Lead Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and enhance the technical architecture of Platform Services' primary APIs and interoperability solutions.

• Spearhead the design and execution of intricate cross-functional initiatives, incorporating FHIR interoperability, SAML, SCIM, OAuth, and SMART authentication frameworks.

• Establish technical standards and best practices; evaluate designs and code across both new and legacy codebases.

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers through collaborative pairing and design decision-making.

• Collaborate with the Senior Engineering Manager on developing technical roadmaps and identifying potential risks early on.

• Represent Platform Services in technical discussions across teams and foster agreement on shared methodologies.

• Decompose ambiguous or large-scale challenges into actionable technical plans.

• Contribute production code, particularly to critical or high-risk system components.

• Promote a positive, solution-oriented, and collaborative team culture.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7–8+ years of relevant software engineering experience with escalating technical scope and responsibility.

• Proven experience leading complex, large-scale, or cross-departmental technical projects.

• Profound understanding of computer science principles.

• Experience in developing and maintaining large-scale distributed backend systems and APIs.

• A history of mentoring engineers and elevating a team's technical proficiency without formal management authority.

• Experience in making and articulating significant architectural and design trade-offs.

• Proficient in writing clear, concise, testable, and maintainable code.

• Expertise in modern web development technologies and web services.

• Strong background in back-end development and API integration.

• Experience with cloud-based SaaS development and CI/CD practices.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required; equivalent practical experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

• A background check, including criminal, employment, and education verification, is required.

• Preferred qualifications include: OAuth, SAML, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, object-oriented or functional programming, Docker, Kubernetes, New Relic or DataDog, experience in Agile teams, and familiarity with healthcare or social care technologies such as FHIR.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for team members and their eligible partners and dependents.

• Unlimited virtual mental health and acute medical visits.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Subscription to a wellness platform.

• Flexible time off, including volunteer days and mental health days.

• 14 paid company-wide holidays.

• Paid parental leave, including for adoptive parents.

• Employee Resource Groups.

• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).

• Commuter benefits.

• 401(k) plan with employer match, immediate vesting, and financial wellness resources.

• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, with the option to purchase additional coverage.

• Disability coverage.

• Accident insurance.

• Pet insurance.

• Company-provided work-from-home equipment, including a computer, mouse, keyboard, and other approved supplies.