Full-Time

Staff Software Engineer

B2B Platform

Updated on 9/3/2026

Frontera Health

Frontera Health

51-200 employees

AI-powered clinical platform for autism care

Compensation Overview

$190k - $220k/yr

San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more

More locations: Denver, CO, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
Node.js
RDBMS

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Requirements
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.
  • Experience operating at a Staff+ level, influencing technical direction and architecture across teams without formal authority.
  • Proven ability to design and scale backend systems, APIs, and data platforms that serve multiple products or business units.
  • Strong system design experience, including distributed systems, data modeling, and tradeoffs around reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Experience building and owning production-grade backend services end-to-end, from database design through APIs and integrations.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, Node.js, or similar backend technologies, with solid experience in relational and/or NoSQL databases and API design.
  • Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and turning loosely defined problems into scalable technical systems.
  • Healthcare or regulated environment experience (e.g., HIPAA/PHI) is a bonus, but not required.
Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data models that power clinician workflows, reporting, and internal tools.
  • Own the scalability, reliability, and performance of backend systems and data pipelines in production.
  • Define and evolve the backend architecture, including API design standards, data modeling patterns, and system interoperability across teams.
  • Lead technical design for complex, cross-functional initiatives, partnering with product, design, and engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Act as a technical leader and force multiplier by unblocking engineers, driving design reviews, and raising the overall engineering bar across the team.
  • Partner closely with front-end engineers to ensure seamless integration of backend services into clinician-facing products and internal tools.
Desired Qualifications
  • Healthcare or regulated environment experience (e.g., HIPAA/PHI) is a bonus, but not required.
  • Familiarity with B2B SaaS, internal tools, or platform/integration-heavy systems is a plus.

Frontera Health uses a hybrid model of technology and care to expand autism services for kids in rural and underserved areas, operating both an AI-powered software platform for BCBAs and its own ABA clinics in rural New Mexico. The platform uses AI and machine learning, including Digital Phenotyping that analyzes therapy-session video at 30 frames per second to produce objective data, along with Diagnosis Builder and Assessment Builder to speed up diagnostic reports and treatment plans. Unlike others, Frontera combines clinician-support software with real-world clinics to validate the tools in day-to-day practice, emphasizing rural health equity and faster access rather than replacing clinicians. The goal is to reduce waitlists and speed up early intervention by giving clinicians data-driven, workflow-ready tools.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$32M

Headquarters

Denver, Colorado

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • February 2026 Catalight rollout broadened Frontera beyond its New Mexico clinic base.
  • Five New Mexico clinics and 230 active families give real-world training data.
  • August 2026 recruiting for RBTs signals expansion into existing markets despite talent scarcity.

What critics are saying

  • AI autism diagnosis faces scrutiny if FronteraCare outcomes fail to beat incumbents.
  • Tracxn lists 112 competitors, including SpectrumAi and Onos Health, pressuring differentiation quickly.
  • Owning clinics exposes Frontera to reimbursement cuts; Nebraska reductions already closed providers.

What makes Frontera Health unique

  • Frontera pairs AI software with owned FronteraCare clinics across New Mexico.
  • January 2026 Catalight partnership validates its workflow automation inside a major provider network.
  • Usage-based token pricing ties revenue to completed assessments, not seat licenses.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Professional Development Budget

Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

22%

1 year growth

22%

2 year growth

35%
Business Wire
Feb 19th, 2025
Frontera Health Launches, Bringing AI Solutions to Transform Autism Care and Advance Health Equity

Frontera Health, a pioneer in advancing health equity through AI-enabled autism care, today announced the launch of the company and its Seed fundraise

Financial Post
Feb 18th, 2025
Frontera Health Raises $32M for AI Autism Care

Frontera Health has launched with a $32 million Seed fundraise to scale its AI-powered autism care solutions. The company offers a Frontera Digital Phenotyping solution that enhances autism diagnosis and treatment by analyzing therapeutic sessions in detail. Frontera's tools help clinicians reduce administrative tasks and deliver faster diagnoses, improving access to care, especially in underserved areas. The funding was co-led by Lux Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.