Software Engineer

Software EngineerLocation: Remote, U.S.Note: This a remote position and requires residency in the United States. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.Type: Full-Time, Salaried, ExemptCompensation: $100,000 - $120,000 annual salary range, depending on experienceBenefits: Generous PTO, employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, HSA/FSA accounts, and 401(k) with 4% employer matchAbout the CompanyIn 2025, through the addition of several new business lines, Sentact expanded to form a truly unique company with the goal of strategically addressing a critical need for healthcare organizations – specifically, offering an integrated suite of solutions to encompass patient safety, quality, experience, and regulatory readiness. From credentialing to peer review, to comprehensive rounding for safety and experience, to clinical analytics, incident reporting and a market-leading patient safety organization, Sentact's solutions address the pressing operational and regulatory challenges facing healthcare leaders today. And our story is still being written – with the help of our customers. We will continue to evolve as we listen and respond to the needs of our customers, empowering them to reimagine the path to exceptional care.The RoleWe are hiring a Software Engineer to contribute to the core systems behind our healthcare SaaS platform. You'll primarily focus on building and maintaining services that handle sensitive healthcare data. This role emphasizes writing high-quality, reliable code to deliver features and improve existing systems. You'll contribute to frontend and backend components and data workflows, working within established architectures while helping enhance performance, scalability, and reliability over time.The work involves cloud-native, data-intensive services in regulated environments. You'll regularly navigate tradeoffs across performance, reliability, security, and compliance, and you'll be trusted to make sound technical decisions in the face of ambiguity.The WorkWork closely with other engineers, as well as product owners and designers, to deliver new features and resolve bugsWrite readable, maintainable code that is built to scale and accounts for errors and edge casesBuild secure, reliable integrations with EHRs and third-party healthcare systemsDevelop standards-based APIs and services (REST, FHIR, HL7)Influence architectural direction related to scalability, reliability, and data integrityPartner closely with product, data, and security teams to solve real operational problemsImprove system observability, failure handling, and operational resilienceThis role prioritizes building systems that remain correct, understandable, and dependable over time, not just shipping features quickly.What We Look ForExperience designing and evolving production systems that other teams depend onStrong instincts around architectural tradeoffs and long-term maintainabilityComfort owning systems that run in production and matter to real usersA proactive approach to identifying risk, ambiguity, and hidden failure modesA desire to raise the technical bar through design, mentorship, and exampleYou don't need to have all the answers, but you should be comfortable being responsible for finding them.Required Experience3-6 years of professional software development experienceMeaningful experience owning and operating production systemsStrong background building data-driven applicationsSignificant production experience with one or more of the following: React, PHP/Zend, Ruby/RailsStrong SQL skills with MySQL and PostgreSQLExperience building secure systems with appropriate access controls and encryptionExperience That's Helpful (But Not Required)Healthcare data standards such as FHIR or HL7EHR or healthcare API integrationsAWS and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)Experience working in HIPAA or HITRUST regulated environmentsSecurity-conscious engineering experienceWhy This Role MattersThe systems you work on will influence how healthcare organizations identify risk, improve clinical processes, and protect patients. This is work where correctness matters, shortcuts show up later, and thoughtful engineering has real downstream impact.We're looking for engineers who want their work to matter beyond a release cycle — and who care about building systems that healthcare organizations can trust.Why Join SentactWork on systems that directly support patient safety and care qualityMeaningful technical scope with influence over platform directionCollaborative, low?ego engineering cultureFlexible hybrid work environmentProblems that reward depth, judgment, and long-term thinkingSentact provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.