Staff Technologist

Clover Health

Remote Actively hiring
Remote - USA Posted 28 days ago $170,000–$235,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

The Staff Technologist role is an individual contributor position within a technology organization focused on delivering strategic initiatives. This technologist will shape product direction, design systems, and build software end-to-end while maintaining close partnerships with executive leadership. Key responsibilities include owning technical and product strategy, driving system design decisions, and building AI-forward systems in a data-rich environment. Candidates should have hands-on experience with AI/LLM systems and be fluent in data-driven decision-making. Technical skills required include proficiency in system design, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. The role demands strong engineering capabilities, genuine product instincts, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity, making it ideal for tech leads or staff engineers looking to own business outcomes directly.

Skills

AI/LLM Python Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Terraform Prometheus Grafana Git Scrum

What you'll do

  • Own the technical and product strategy for delivering a key strategic initiative.
  • Translate goals into concrete workstreams with clear milestones and metrics.
  • Drive system design, technology selection, and architecture decisions, including AI systems.
  • Build and ship software personally without managing others' contributions directly.
  • Go deep on business domain, user needs, operational workflows, and data landscape.

What we're looking for

  • Strong engineering skills and experience as a tech lead, staff engineer, or technical cofounder.
  • Proven track record of shipping products or programs end-to-end with measurable impact.
  • Recent hands-on experience with AI/LLM systems in building, shipping, or operating AI-backed features.
  • Technical proficiency in system design, distributed systems, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Fluent in using data to guide product and engineering decisions through experimentation.
  • Thrives in ambiguity, capable of building playbooks and resolving coordination issues independently.

Market check

Salary context

This $170,000–$235,000 range sits above 54% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$258,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Clover Health

Clover Health is a Medicare Advantage insurance company that uses data and technology to improve care quality and outcomes for its members, focusing on chronic disease management and preventive care. Industry: Health Insurance & Healthcare Technology

Clover Health currently has 8 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,000–$215,000 across 6 roles with salary data.

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