Remote Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join our team at Cedar as a Staff Software Engineer to help us extend our staff-facing software and underlying technical platform with innovative user experiences, leveraging the latest technologies like LLMs. As a key member of our Staff Workflows team, you will collaborate with product and client success teams to identify product gaps, shape technical strategy, and launch new features. You will also partner closely with Cedar's data science team to design AI-powered features that enhance both staff- and patient-facing experiences.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional full-stack software development experience
• 1+ year of experience applying Large Language Models (or significant side projects using LLMs or GenAI technology
• Strong computer science fundamentals - a degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or similar experience
• A track record of leading technical projects across the stack with a focus on long-term scalability and maintainability
• Experience leading vendor integrations, especially co-development and R&D with vendor teams
• Experience collaborating with design and data science teams to create seamless and innovative product features
• Demonstrated ability to decompose large, ambiguous projects into consumable tasks for junior developers
• A natural inclination for ownership and bias for action
• Experience influencing cross-functional decision-making across product and design teams
• Experience mentoring engineers across levels
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts simply
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, and find comfort in ambiguity
• Experience with API design and construction is a plus
• Passionate about Cedar’s mission of improving the healthcare financial experience

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and client success teams to identify product gaps, shape technical strategy, and launch new features
• Partner closely with Cedar’s data science team to design AI-powered features that enhance both staff- and patient-facing experiences, including chatbots, workflow automation, AI-generated bill explanations, and more
• Lead rapid prototyping efforts to explore emergent technologies and iterate quickly on new features and workflows
• Design and implement vendor integrations that connect Cedar’s platform with third-party solutions
• Own large projects by breaking down ambiguity, driving decision-making, setting clear milestones, and coordinating implementation efforts among multiple engineers
• Lead organizational improvements in processes, infrastructure, architecture, and developer satisfaction, identifying ways to elevate the engineering team
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, hands-on coding, and thoughtful PR reviews
• Build, test, and maintain high-quality code, with an emphasis on readability, flexibility, testability, and long-term maintainability

Benefits

• Salary/Hourly Rate Range: $216,750 - $255,000
• This role is equity eligible
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
• A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
• Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
• For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of PTO per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including the Cedarian Advisory Group (a cross-functional cohort focused on increasing internal inclusiveness at Cedar) and three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally