Forward Deployed Software Engineer
Candidhealth · San Francisco
About this role
**Forward Deployed Software Engineer — Candid Health** ## The Role Join Candid Health’s **Forward Deployed Engineering** team. This team sits at the intersection of **technology, business strategy, and customer outcomes**—working closely with **leadership, clients, and product teams** to design, engineer, and integrate **long-term, evolving software solutions** that deliver real-world impact. ## What You’ll Do - **Design & implement solutions:** Architect and build technical solutions in the core product aligned to client needs. Use **AI/ML models and techniques** to automate solutions in novel ways. Fix bugs, implement features, and tackle the most critical customer problems across the platform. - **Partner with customers & operations:** Build solutions and relationships with subject-matter experts, users, managers, and executives. Serve as a technical expert and clearly communicate technical details to both technical and non-technical audiences. - **Drive broad organizational impact:** Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., **sales, product management, product engineering**) to ensure seamless implementation. Provide feedback to improve products based on client needs and market trends. Contribute to long-term product vision. ## Who You Are - **5+ years** of hands-on software engineering experience - Motivated by solving **real-world problems** that drive mission outcomes - Entrepreneurial mindset with a **growth mindset** - Highly empathetic; focused on solving customer problems in a leveraged way that builds trust and supports product strategy - Enjoys iterative delivery with subject-matter experts to deliver exceptional outcomes - Strong collaborator and influential engineer who communicates well with internal and external clients - Thrives in fast-paced environments; can move quickly while maintaining a high quality bar ## Day-to-Day (Team Perspective) - Some days involve typical engineering work (writing/reviewing code) - Other days focus on **designing solutions**, scoping requirements, and working directly with customers - Frequently interfaces with customers to improve their experience, then executes on those opportunities ## Notable Outcomes (Example) - Supporting engineering efforts for go-lives with large customers, including enabling integrations, developing features for new workflows, and setting up custom configurations - Contributing to successful launches with **2 of Candid’s largest organizations** (including on-site support to resolve issues in real time and deploy updates) ## Skills & Expectations - Translate problem statements/capabilities into requirements, implementation specs, and realistic timelines - Collaborate heavily across teams (often contributing to products owned by others) - Learn unfamiliar systems quickly, ask strong questions, and evaluate tradeoffs ## Pay Transparency - Estimated starting annual salary range: **$140,000 – $220,000 USD** - Total compensation may include **equity, incentives (for sales roles), and benefits** - Equity upside is valued given Candid Health’s funding and size **#LI-AR1**
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