Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Data Platform

Posted on 9/11/2025

SmarterDx

SmarterDx

201-500 employees

Analyzes medical data to support diagnoses

Compensation Overview

$190k - $230k/yr

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote-first team—work from anywhere in the U.S.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Redshift
Python
Apache Kafka
Postgres
AWS
Databricks
Snowflake
Requirements
  • 5+ years of development experience with a focus on cloud-based solutions
  • Expertise in Python
  • Experience working with data platform solutions such as Snowflake, DataBricks, Redshift, or ClickHouse
  • Experience working with Postgres or a similar relational database
  • Hands-on experience with eventing solutions such as Kafka, NATS, or SQS
  • Experience building cloud-native distributed systems and working with event-driven architectures
  • Experience with data-pipelines
  • Experience working with product managers to plan, build, and iterate on deliverables
  • Experience working in a security-conscious environment
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Responsibilities
  • Design, build and launch new data products, capabilities and data pipelines
  • Develop and maintain streaming and ingestion capabilities using technologies like Kafka, NATS, and SQS to ensure reliable data movement
  • Partner with other engineering and data teams to provide foundational backend and data infrastructure that accelerates their ability to deliver features and insights
  • Build scalable and secure for accessing clinical data at scale
  • Optimize and evolve our platform capabilities(e.g., event bus, ingestion frameworks, data storage patterns) to support future product growth
  • Contribute to engineering standards, system design reviews, and best practices around eventing, pipelines, and cloud-native systems
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with data ingestion and integration tools (e.g., Fivetran, Airbyte, Debezium).
  • Experience working with Kubernetes
  • Experience managing data capabilities for engineering teams (e.g., eventbus, ingestion)
  • Experience at a scale-up, or rapid growth, technology company
  • Experience in the health tech domain, particularly in hospital billing systems

SmarterDx analyzes medical data from patient charts to support faster, data-driven clinical decisions. It uses counterfactual modeling to identify missed Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and coding opportunities, helping providers improve patient care and increase revenue. The platform processes diverse data points such as notes, lab results, medications, orders, vitals, and ICD-10 codes, turning slow, manual searches into rapid, informed decisions. Unlike traditional approaches, SmarterDx emphasizes surfacing missed opportunities in documentation and coding, and offers a risk-free business model with a guaranteed 5:1 return on investment, aiming to streamline workflows, enhance patient care, and boost revenue for healthcare providers.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$56M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • New Mountain Capital acquired SmarterDx in 2025, forming Smarter Technologies for RCM expansion.
  • Partners with 60 health systems across 250+ hospitals, up from 40 systems with 180 sites.
  • Delivers $2.5M net new revenue per 10,000 discharges, totaling hundreds of millions since 2020 launch.

What critics are saying

  • CMS and OIG audits target AI upcoding, classifying SmarterDx recommendations as overbilling within 12-24 months.
  • UnitedHealth, Anthem, and Aetna deploy counter-AI to reject claims, eroding ROI in 6-18 months.
  • Epic and Cerner embed native CDI AI, causing hospitals to abandon SmarterDx in 18-36 months.

What makes SmarterDx unique

  • SmarterDx uses counterfactual modeling to identify missed CDI opportunities across 30,000 data points per chart.
  • Proprietary AI in SmarterPrebill reviews 100% of charts, outperforming human CDI teams by finding inaccuracies in 80%.
  • SmarterDenials AI automates appeals against payer denials, launched November 2024.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Free One Medical membership

Parental Leave

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

6%
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Prestigious international annual awards program recognizes standout digital health and medical technology products and companies.NEW YORK, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SmarterDx, the leader in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality, announced today that it has been selected as winner of the "Best Overall Healthcare Operations Solution" award in the 9th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market

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New Mountain Invests in SmarterDx AI

New Mountain Capital has made a strategic investment in SmarterDx, a New York-based company specializing in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality. New Mountain, also based in New York, is a growth-focused investment firm managing approximately $55 billion in assets. The terms of the investment were not disclosed.

FinSMEs
Apr 15th, 2025
SmarterDx Gains Investment from New Mountain

SmarterDx, a NYC-based clinical AI company, received an undisclosed investment from New Mountain Capital. The funds will support growth and product innovation. Founded in 2020, SmarterDx provides a platform to help hospitals analyze discharges and improve revenue integrity. Its solutions, SmarterPrebill™ and SmarterDenials™, assist in recovering revenue and improving care quality. Over 40 health systems with 180 hospital sites use its platform.

Health Technology Insights
Apr 14th, 2025
SmarterDx Begins Growth Phase with New Mountain Capital

SmarterDx, Inc., a leader in clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality, announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, LLC, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with more than $55 billion in assets under management.

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