Full-Time
Software Engineer
AI & Data
Posted on 10/31/2025
Phare Health
11-50 employees
AI-driven hospital back-office optimization
Compensation Overview
$150k - $220k/yr
New York, NY, USA
In Person
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- 4+ years designing and shipping production systems in Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Deep experience with high-throughput ETL and schema design.
- Mastery of AWS/GCP, Kubernetes/ECS, Terraform (or similar technologies) and CI/CD.
- Proven security mindset (HIPAA, SOC2, or equivalent).
- Track record of leading architecture and mentoring engineers.
- Stream hospital data at scale - build and run pipelines that pull EHR and claims data (FHIR/HL7) into our platform in real time.
- Strengthen the ML stack - own feature stores, model serving, and monitoring so clinicians always get fast, trustworthy results.
- Shape our cloud environment - design and operate our AWS environment. Proficient using infrastructure as code, serverless and data storage solutions
- Automate for reliability - keep deployments repeatable and secure, with clear metrics, sensible alerts, and HIPAA-grade safeguards.
- Grow with us - mentor peers and influence architecture today, with a clear path to steering broader engineering strategy as we scale.
- Hands-on with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7).
- Real-world MLOps or model-monitoring experience.
- Early-stage startup scars or triumphs.
Phare Health applies AI, especially large language models, to hospital back-office tasks such as administration and revenue cycle management, helping providers run more efficiently and accurately. Phare Copilot analyzes large back-office datasets, assists with data entry, coding, billing, and reporting, and offers AI-generated insights while keeping human review; it integrates with existing hospital systems via a subscription model for ongoing updates. Its differentiators include a healthcare-focused scope, leadership with both clinical and AI expertise, and an emphasis on data privacy, reliability, and seamless integration that minimizes disruption to patient care. The goal is to speed up admin and revenue workflows, improve accuracy, and increase resilience so clinicians can spend more time with patients and hospitals can operate more digitally and efficiently.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$3.3M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2023
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- R1 acquisition on October 22, 2025, unlocks vast hospital network for rapid scaling.
- HIPAA, ISO27001, SOC2 compliance accelerates enterprise adoption versus competitors.
- CDI market demand surges as hospitals prioritize coding accuracy and claim reimbursements.
What critics are saying
- Cultural clashes trigger talent exodus from Phare team within 6-12 months.
- 3M's 360 Encompass erodes Phare's coding accuracy in 12-24 months.
- Optum's CDI tools capture US market share from R1-Phare in 18-24 months.
What makes Phare Health unique
- Phare Health's AI builds holistic patient fingerprints from unstructured data, unlike keyword-extraction systems.
- Founders from Google DeepMind and NYU deliver expertise in AI-medical coding translation.
- Phare Copilot integrates human-machine intelligence for efficient hospital revenue cycle management.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Hybrid Work Options
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 10%R1 announced its agreement to acquire Phare Health, a healthcare tech company specializing in AI solutions for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement. This acquisition aims to enhance R1's strategy to automate the revenue cycle and achieve real-time medical claims adjudication. Phare Health's AI engine analyzes both structured and unstructured data to make context-aware coding decisions, advancing R1's capabilities in healthcare revenue management.
Europe’s healthcare systems have achieved nothing short of remarkable outcomes over the past half century. Life expectancy has increased by 10 years since 1960 and people born today can expect to live a vigorous life well into their 80s [1]. High population coverage rates and low levels of out-of-pocket spend have enabled strong access, quality and equity in care – making Europe’s health systems the envy of the world [2].
London-based Phare Health announced the successful closure of a €2.8 million (USD 3.1 million) seed funding round led by General Catalyst.
Phare Health raises £2.5m to develop AI tools for hospitals.
Phare Health has closed a £2.5 million seed round led by General Catalyst, with participation from KHP Ventures and Bertelsmann Investments.