Cohere Health

Cohere Health

Staff Software Engineer - Platform Engineering

United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$185k-$210kDetected 13 days ago
JavaSpringAWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CDDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringKafkaIncident ResponseRecruitingLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Platform Engineering to help shape the future of how we build, deploy, and operate software at Cohere.
  • In this role, you'll drive improvements across DevOps, SRE, and developer experience - building a platform that is scalable, reliable, and intuitive for engineers to use.
  • You'll partner closely with engineering, product, and operations to enable high-quality, high-velocity delivery across the organization, with a direct impact on how our teams ship software at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of scalable, reliable, high-performance platform infrastructure
  • Drive deployment and release strategies to improve safety, consistency, and speed
  • Design environments that support consistent testing, validation, and safe releases
  • Partner cross-functionally and provide technical leadership, mentoring teams on platform and reliability best practices
  • Proven ability to design and build scalable, reliable platform systems supporting production workloads
  • Deep understanding of system design, observability, and production operations
  • System Design Interview

Requirements

  • 9+ years of experience across the software development lifecycle, with a focus on platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE
  • Strong backend experience (Java/Spring or similar) and hands-on experience with AWS, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) and containerization/orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS)
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures, modern deployment strategies (canary, blue-green), and messaging systems
  • Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and proactively improve platform performance and developer productivity
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role.

Compensation

  • The salary range for this position is $185,000 to $210,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus.

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
  • The salary range for this position is $185,000 to $210,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus.
  • About Cohere Health:
  • Cohere Health's clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics.
  • Cohere Health works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually.
  • Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members.
  • Cohere Health's innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition.
  • 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024.
  • We can't wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal opportunity

  • Statement:
  • Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us, it's personal.
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