coherehealth
Staff Software Engineer - Platform Engineering
At a Glance
- Location
- United States
- Work Regime
- remote
- Experience
- 9+ years
- Compensation
- ry range for this position is $185,000 to $210,000 annually; as part of a total
- Posted
- 2026-04-29T15:33:25-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
Benefits & Perks
kage which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with sta
Requirements
9+ years of experience across the software development lifecycle, with a focus on platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE
Proven ability to design and build scalable, reliable platform systems supporting production workloads
Strong backend experience (Java/Spring or similar) and hands-on experience with AWS, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines
Deep understanding of system design, observability, and production operations
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
Responsibilities
Lead development of scalable, reliable, high-performance platform infrastructure
Drive deployment and release strategies to improve safety, consistency, and speed
Improve developer experience through CI/CD enhancements and faster feedback cycles
Establish observability and SRE practices to strengthen monitoring, reliability, and incident response
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
About the Company
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.
With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.
Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 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. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, Cohere Health drives more transparent, streamlined healthcare processes, helping patients receive faster, more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes.
The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody
our core values and principles
. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.