Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

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

- 6–10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend/systems focus

- Bachelor's Degree in relevant field is required

- Healthcare industry experience, particularly on the payer side (health plans, managed care organizations), including familiarity with healthcare workflows, data standards, and regulatory requirements