Remote Lead Software Engineer

Who is Navita Health?
Navita Health is a next-generation behavioral health company committed to transforming the way people experience recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health challenges. Our name, meaning “new life,” is exactly what we aim to create for every person we serve.
Through compassionate care, real-time access, and innovative technology, we deliver a personalized, holistic, and coordinated support system. Whether its through assessments, peer-led services, outpatient care, or digital tools, Navita Health offers an integrated platform that simplifies the path to healing and empowers individuals to rebuild their lives with confidence.
We don’t just treat symptoms—we restore hope, build sustainable resilience, and help people embrace a healthier future.

Position Summary: This full-time lead software engineer W2 position will be responsible for the maintenance of the electronic health record platform, capable of managing, maintaining, and enhancing our service offerings to the recovery community and service providers. The software engineer will design, develop and maintain a scalable platform.
This position requires the ability to work with a small cross functional team and internal stakeholders. Must be willing and capable of being a solo engineer, owning the whole stack, with a growth mindset and a willingness to create a best-in-class engineering team over time.
Education/Experience: Bachelors degree from four-year college or university; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Responsibilities:
Our Tech Stack:
Frontend: React, TypeScrip, MUI.
Backend: Node.js and TypeScript for writing core business logic.
Infrastructure: Wide range of AWS cloud services (ECS, Fargate, etc.), managed with AWS Terraform.
Data Storage: PostgreSQL, S3, and more.
AI & Modern Tooling:

We are looking for an engineer who has fully embraced AI as part of their daily workflow — not just as a novelty, but as a core productivity multiplier. The right candidate understands both the power, risks and the limitations of AI tools, uses them to move faster and think more clearly, and actively stays current as the landscape evolves. You should be fluent in using AI-assisted coding, debugging, and research tools, and have a point of view on where the technology is heading.
Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.
Technical Strategy & Leadership: Defines and champions the technical direction of the team. Makes architectural decisions that ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance. Aligns team work with business goals and long-term vision.
Operational Excellence: Owns reliability and performance across systems. Ensures incident processes, on-call responsibilities, and post-mortems are followed and improved. Sets high standards for automation and observability.
Security & Compliance: Leads security reviews and ensures the team adheres to industry standards like HIPAA and SOC2. Sets and communicates expectations for security-first engineering practices.
Code & Review Quality: Produces high-quality code and ensures others do too. Maintains a strong code review culture that promotes learning, rigor, and technical excellence.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Works across engineering, product, and business teams to align priorities and unblock dependencies. Acts as a trusted partner to stakeholders.
Team Culture & Influence: Sets the tone for team culture. Drives accountability, urgency, and a growth mindset. Provides clarity during ambiguity and supports team morale and cohesion.
Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Ensures documentation practices are maintained and scaled. Promotes discoverability, maintainability, and hand-off readiness.
Bonus Experience
Experience working in a regulated industry , with familiarity around HIPAA and other privacy/security frameworks
Exposure to data engineering tools like Snowflake or Spark
Knowledge of healthcare data standards , including FHIR and HL7
Experience implementing or supporting clinical workflows within healthcare software
Familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS architectures and infrastructure patterns
Understanding of healthcare billing systems and data flows
This Role Is Probably Not a Great Fit If…
You prefer large-scale refactors over incremental, shippable improvements — we move fast and value getting things in users’ hands quickly.
Shipping value to users isn’t your primary driver — you’d rather have everything “perfect” before anything ships.
Rapidly shifting priorities frustrate you — in our environment, context changes quickly and adaptability is essential.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities .
Work Location: This position is remote from Minnesota, Ohio or South Carolina only.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a contractor encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a contractor to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the contractor is regularly required to sit. The contractor is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The contractor is occasionally required to stand and walk. The contractor must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.