Cohort AI · 1 hour ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expCohort AI is a Series B health tech company focused on transforming real-world clinical data into actionable medical evidence. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to design and scale distributed backend systems, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating closely with Product, Data Science, and Clinical teams.
Computer Software
Hiring Manager
Harsha C
Responsibilities
Design and scale distributed backend systems for complex clinical data
Lead architectural decisions across services, data models, and APIs
Build and improve Python-based data pipelines and production services
Drive reliability, observability, and testing best practices
Mentor engineers and shape long-term technical strategy
Work hands-on with AWS, Postgres, CI/CD, cloud-first systems
Qualification
Required
6+ years building production backend systems
Strong expertise in Python
Experience with Postgres, AWS, infrastructure & cloud tooling
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and collaborating cross-functionally
Preferred
Startup or high-ownership engineering experience
Healthcare, clinical, or regulated data experience (HIPAA, SOC2)
NLP, LLM pipelines, search systems, or complex data platforms
Company
Cohort AI
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2-10 employees
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