Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Interra Health is a fast-growing healthcare technology company transforming how providers and patients navigate the prescription journey. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of scalable systems that support prescription decision-making and cost transparency, while driving technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of full stack solutions supporting prescription decision-making and cost transparency
- Architect and deliver complex greenfield projects used directly by providers and clinical staff
- Partner with engineering and product leadership on planning, prioritization, and execution
- Maintain and evolve backend systems and tools used by internal clinical and operational teams
- Integrate with electronic health records (EHRs) and external partner APIs
- Contribute to platform and infrastructure efforts in partnership with Platform Engineering (AWS, Terraform, Docker)
- Ensure system interoperability, scalability, and long-term maintainability across services and applications
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including participating in on-call rotations
- Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across teams
- Own and drive company-wide technical initiatives that span multiple teams and systems
- Develop deep expertise in the healthcare and prescription coverage domain, and use that knowledge to inform architectural decisions by anticipating future needs
- Maintain and extend our existing system using Agile practices including TDD, pair programming, and radically collaborative development
- Identify cross-cutting problems and proactively sponsor solutions (shared services, tooling, architecture)
- Initiate and lead collaborative efforts across team and functional boundaries, particularly with Product, to solve shared problems and deliver on company-wide goal
- Influence technical direction through strong judgment, not just execution
- Serve as a go-to resource for problem solving and technical context across the team
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration and unblock complex, ambiguous challenges
- Establish, evolve, and uphold engineering standards, documentation, and team norms, informed by experience and team feedback
- Ensure internal tools and developer workflows stay aligned with modern best practices, such as agentic AI workflows
- Close collaboration with other lead engineers and product management on planning and execution in a remote-first environment
Skills
- 8+ years of software development experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Strong experience building and scaling full stack applications in production environments
- Experience designing distributed systems and integrating with external APIs (EHR experience a plus)
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages/frameworks (Kotlin/Spring, Ruby on Rails, or similar)
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React or similar)
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerization (Docker), and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, and service-oriented architecture
- Solid working knowledge of SQL and data modeling
- Increasing familiarity with AI models and tools
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively across teams
- Clear and concise communication—especially in a distributed, async-friendly environment
- A bias toward ownership, action, and continuous improvement
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities
- A desire to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge & Application: Applies deep technical expertise to design scalable systems and solve complex problems across domains
- Complexity & Problem Solving: Leads solutions to ambiguous, high-impact challenges requiring cross-system thinking
- Collaboration & Influence: Drives alignment and execution across teams through strong technical leadership and communication
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Remote-first
- Work from anywhere in US. We also provide a one-time home office stipend to set up your workspace, plus a monthly Wi-Fi reimbursement.
- Flexible work
- Flexible scheduling and core collaboration hours (10:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET), giving you space for both deep work and real life.
- Company-wide offsite
- We invest in connection—join us for an annual offsite to collaborate, build relationships, and have some fun together.
- Time off that you’re expected to use
- Flexible PTO designed for real recharge, plus 17 company holidays, paid sick leave, and paid parental leave.
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Choose from multiple medical plan options with significant company premium contributions, along with dental (including orthodontia) and vision coverage for you and your family.
- Includes company contributions to HSA/FSA accounts (based on plan selection).
- Financial wellness
- 401(k) with company match to help you plan for the future.
Company Overview
Interra Health inspires healthy living within individuals to drive movement across organizations. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI, US, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.interrahealth.com.