People don’t join healthcare companies to solve easy problems.
At Pearl, people share a common motivation: the opportunity to work on some of the hardest, most important problems in healthcare, and to see their work directly impact patients. Regardless of your department, you’re working on problems where the stakes are real, the problem is messy and the opportunity to fundamentally reshape how healthcare works is within reach.
You see it most clearly when you talk to the team. The same themes come up again and again.
1. Proximity to the real problems
For many, the appeal starts with how close the work is to care delivery.
At Pearl, you’re not guessing what doctors need to provide better patient care, you hear it directly from them.
That proximity to care delivery shapes how Pearl builds. “I spend hours in conversation with practitioners about their goals, their fears, and the emotional weight of the work. Those conversations remind you why you wanted to do this work in the first place. When you really listen, customers don't just give you insights, they give you purpose.” Suzanne concludes.
2. Building systems that truly impact patient care
The data is really messy. Providers often have a limited view of their patient information, which makes it hard to make informed decisions about their healthcare.
That reality raises the bar for how we think about the technology we build.
When we ship something here, it has to work. The human impact is real.
“When we ship something here, it has to work,” said Steve Bell, Engineering. “The human impact is real.”
And it is working. “The human impact of what we are building is real and it can be quantified,” Steve added. In 2025, Pearl reduced hospital admissions by 10%, emergency departments visits by 9%, and readmissions by 12% compared to risk-adjusted counterfactual analyses. These numbers represent real patients avoiding unnecessary, disruptive (and often dangerous) hospitalizations.
3. A team that raises the bar
Pearl’s culture is shaped by three core values: Collaboration, Trust and Impact.
Collaborate to Innovate: Innovation comes when diverse perspectives come together to tackle complex healthcare challenges. As Colin said, “we call out issues for what they are without ever blaming a person or department.” This openness allows for Pearl to continue pushing forward, together.
Trust through Transparency: “There’s a level of transparency here that’s unusual,” Gillian added. “People can perform better when they understand how the company is actually doing.” Just as transparency is critical in supporting our clinician partners, it’s also empowering for our employees to have the information they need to make informed decisions and do their best work.
Serious Impact, Big Heart: “As soon as I met the team, I was sold,” Suzanne said. “It’s rare to find both the right mission and the right people.” Steve added, “I think the culture at Pearl inspires people to be engaged in others as much as the mission and the goals of the company.”
4. A shared belief in what’s possible
People join Pearl for different reasons - proximity to the problem, the challenge of building at scale, or the opportunity to work with exceptional teammates.
But they stay for the same reason: the belief that healthcare can work differently, and that it’s critically important that it does.
“I was skeptical that value-based care could truly bend the cost curve,” Colin said. “That changed once I joined Pearl.”
When you join Pearl, your work makes a difference. It shows up in patient outcomes. When you solve a data integrity problem, it means a provider can have a better understanding of her patient’s needs. When you ship a feature, it means fewer unnecessary hospitalizations. When you workshop a problem with a client, it means more support for primary care clinicians that our healthcare system tasks with too many responsibilities.
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We’re building an exceptional team of people who want to work on hard problems and impact the real world, with others who care deeply about getting it right.
If that sounds like you, we’re hiring.
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