AI Engineer, Cedar
Applied Scientist
$170-200k
+ Equity
AI-powered platform that helps patients afford and navigate healthcare payments
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AI-powered platform that helps patients afford and navigate healthcare payments
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-200k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower us all to easily and affordably pursue the care we need.
Role
Who you are
- 3 or more years of full-time experience working in a structured product development environment on a product that had frequent releases (i.e., regular updates with enhancements, bug fixes, and new features)
- Experience collaborating with partners from different job functions, and the ability to translate business requirements into technical builds
- A strong understanding of both the scientific method and software engineering principles, with a proven ability to balance experimental rigor and rapid production deployment
- Experience with modern programming languages (in this role, you’ll use both Python and Typescript)
- Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, showing a tendency toward speed and action while achieving clarity from ambiguity
- A passion not only for AI, but also in the application of AI to solve real problems for real users. If you are a match for this role, you’ll feel comfortable diving deep into the data to figure out the best way to solve a particular user problem, presenting your findings, incorporating updates based on feedback, and implementing your solution in code. Ultimately doing all of this to make a tangible difference for users
- You are excited by the opportunity to use your combined skillset in data science and AI engineering to make a true impact on patient lives
What the job involves
- Cedar is seeking an AI Engineer/Applied Scientist III to join our team and help build and optimize product features powered by generative AI
- Our goal is to use AI to drive bill clarity for patients and streamline workflows for our customers, which are large healthcare systems across the US
- This role is for the Support/Kora squad, where you will work on Kora, an AI Voice Agent purpose-built for patient billing, which is the central product for our Cedar Support offering
- In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of Cedar’s data and workflows and utilize your skillset in rigorous data analysis combined with production-level coding and rapid execution to design, build, and improve the AI workflows that solve problems for patients via the voice medium
- Dive into unstructured data with finesse and rigor, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to solve complex problems. This data can include call transcripts, patient account details, and more
- Design robust experiment plans that allow you to rapidly test hypotheses and solve problems that will lead to an improved patient experience (and execute these plans!)
- Build and enhance features for our AI Voice Agent, Kora – utilizing your skillset in production-level coding as well as prompt and context engineering
- Measure and track the impact of the new features and enhancements that you build, displaying a strong ownership mentality as you continue to iterate on Kora based on your results and findings
- Partner closely with other scientists, engineers, designers, and product counterparts to solve problems as a team
- Work in a fast-paced environment where we cheer each other on as we find small ways to make the patient experience a little bit better every day, while we work towards our ultimate goal to transform the healthcare financial experience
Our take
Over $1 billion is said to be lost annually by physicians as a result of inefficient and disjointed healthcare billing practices. The subsequently low patient satisfaction rates lead to poorer care, and real losses for providers who see patients switching away from their plans.
Cedar looks to remedy these issues with a selection of consumer-facing services which streamline billing, insurance and healthcare processes. Healthcare billing concerns a huge percentage of US adults, so optimizing patient satisfaction is of increasing concern - a great opportunity for the company.
After acquiring competing patient finance streamlining service OODA Health in 2021, Cedar netted substantial funds and launched its Payer Intelligence Layer. This allows it to integrate data from insurers and providers to create a single source of information. The company was also endorsed by the Montana Hospital Association's shared services division, to be listed as its only preferred patient financial engagement technology.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2022
$68.4m
SERIES D
Mar 2021
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
- Multiple health / dental / vision insurance options
- Office in Manhattan
- Free lunch, healthy snacks, cold brew and kombucha on tap (Yup!)
- Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
- Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
- Equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on your first day
- 401k plan with 3% employer non-election contribution
- Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a stipend for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally
- Up to $10,000 in reimbursement through Carrot Fertility to support comprehensive, inclusive care for family-forming and reproductive health journeys
- Constant learning and development opportunities
- Resources for mental and physical wellbeing
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Arel Lidow
(Co-Founder)Previously VP of product at AppNexus where they supervised the development and launch of the company’s flagship products. Began their career as a technology associate at Bridgewater Associates, working on trading systems for the world’s largest hedge fund.
Dr. Florian Otto
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an executive at Zocdoc where they drove the commercial adoption of the platform. Also founded a daily deal company in Brazil (ClubeUrbano) that was eventually acquired by Groupon. Began their business career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.
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