Gifthealth · 16 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$164K/yr - $205K/yr
8+ years expGifthealth 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.
HealthcareSoftwarePharmaceuticalHealth Care
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Gifthealth
GiftHealth is a healthcare tech startup that streamlines pharmacy experience with free delivery and competitive medication pricing.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$45.8MKey Investors
Eir PartnersAllos Ventures
2023-04-04Private Equity· $40M
2021-03-16Seed· $5.8M
2020-06-04Pre Seed
Leadership Team
John Romano
President and Co-Founder
Derek Schneider
CTO
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