Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera

$150K — $230K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years of full-stack engineering experience designing and deploying production features.
  • Startup experience managing projects from discovery to delivery in small teams.
  • Demonstrated capability to integrate with third-party APIs effectively.
  • Proficiency in Python and FastAPI, with frontend experience in React and TypeScript.
  • Experience utilizing AI coding tools for production applications.
  • Strong communication skills for articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Preferred: background in web scraping or RPA tools, AWS or GCP, and familiarity with the US healthcare ecosystem.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain integrations with provider and insurance systems using APIs and other tools.
  • Participate in client discovery sessions to translate workflows into technical requirements.
  • Rapidly deploy custom integrations and iterate based on user feedback.
  • Contribute to the core product when integration tasks are not prioritized.
  • Develop a thorough understanding of the US provider/payer landscape.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work model in Los Angeles, CA, with some required in-person presence.
  • Opportunities for direct engagement with founders and clients in a collaborative environment.
  • Potential for significant ownership of products and features in a high-growth startup setting.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a high-ownership engineering role at an early-stage healthtech startup building an AI-powered payer compliance platform for procedure-heavy medical specialties. You'll own the integration layer between the platform and real-world provider and insurance systems, sitting close to both the founding team and clients to turn complex healthcare workflows into clean technical solutions.
What You'll Do
  • Build and maintain integrations with provider practices and insurance systems using APIs, web scrapers, and RPA tooling as needed.
  • Join client discovery sessions with founders to map workflows and translate them into clear technical requirements.
  • Ship custom integrations quickly and iterate based on real-world feedback from live deployments.
  • Contribute to the core product when integration work isn't the bottleneck.
  • Develop deep working knowledge of the US provider/payer landscape.
What We're Looking For
  • 2-5 years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production features.
  • Startup background with experience owning features or products end-to-end in small teams, from discovery through delivery.
  • Proven ability to integrate with third-party APIs.
  • Proficiency in Python and FastAPI (or equivalent backend framework) and React + TypeScript (or equivalent frontend).
  • Active, hands-on use of AI coding tools - with real shipped production work to show for it.
  • Strong communication skills; able to clearly articulate technical problems and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Nice to have: experience building web scrapers or RPA solutions; AWS or GCP infrastructure experience; production LLM application development; prior work in US healthcare or with provider/payer systems.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $150,000-$230,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location

Hybrid - based in Los Angeles, CA. In-person presence required when called upon, with some travel expected.

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