Sr Software Engineer, AI Engineering

Opportunity Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - AI  to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will build the intelligent agents and applications serving health insurance plans covering over 15 million people. You'll partner closely with product, data science, and clinical teams to build the foundation that transforms how clinical intelligence is delivered at scale. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on healthcare outcomes while working with modern technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What you’ll do:

• Agent Development: Participate in the development, evaluation, and deployment of Cohere’s AI-powered agents and applications.
• Data & Retrieval Architecture: Design data and retrieval architectures that give AI agents the right context across diverse healthcare sources.
• Hands-On Engineering: Design, review, and own high-quality agentic code — leading releases, production deployments and on-call support.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with ML/DS teams, product teams, and architects to understand requirements and ensure systems meet business needs.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure all agentic components comply with healthcare security and privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA) and adhere to industry best practices for security.
• Agile Development: Contribute to sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives, driving efficiency and velocity within the engineering team and collaborating closely with stakeholders to align with product goals and business priorities.

What you’ll need:

Must-haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle, with demonstrated experience working with popular agent frameworks and language models.
• Expertise in one or more modern languages for development. Experience with any cloud platform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools is a plus.
• Experience with AI architectures, Multi-agent systems, RAG, and Evaluation frameworks.
• Experience shaping engineering standards, frameworks, or libraries used across multiple teams
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves:

• Familiarity with human-in-the-loop system design and AI safety considerations in production.
• Experience with graph-based or multi-modal data retrieval in the context of AI reasoning.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hyderabad, Telangana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Interview Process:

1. Connect with Talent Acquisition 
2. Meet with the Hiring Manager
3. Behavioral Interview(s)
4. Case Study
5. Interview with Senior Leadership

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

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.

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.