Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gifthealth is revolutionizing the way people experience healthcare by simplifying the process of managing prescriptions and health services. The Staff Software Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, building, and scaling critical software systems that support Gifthealth’s core products and operations, providing technical expertise and leading complex initiatives across teams.
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
Skills
- 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
Company Overview
GiftHealth is a healthcare tech startup that streamlines pharmacy experience with free delivery and competitive medication pricing. It was founded in 2020, and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.gifthealth.com.