Forward Deployed Engineer

Department: Sprinter Health

Location: San Francisco, CA

Compensation: $162.5K – $225K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

About Sprinter Health:

At Sprinter Health, our mission is reimagining how people access care by bringing it directly to their homes. Nearly 30% of patients in the U.S. skip preventive or chronic care simply because they can’t get to a doctor’s office. For many, the ER becomes their first touchpoint with the healthcare system—driving over $300B in avoidable costs every year.

By using the same technologies that power leading marketplace and last-mile platforms, we deliver care where people are—especially those who need it most. So far, we’ve supported more than 2 million patients across 22 states, completed 180,000+ in-home visits, and maintained a 92 NPS.

Our team of clinicians, technologists, and operators has raised over $125M from investors including a16z, General Catalyst, GV, and Accel, and we have multi-year runway.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to sit at the intersection of engineering, partners, and product. This role is ideal for a senior software engineer who has spent years building production systems and now wants to work closer to customers—without leaving hands-on engineering behind.

You’ll work directly with strategic partners, operators, and internal product teams to deliver high-impact solutions quickly, while ensuring that bespoke work feeds back into scalable, reusable platform capabilities. This is not a support or solutions-only role: you’ll write real production code, influence core architecture, and help shape the Partner Engineering roadmap.

This role requires someone who came up through a mid–senior SWE track and is comfortable operating in ambiguity, translating messy real-world constraints into durable software.

Office Location: 

We are a hybrid company based in the Bay Area with offices in both San Francisco & Menlo Park. We care about work-life balance, and understand that there will be times where flexibility is needed.

What you will do:

• Embed with strategic partners to understand technical, operational, and data workflows

• Build backend and full-stack systems that power partner integrations and patient access

• Translate bespoke partner needs into scalable, reusable platform features

• Rapidly prototype and ship solutions while maintaining production-grade quality

• Own partner-facing APIs, data flows, and onboarding integrations end to end

• Collaborate closely with product, ops, data, and clinical teams to launch real-world solutions

• Feed partner learnings back into product strategy and platform architecture

• Act as a technical owner for complex integrations from discovery through rollout

What have you done:

• 5+ years as a backend or full-stack software engineer shipping production systems

• Led projects from architecture and design through implementation and launch

• Built or integrated with external APIs, data pipelines, or partner systems

• Worked in fast-moving startup environments where ambiguity, speed, and ownership were required

• Partnered cross-functionally with product, ops, or non-technical stakeholders

• Written clean, maintainable code while balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability

What gives you an edge:

• 5+ years as a backend or full-stack software engineer shipping production systems

• Led projects from architecture and design through implementation and launch

• Built or integrated with external APIs, data pipelines, or partner systems

• Worked in fast-moving startup environments where ambiguity, speed, and ownership were required

• Partnered cross-functionally with product, ops, or non-technical stakeholders

• Written clean, maintainable code while balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability

The Interview Process

• We aim to complete the interview process between 2-3 weeks. It will usually consist of:

• Recruiter Screen (30-Minutes)

• Hiring Manager Introduction (30-Minutes)

• Technical Assessment (45-Minutes)

• Onsite Interview: Systems Design + Behavioral Interview + Lunch with the Team (3-hours)

• References

What we offer:

• Meaningful pre-IPO equity

• Medical, dental, and vision plans 100% paid for you and your dependents

• Flexible PTO + 10 paid holidays per year

• 401(k) with match

• 16-week parental leave policy for birthing parent, 8 weeks for all other parents

• HSA + FSA contributions

• Life insurance, plus short and long-term disability coverage

• Free daily lunch in-office

• Annual learning stipend

Equal Opportunity

Sprinter Health is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other protected classes.

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