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Software Engineer (Senior)

Candid Health

Company websitecandidhealth.com (Candid Health, opens in new tab)

Base salary $195K  to $250K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA +3 more

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  • LocationSan Francisco, CA +3 more
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (7 min ago) · observed since
All 4 locations
  • San Francisco
  • Denver
  • New York City
  • Menlo Park

About this job

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our fast growing engineering teams. In this role, you will be instrumental in revolutionizing healthcare billing products and systems that directly address the needs of our customers. You will contribute to the full software development lifecycle, ensure high scalable, reliable and performance of our products and customer experience. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, are driven by customer outcomes, and are committed to crafting robust and scalable solutions, we would like you to join us! 

What you’ll be doing

  • Conceptualize, design, development, and maintain complex services/platforms/features and develop ownership over large swaths of our product + infrastructure.

  • Collaborate closely with customers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners to understand customers’ needs and develop creative ways to address them.

  • Identify, propose and lead architecture and design improvements needed in our products and systems with scalability and reliability as core principles. 

  • Contribute to our engineering + broader company culture and help make this the best place we’ve ever worked.

Who you are

  • You have Bachelors of Science or Bachelors of Art in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or other similar degree.

  • You have 8+ years of experience in a Software Engineering position. 

  • Experience with programming languages, relevant frameworks, databases and cloud platforms. Familiar with the technologies we currently use is a bonus, but not required: Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Typescript, Google Cloud Platform, Auth0, Terraform.

  • Proven ability to build high-quality software, and is anchored on customer outcomes and have good intuition around which corners are worth cutting and which aren’t. 

  • Proven ability to own features end-to-end and are comfortable learning new tools or moving across the stack to do so.

  • Customer-first and learner’s mindset, and value teaching others.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills. Proven ability to explain complicated ideas in simple terms, both in-person and in writing.

Pay Transparency

The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $195,000 to $250,000 USD. The listed range is a guideline from Pave data, and the actual base salary may be modified based on factors including job-related skills, experience/qualifications, interview performance, market data, etc. Total compensation for this position may also include equity, sales incentives (for sales roles), and employee benefits. Given Candid Health’s funding and size, we heavily value the potential upside from equity in our compensation package. Further note that Candid Health has minimal hierarchy and titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles.

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Source: Candid Health on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

This range next to 6 other live Candid Health roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Candid Health roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Software Engineer (Senior) (this listing)$195K - $250K
Software Engineer (Senior)$195K - $250K
AI/ML Engineer$195K - $255K
Strategic Finance Manager$180K - $200K
Security GRC LeadFrom $180K
Application Security EngineerFrom $180K
Strategic Finance GTM Lead$220K - $260K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Candid Health roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

  1. First observed on the employer's board
  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-01-23
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Location as the employer wrote it: Multiple locations (4)

The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $195,000 to $250,000 USD. The listed range is a guideline from Pave https://www.

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