Software Engineer, Office of the CEO (Bay Area based)

Build with the CEO’s mandate, and implement technology to transform the healthcare industry.

We’re hiring several earnest, high-agency engineers into the technical staff of the Office of the CEO—a small, interdisciplinary team of analysts, engineers, and strategists—to drive Clover’s most critical technology initiatives from ambiguity to measurable outcomes. Our CEO is an engineer, and we believe that engineering principles can drive the change our company and industry needs.

Clover is many things: a health insurance company with industry-leading clinical quality, a tech startup driving unprecedented physician engagement, and a clinical practice managing highly complex care. But more than that, it’s a wedge to change healthcare itself. If you’ve seen the failings of the healthcare industry from the outside and want to apply your engineering skills to fixing one of the world’s most fascinating flawed systems, this is your chance to make a difference.

This is a rare role designed for someone who thrives at the intersection of product, applied generative AI, data, and software engineering, and who understands that there are no perfect solutions, only trade-offs. You’ll work with AI and healthcare data in close contact with our CEO to build systems that matter and help shape decisions across the healthcare ecosystem.

No prior healthcare experience is required. Apply and learn how you can build the technical systems that change the healthcare system in a way that really matters.

As a member of the CEO’s Technical Staff, you will:

• Build from zero-to-one: Prove concepts to show what is possible. Collaboratively design and build whole new systems, sometimes using existing components, sometimes from scratch.


• Ship the full stack: Deliver technology that spans infrastructure, data, generative AI, conventional machine learning, backend systems, and many different kinds of user interfaces.


• Lay foundations: Many of the early concepts we explore will grow to be long-term systems. Make decisions to stand the test of time.


• Learn from the past: Our technology goes back about 10 years, and we have learned and tried a lot. Learn the mistakes that new healthtech startups make without the deep technical debt of much older companies.


• Learn from each other: Be part of a small, elite, engaged, collegial, and supportive team that helps each other make the best decisions we can.


• Tinker. Experiment. Understand why things work, and make them better.

Success in this role looks like:

• First 90 days: Quickly grasp Clover's existing technology and data systems. Understand your building blocks and use them to deliver several small, high-value projects hand-picked by the CEO.


• First 6 months: Settle into a longer-term area of ownership, picking one of several potential roadmaps to drive. Begin execution and land some of your first major milestones.


• First year: Deliver scalable solutions in your area of focus. Your well-architected systems will allow additional members of the technical staff to join and productively scale outcomes.

You should get in touch if:

• You have experience building and shipping systems: web, data, mobile, machine learning, desktop apps, systems engineering, you name it.


• You’ve spent several years with data systems, and have a good working knowledge of relational database design, data modeling, data warehousing, and data processing.


• You are highly practical. The most important thing is that it works for the business. The technology is exciting, but the outcomes are even more exciting.


• You love to build. You take joy in seeing something come to life, grow, and succeed.


• You are humble and collegial: strong opinions, weakly held. You like to work with other engineers, you love to share and learn.


• You adapt easily to context shifts and interruptions. While our themes are strong, we often need to pitch in across many areas.


• You’ve tinkered with, or built, systems that use generative AI, and are excited to explore how to apply it constructively toward business outcomes.


• You reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the ability to work in-person 1-2 days a week preferred; but not required.

Benefits Overview:

• Financial Well-Being: Our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent begins with a competitive base salary and equity opportunities. Additionally, we offer a performance-based bonus program, 401k matching, and regular compensation reviews to recognize and reward exceptional contributions.


• Physical Well-Being: We prioritize the health and well-being of our employees and their families by providing comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Your health matters to us, and we invest in ensuring you have access to quality healthcare.


• Mental Well-Being: We understand the importance of mental health in fostering productivity and maintaining work-life balance. To support this, we offer initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, monthly company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous flexible time-off policy. Additionally, we embrace a remote-first culture that supports collaboration and flexibility, allowing our team members to thrive from any location.


• Professional Development: Developing internal talent is a priority for Clover. We offer learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, and regular performance feedback and reviews.

Additional Perks:

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offering discounted equity opportunities


• Reimbursement for office setup expenses


• Monthly cell phone & internet stipend


• Remote-first culture, enabling collaboration with global teams


• Paid parental leave for all new parents


• And much more!

About Clover: We are reinventing health insurance by combining the power of data with human empathy to keep our members healthier. We believe the healthcare system is broken, so we've created custom software and analytics to empower our clinical staff to intervene and provide personalized care to the people who need it most.

We always put our members first, and our success as a team is measured by the quality of life of the people we serve. Those who work at Clover are passionate and mission-driven individuals with diverse areas of expertise, working together to solve the most complicated problem in the world: healthcare.

From Clover’s inception, Diversity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, perspectives, opinions, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are an E-Verify company.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $180,000 to $325,000. Final pay is based on several factors including but not limited to internal equity, market data, and the applicant’s education, work experience, certifications, etc.