Software Engineer – Full Stack

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. The Software Engineer will build and maintain scalable backend systems that support pharmacy operations, manufacturing, logistics, and regulatory compliance, while leveraging AI to enhance system performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Architecture and Enterprise Integration
• Systems Ownership: Contribute to system design within pharmacy operations, manufacturing, and logistics domains; use AI-assisted tools to model dependencies, understand load patterns, and validate implementation decisions before committing engineering resources
• Governance Standards: Follow and contribute to architectural standards governing how services communicate and evolve; participate in design reviews to reduce systemic risk in Empower's highly regulated 503A/503B environment
• Platform Interoperability: Support integration across internal services and external regulatory systems using established data contracts and API versioning protocols; leverage AI tooling to detect integration drift and assist in service onboarding
• System Performance and Reliability
• Scale Engineering: Build and optimize performant, reliable backend systems for pharmacy and logistics workloads; apply AI-augmented capacity planning techniques to maintain acceptable performance under varying demand without over-provisioning infrastructure
• Resilience Architecture: Implement fault-tolerant systems with observability layers—distributed tracing, structured logging, and anomaly detection—that surface degradation early; collaborate with SRE teams to support incident response and reduce recovery time
• Performance Optimization: Conduct performance analysis identifying bottlenecks at the database, network, and application tiers; use AI-assisted profiling to prioritize fixes and deliver measurable improvements in latency and throughput
• Engineering Leadership and Enablement
• Technical Mentorship: Participate in and receive structured code reviews and pair programming sessions; actively develop design literacy and code quality, and support the growth of fellow engineers through knowledge sharing and collaboration
• Platform Velocity: Contribute to shared platform capabilities—CI/CD pipelines, reusable libraries, infrastructure-as-code—that standardize delivery; leverage AI-powered code generation and automated testing tools to improve personal and team output
• Strategic Influence: Contribute to technical discussions and help inform roadmap priorities within your team; translate operational complexity and regulatory requirements into clear technical proposals that align with team and stakeholder goals

Requirements:

• Experience with distributed systems, backend architecture, and microservices design in enterprise environments
• Proficiency in frontend technologies including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript within production environments
• Proficiency in the Java/Spring Boot ecosystem and optionally Python or C# within production environments
• Proficiency in GraphQL and/or Node.js-based development for distributed platform integration
• Understanding of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability practices
• Ability to contribute to systems that meet regulatory, security, and data integrity requirements
• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production backend systems in professional environments
• Demonstrated experience delivering backend systems that are performant, reliable, and maintainable, with a growing ability to operate in complex, fast-paced environments
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team, share technical knowledge with peers, and contribute constructively to engineering discussions and reviews
• Familiarity with or exposure to regulated industries where auditability, data traceability, and compliance-aware system design are important considerations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required
• Master's degree preferred