GifthealthRemote
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
2 weeks ago
$164,000 - $205,000 USD
H1B Sponsor
Key skills
Software architecture patternsCloud-native systemsBackend programming languageDesigning complex systemsDebugging distributed systemsHealthcare industry knowledgeDomain-driven designInfrastructure-as-codeTechnical leadershipMentorshipCollaborationProblem-solvingTypeScriptPythonJavaGoRubyElixirReactNode.jsAWSAzureGCPCI/CDLeadership
About this role
Gifthealth is revolutionizing healthcare by simplifying the management of prescriptions and health services. The Staff Software Engineer will design, build, and scale critical software systems, providing technical expertise and leading complex initiatives in alignment with organizational goals.
Responsibilities:
- Designs and implements scalable, reliable, and secure software systems for core Gifthealth platforms
- Leads technical architecture decisions and drive long-term platform evolution
- Provides technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to engineers across teams
- Collaborates with Product, Design, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Identifies and reduces technical debt; improve system performance, observability, and reliability
- Establishes and upholds engineering best practices, standards, and documentation
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field OR equivalent professional experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and operating production-grade systems at scale
- Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns (modularity, event-driven systems, APIs); Cloud-native systems (AWS, GCP, or Azure); and data modeling, distributed systems, and system reliability principles
- Advanced proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Ruby, Elixir, Python, Java, Go, or Node.js)
- Designing and reviewing complex systems and APIs skills
- Debugging and resolving production issues in distributed systems skills
- Ability to independently lead complex, ambiguous technical initiatives
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams without formal authority
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Experience operating in high-growth or regulated environments
- Prior experience functioning as a staff or principal-level engineer
- Knowledge of healthcare, pharmacy, or regulated industry environments (HIPAA); Domain-driven design and platform engineering concepts
- Frontend or mobile experience (Hotwire, React, TypeScript, etc.) skills
- Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling skills
- Ability to translate business strategy into scalable technical solutions