Software Engineer 3

Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.

Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.

The Role

Our core product team builds the technology that helps patients understand, afford, and manage their healthcare costs. We're hiring engineers to own meaningful projects end to end, work with AI both in how they build and in what they build, and ship features used by millions of patients every year. You'll work on problems like bill transparency, AI-powered billing guidance, and flexible payment solutions that give patients more confidence and control over their financial journey. This role is remote across the United States.

What You'll Do

Own projects from requirements through production release, including writing the technical design and seeing it through to launch

Work across the full stack. Our current project mix leans backend-heavy, but frontend work is a regular part of the role

Partner closely with product managers and designers to turn ambiguous ideas into clear technical plans, and push back on requirements when a better approach exists

Use AI tools as a core part of your development workflow, and help build AI-powered features for patients

Uphold engineering quality through clean, well-tested code, thoughtful PR reviews, and proactive management of technical debt

Measure the impact of what you ship and connect it to outcomes for patients and the business

What We Look For

5–7 years of software engineering experience building product-facing applications

Proficiency in a backend language (Python/Django preferred, or comparable)

Hands-on frontend experience. React/TypeScript is a plus, but experience with another modern framework works if you're ready to ramp up

A track record of leading projects of meaningful scope, from design through delivery

Experience collaborating with product managers, designers, or other non-engineering partners, including pushing back on requirements with sound reasoning about systems and tradeoffs

Hands-on experience using AI tools in your development workflow, and a genuine interest in building AI-powered products

Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical ideas clearly and ask sharp clarifying questions

Comfort in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and a love of solving complex problems

Care for the end user. You think about what matters to patients and let that shape your solutions

Bachelor or Master's Degree in CS, SE CE or related field

Nice to Have

Experience building agentic tools or LLM-powered features

Experience writing technical design documents and having them reviewed by peers

Experience tracking project metrics and explaining their business impact

Background in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated or high-stakes data environments

Compensation Range and Benefits

Salary: $170,000-$215,000

This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package

*Subject to location, experience, and education

What do we offer to the ideal candidate?

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 vacation 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 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, including fertility & adoption assistance, 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

About us

Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcare technology company fueled by remarkable growth. "Over the past several years, we've raised more than $350 million in funding & have the active support of Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

As of November 2024, Cedar is engaging with 26 million patients annually and is on target to process $3.5 billion in patient payments annually. Cedar partners with more than 55 leading healthcare providers and payers including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, Allina Health and Providence.