Senior Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

Cadence is the clinical AI company automating the treatment of chronic disease. Its Clinical Intelligence takes on the routine, high-volume work of chronic care – monitoring patients, surfacing risks, and coordinating action – so clinicians can focus on the decisions that require them. Grounded in partnerships with more than 20 leading health systems, deep EMR integrations, dedicated medical group, and experience serving a population of more than 100,000 patients, the system learns from real-world care delivery, improving as it scales. Cadence has been recognized by TIME as one of the Top 100 HealthTech Companies and by LinkedIn as a Top Startup (#4, 2025).

The Role

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure to build scalable security infrastructure that embeds compliance and risk controls directly into the Cadence platform. You will solve complex security challenges such as data classification, AI governance, GRC automation, and secure integration with healthcare partners and external systems.

What You'll Do

• Embed directly within Product and Platform Engineering teams to implement security-critical features and components of Cadence's platform, and drive teams toward secure architectural and implementation decisions as needed.
• Build security capabilities that differentiate Cadence and influence the broader healthcare ecosystem, including reusable security primitives, contributions to open standards and open-source initiatives, and partnerships with customers and vendors to raise the bar for privacy, interoperability, and secure AI adoption.
• Design and implement security controls across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, endpoints, identity systems, secrets management, and broader platform security primitives to keep core systems secure.
• Build AI governance processes, frameworks, and safeguards that help ensure Cadence's AI systems are safe, reliable, fair, and aligned with patient safety outcomes.

What You Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years building and shipping real systems or infrastructure.
• Strong ability to navigate and reason across the stack - quickly understanding unfamiliar codebases, architectures, and tooling ecosystems.
• Ability to identify patterns and design scalable “golden paths” (e.g., logging, access controls, network security) that work across teams.
• Effective communicator who translates technical findings into clear designs, builds alignment, and drives initiatives from concept to execution.
• Demonstrated interest in security and the ability to think adversarially - approaching system design with rigor, considering failure modes, and leveraging modern tools to accelerate solutions.

Compensation

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base salary for this role typically ranges between $170,000 - $220,000, depending on experience, skills, seniority, and business needs. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for equity as part of the total compensation package. Actual compensation may vary by location.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay & equity
• Fully remote
• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental & vision
• Paid time off
• 401k plan + matching
• Paid parental leave
• Home office stipend

Cadence is committed to equal opportunity and fairness regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, nation of origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, country of citizenship, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, family status, family care status, military or veteran status or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.