Bunkerhill Health
1 open Forward Deployed Engineer role at Bunkerhill Health. Curated with comp bands.
Comp on the board: $180K–$285K.
On the board since Aug 2026 · still hiring
Our take
Why Bunkerhill Health
A rare true-FDE seat deploying FDA-cleared clinical AI inside real hospitals — now Series-B-funded with 15 health systems live, so the founding-era intensity comes with real traction behind it.
- FDE type
- True forward-deployed
- Travel
- Medium
- Comp
- Competitive
- Stage
- Early-stage
A good fit if you're…
- Engineers drawn to clinical and health-system deployment, not remote SaaS
- People who want fully in-person, founding-era ownership of onboarding
- Candidates who can debug in regulated, high-stakes clinical environments
- Those who want early-stage scope with Series B funding de-risking the runway
What Bunkerhill builds
Bunkerhill Health, founded in 2019 by Nishith Khandwala and David Eng, builds Carebricks: a platform of operational AI agents plus nine FDA-cleared clinical algorithms, including early detection of silent heart-valve disease and osteoporosis risk. It runs inside hospitals to attack wait times, missed follow-ups, and paperwork backlogs — with health systems bringing problems to Bunkerhill rather than the reverse.
What 'forward deployed' means here
This is true forward-deployed work in a regulated, high-friction setting. The live FDSE seat owns new health-system onboarding end to end: designing, deploying, and integrating technical solutions with on-site support, then resolving issues to keep systems live. You embed with hospital staff, work around real clinical workflows, and debug where mistakes carry clinical weight — fully in-person from the SoMa office with travel to deployment sites.
The customers are marquee
Carebricks is live across 15 health systems including Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Health, Sentara, Endeavor Health, Ballad Health, and UTMB — where 22 Bunkerhill agents are deployed. That roster is unusual for a company this size, and it means the FDE walks into name-brand clinical environments with real stakes, not pilots that never leave the sandbox.
Comp & leveling
The board shows $180K–$285K, genuinely top-of-band for a healthcare-embed FDE seat — healthcare-AI startups usually pay a tier below horizontal enterprise AI. Expect early-stage equity on top, and a wide band that rewards seniority and real clinical-deployment experience. The range signals the team will level a strong candidate up rather than cap them.
The stage, read honestly
Bunkerhill raised a $25M Series B in July 2026 (led by Khosla Ventures, with Sequoia, Felicis, Optum Ventures, and Y Combinator), bringing total funding to $55M. That's past the riskiest early phase but still a small, in-person team: the FDE is an early deployment hire with outsized scope and the usual ambiguity around process and roadmap, now backed by real runway and customer pull.
Who thrives, who bounces
Thrives: engineers who want in-person intensity, clinical-domain weight, and end-to-end deployment ownership. Bounces: anyone wanting remote work, a hands-off delivery model, or distance from the messy realities of hospital IT. The healthcare context is the whole point — it's the draw and the filter at once.
Questions candidates ask
Is this remote?
No — it's fully in-person out of the SoMa office in San Francisco, with travel to health-system deployment sites. In-person is core to the role.
What experience is required?
The posting asks for 3+ years in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a strong deployment and support track record.
What does it pay?
The board shows $180K–$285K, top-of-band for a healthcare-embed FDE, plus early-stage equity.
Is Bunkerhill still early-stage?
It's Series B ($55M total raised as of July 2026) with 15 health systems live, so you get founding-era scope with meaningfully de-risked runway.
Analysis updated 2026-10-23
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