Key skills
Backend languagesDistributed systemsCloud infrastructureCI/CD pipelinesContainer orchestrationEvent-driven architecturesPlatform engineeringOpen source contributionsProblem solvingCommunication skillsTypeScriptPythonJavaGoSQLNoSQLAIKafkaAWSAzureGCPKubernetesPub/SubPerformance OptimizationCI/CDCommunicationProblem Solving
About this role
Lyric is an AI-first healthcare technology company focused on simplifying care by preventing inaccurate payments and reducing waste in the healthcare ecosystem. The Staff Software Engineer will drive the design and implementation of mission-critical systems, lead architectural decisions, and mentor fellow engineers while building scalable software.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement core services, systems, and APIs with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability
- Serve as a technical leader across multiple projects, providing guidance on system design, coding best practices, and performance optimization
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions
- Lead design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and RFCs
- Investigate and resolve critical issues in production systems, ensuring reliability and uptime
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks across teams
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in their technical careers
Requirements:
- Minimum of eight (8) years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems
- Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python, TypeScript)
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API designs, databases (SQL and NoSQL), as well as cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability practices
- Excellent problem solving skills and a collaborative mindset
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Experience in a high-growth tech company or fast-paced startup environment
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub), or microservice patterns
- Background in platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability
- Contributions to open source projects or technical publications