Senior Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Job Description SummaryWe are seeking an outcome-oriented Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) to join our team and work directly with strategic customers, product managers, UX designers, and engineering teams. In this role, you'll identify leading pain points, rapidly prototype solutions, and translate those solutions into scalable features within our core platform—driving real impact across the healthcare ecosystem.Job Description

At GE HealthCare, we are harnessing the power of technology to make healthcare more precise, personalized, and accessible for everyone. As part of the Science and Technology Organization, we develop the services that drive the next generation of healthcare applications and empower developers to build innovative solutions that address both clinical and operational needs.

We are seeking an outcome-oriented Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) to join our team and work directly with strategic customers, product managers, UX designers, and engineering teams. In this role, you'll identify leading pain points, rapidly prototype solutions, and translate those solutions into scalable features within our core platform—driving real impact across the healthcare ecosystem.

What You'll Do

• Embed with Customers: Partner deeply with clinicians, administrators, and technical stakeholders to understand their workflows and challenges. Build trust through hands-on collaboration and serve as a technical thought partner throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Rapid Prototyping & Delivery: Design and build full-stack applications and features that address critical customer needs. Move quickly from ideation to implementation, leveraging your engineering expertise to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Translate to Core Product: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure successful prototypes evolve into durable, scalable features that align with GE HealthCare's long-term product vision.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with UX, product management, operations, and sales teams to ensure seamless solution implementation and intuitive user experiences.
• Broad Organizational Impact:
  • Provide valuable feedback to enhance our products based on client needs and market trends.
  • Build solutions that improve the platform across our rapidly growing customer base.
  • Collaborate with other product and engineering teams to ensure development efforts are accretive to our long-term strategy.
• Own End-to-End Execution: Lead projects from discovery through deployment, often acting as a startup CTO—making architectural decisions, coding, and engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

Who You Are

• A strong software engineer with experience in at least front-end, preferred full-stack development
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with minimal supervision
• A customer obsessed individual passionate about user experience
• Skilled at communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Passionate about solving real-world problems in healthcare and delivering measurable impact
• Experienced in working directly with customers or cross-functional teams
• Willing to travel and work on-site with customers as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of delivering impactful solutions
• Proven experience in front-end development and experience with AI coding tools such as V0, Bolt, Cursor, Replit
• Familiarity with Figma or similar design tools
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers and cross-functional teams to identify problems and deliver solutions
• Willingness to travel and work on-site with strategic customers as needed

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise

• Proven experience in full-stack development (e.g., Python, JavaScript, React) and building scalable applications
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of delivering impactful solutions
• Strong understanding of UX principles and their application in healthcare and enterprise contexts; able to quantify design effectiveness and drive adoption
• Deep experience with Agile methodologies; able to coach teams and drive continuous improvement
• Familiarity with modern software practices including CI/CD, test automation, and XP techniques

Business Acumen

• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and align them with product roadmaps and customer needs
• Skilled in balancing competing stakeholder priorities and making informed build-vs-buy decisions

Leadership

• Influences across teams and functions, building support for ideas and driving alignment
• Proactively identifies and removes obstacles, navigating complex organizational structures
• Communicates a shared sense of purpose and learns from both success and failure to improve team performance

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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