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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