Software Engineer, New Grad 2026
Color Health is hiring a Software Engineer, New Grad 2026 in South San Francisco, United States. It pays $125k-$140k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Color Health.
Level's read on this job
- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting mentions Copilot, Python and software engineering among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a junior role.
- Color Health has 16 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
New grad software engineer building AI-driven automation and platforms for virtual cancer care workflows.
Color is revolutionizing cancer care with the nation’s first Virtual Cancer Clinic, delivering high-quality, physician-led multidisciplinary care across all 50 states. Our innovative, guideline-based approach spans cancer screening, risk assessment, prevention, diagnosis, treatment support, and survivorship. In addition to personalized direct medical care, our services include cancer genetics risk assessment, nutrition, mental health support and at-home cancer screening diagnostics. Using technology-driven, patient-centric solutions, Color is transforming how employers, unions, health plans, and governments address cancer. Color’s goal is to close critical cancer care gaps, improve cancer outcomes, and guide patients with empathy through their healthcare journeys.
Apply to join Color and do the most meaningful work of your career. If you are not sure that you’re 100% qualified but are up for the challenge - we want you to apply!
Role Introduction:
We are excited to bring a cohort of recent software engineering graduates to our technical team of roughly 50 engineers, product managers and designers. These two engineers will join teams who are working on the AI platform that will power internal care team tools and patient experiences, and the services and experiences that enable our patients to efficiently onboard, assess risk and get the appropriate screenings.
This new grad cohort (four in total) will be onboarded to Color’s systems and thoughtfully supported by senior engineers and leads as they learn the craft of software engineering. The engineering and product team will help you build skills in engineering design, code review best practices, testing best practices, observability best practices and collaboration skills with product & engineering peers.
Sample projects the cohort will contribute to:
Embed AI-driven automation into care workflows to significantly increase care team capacity without sacrificing quality
Extend and build patient experiences across their entire journey – from onboarding & enrollment, testing & resulting, in treatment experiences to survivorship
Build infrastructure for developers to expand and unlock developer efficiencies and enable new AI tooling
Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Graduated in 2025 or 2026 with a four year degree in Computer Science
A passion for using software and technology to help save lives and prevent catastrophic disease, and want to apply your skills in the service of a greater mission
A commitment to producing high quality code, and helping to eliminate unnecessary duplication and awkward workarounds
Experience using AI tools (e.g., code generation, copilot) in development workflows.
Curiosity around intentionally applying ML/AI to real-world problems
Motivation to join a team with rigorous engineering practices and discipline: code reviews, automated testing, logging, monitoring, alerting, etc
Familiarity with web development and with modern web stacks including Python, Django, AWS, SQL, REST APIs, React, HTML5, CSS3, and ES6+
An affinity for collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues; values incorporating feedback to make decisions using code reviews, docs, wikis, meetings, and other channels as needed
Helpful Though Not Required:
Experience building with or integrating LLM-powered features is a plus.
What We Offer:
💰 Competitive salary
✨ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📈 401k match
📝 Monthly phone and wifi stipend for employees, annual ergonomic stipend
🏝 Generous vacation policy, paid holidays and company-wide recharge days
🍼 Equal paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
Free cancer screening and prevention resources for employees and their adult dependents
Base Salary Range:$125,000-$140,000 annually
The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: work experience, market data, skills, geographic location, and business need. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Color prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Color conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process.
How we rate this
Software Engineer, New Grad 2026 at Color Health rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
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- What are the limits of Copilot that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- What's a project where you used Python hands-on?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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