Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

A rapidly growing healthcare technology company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help architect and scale a mission-critical platform used by millions of patients and healthcare providers nationwide. This organization is transforming how patients engage with complex healthcare journeys through modern software, thoughtful design, and a deep commitment to improving outcomes.

This is an opportunity to join a high-impact engineering team where technical leadership, architectural decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration are critical to the company's continued growth. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex backend challenges, influencing technical direction, and mentoring engineers while remaining hands-on in development.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and building scalable backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure that support a rapidly growing product ecosystem. You'll partner closely with Product, Design, Customer Success, and Engineering leadership to translate business objectives into durable technical solutions. This role requires strong system design capabilities, deep backend expertise, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing speed, quality, scalability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript and modern Node.js frameworks
• Lead architecture and system design initiatives across new and existing products
• Own complex technical domains from design through implementation and ongoing operation
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Customer-facing teams
• Translate business objectives and customer needs into practical technical execution plans
• Drive engineering best practices around performance, observability, maintainability, and reliability
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs and make sound architectural decisions
• Identify and address scalability challenges, technical debt, security concerns, and operational risks
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership
• Contribute to incident response, root-cause analysis, and system resiliency improvements
• Leverage modern tooling and AI-assisted development workflows to improve engineering efficiency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Significant experience building and maintaining backend systems in production environments
• Deep expertise with TypeScript and Node.js
• React frontend workflows
• Strong experience designing scalable, distributed systems
• Proven ability to operate independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Experience translating high-level product goals into technical solutions
• Strong understanding of API design, backend architecture, and data modeling
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to balance technical excellence with practical business needs

Required Skills

Deep expertise with TypeScript and Node.js, strong experience designing scalable, distributed systems, excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience translating high-level product goals into technical solutions, proven ability to operate independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

• Competitive base salary and equity participation
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Open Paid Time Off
• Paid family and medical leave
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Fully remote work environment

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.