Lead Software Engineer - Architecture

Cohere Health

86d • $160,000 - $175,000

About The Position

This is a unique opportunity to join a high caliber engineering team that is growing quickly. As Lead Software Engineer, Architecture, you will play a key role in shaping the architectural direction of our healthcare technology platforms. You will be responsible for designing and evolving system architecture across core services, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term resilience. Your work will balance immediate delivery needs with platform reusability, cloud native best practices, and compliance in a highly regulated environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years in software engineering with significant experience in architectural design and system level thinking.
• Proven expertise in microservices development and AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Kafka for event streaming is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Java Spring is a plus.
• Experience working with modern data platforms that enable reliable, governed and analytics ready data.
• Familiarity with AI/ML Platforms, agentic frameworks, and evaluation methods for integrating AI agents, model pipelines and architectural design.
• Understanding of healthcare integration standards (HIPAA, FHIR, HL7) and secure architecture practices.
• Track record of leading design reviews, producing clear architectural documentation, and mentoring teams on modern software architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the architectural blueprint for our platforms, ensuring designs meet the needs of high-volume healthcare integrations and can scale across multiple systems, payors, and third party services.
• Establish architectural patterns and reusable frameworks that reduce technical debt, minimize redundant development, and enable integrations to scale securely and efficiently.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to align technical designs with business goals and ensure long term adaptability.
• Build architectures that are HIPAA, FHIR, and HL7 compliant, embedding data security, auditability, and privacy into design decisions.
• Provide architectural reviews, mentor engineers on design trade offs, and champion best practices in performance, resiliency, and cloud native development.

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account
• Up to 184 hours (23 days) of PTO per year + company holidays
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees