and intelligent routing—ensuring they meet regulatory requirements and clinical safety standards
- Produce high-quality technical artifacts including integration designs, architecture diagrams, data mappings, API implementation guides, and operational runbooks
- Build reusable integration patterns and templates that scale across customers, and continuously identify opportunities to improve platform capabilities based on implementation learnings
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Solutions Architecture, and Customer Success teams to drive successful go-live outcomes and mentor junior team members
Application process
- Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening
- Meet your Hiring Manager!
- Behavioral Interview(s)
- Case Study
Our take
Every year, billions of dollars are wasted in healthcare through overtreatment, failure of care coordination and administrative complexity. Cohere Health blames this on outdated processes, time-consuming manual systems and slow decision-making - which the company aims to combat with its clinical intelligence platform.
The platform automates processes to avoid care delays and friction between parties. It also provides analytics to help identify the most suitable physicians and care paths for the patient much faster and more easily. While there are other automation solutions for healthcare, Cohere stand outs by improving the whole patient journey, rather than just automating an administrative transaction.
Through partnerships with organizations like Humana and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cohere Health serves millions of members and thousands of physicians. It has grown to be recognized as a top player in the space, as it continues to expand its offering and stands to benefit from the rising interest in clinical intelligence.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2025
$90m
SERIES C
Feb 2024
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $196m
Company benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Time Off & Holidays
- 401(K) Retirement Plan with Employer Match Program
- Wellness Coach App
- Parental Leave
- Learning & Development Opportunities
Company HQ
West End, Boston, MA
Leadership
Siva Namasivayam
(CEO)Worked as a Software Engineer for Intel before working at Fidelity and spending 4 years as a Gartner Director of Consulting. They were CEO of SCIO Health Analytics before co-founding Cohere Health.
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