Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera

$80K — $130K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 0-1 years of professional software development experience (new grads welcome)
  • Proficient in full-stack TypeScript development (frontend and backend)
  • Familiarity with React, SQL, Deno, Node.js, and AWS
  • Strong communication skills for customer interactions
  • Comfortable working directly with clinical or operational stakeholders
  • Willingness to travel regularly for customer engagements
  • Eligible to work in the US without employer-sponsored visa

Responsibilities

  • Build front-end and back-end features using TypeScript, React, Deno, Node, and SQL
  • Collaborate directly with customers to gather requirements and iterate on solutions
  • Deploy and operate services on AWS; troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Travel frequently for on-site customer engagements and deployments
  • Contribute to product design and rapid prototyping to quickly move ideas to shipped code

Benefits

  • Food, housing, and transportation coverage during travel
  • Equity in the startup
  • Travel expense reimbursement
Full Job Description
About the Role

A fast-growing, pre-seed-funded healthtech SaaS startup is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to build customer-facing solutions and translate clinical and operational needs into shipped software. You'll join a small, high-velocity team in Miami where strong building ability, emotional maturity, and direct customer collaboration are just as important as technical skills. This is an excellent opportunity for early-career engineers who want real ownership, frequent travel, and meaningful impact in healthcare technology.
What You'll Do
  • Build front-end and back-end features using TypeScript, React, Deno, Node, and SQL.
  • Collaborate directly with customers - including urgent care centers and emergency medicine groups - to gather requirements and iterate on solutions.
  • Deploy and operate services on AWS; troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
  • Travel frequently for on-site customer engagements and deployments.
  • Contribute to product design and rapid prototyping, moving ideas to shipped code quickly.
What We're Looking For
  • 0-1 years of professional software development experience (new grads welcome).
  • Proficiency in full-stack TypeScript development (frontend and backend).
  • Experience with or strong familiarity with: React, SQL, Deno, Node.js, and AWS.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for customer-facing engineering work.
  • Comfortable working directly with clinical or operational stakeholders.
  • Willingness to be on-site in Miami and travel regularly for customer engagements.
  • Ability to ship reliable software quickly in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.
  • Must be eligible to work in the US without employer-sponsored visa.
  • Open to candidates relocating from anywhere in the US.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Base salary: $80,000 - $130,000 USD annually (slightly negotiable)
  • Total compensation package includes food, housing, and transportation coverage during travel, equity, and travel expense reimbursement.
Location

On-site in Miami, Florida. Relocation from anywhere in the US is welcome. This is not a remote role. Frequent travel to customer sites is expected.

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