engineering
Posted Apr 23Senior Software Engineer (Tools & Frameworks), Applications
at Why Hiring
Remote
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and Iterate: Work closely with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional
- Design and Estimate: Provide scope and risk estimates for system and feature builds by creating comprehensive technical design documentation.
- Resolve Production Issues: Perform triage for live issues, assess impact, execute short-term and long-term mitigation plans, and conduct root-cause analysis.
- Mentor and Coach: Guide junior team members through design and code reviews, providing actionable feedback on their projects.
Requirements
- As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will play a key role in all stages of the engineering lifecycle—designing, building, testing, and maintaining the SmithRx internal tooling and frameworks suite.
- To excel, you must become an expert in our core systems and their integration with consuming applications, directly supporting our mission to lower healthcare costs. What you will do:
- Focus on back-end architecture: Design, develop, and maintain SmithRx product features using various languages such as Golang, GraphQL, Node, and SQL.
- Leverage AWS: Utilize AWS technologies, including Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, and RDS, to handle diverse job types and batch processing.
- AI Integration: Actively seek out new AI tools and technologies and share them with the team to positively impact overall software delivery speed and quality.
- Education: BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. •
- Experience at a high-growth startup or midsize tech company is a plus.
- experience working with a compiled language such as Go, Java, C#, or C++ (Go experience is a strong plus).
- Database Mastery: Proficiency with relational databases (specifically PostgreSQL), including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring.
- experience designing and implementing scalable APIs, with a solid understanding of design patterns and testing best practices.
- Cloud & DevOps: Strong understanding of GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. AI Proficiency:
- Experience using GenAI tools to efficiently deliver high-quality production software is a plus.
- Discipline: A highly disciplined approach to software design with the ability to work independently, forecast milestones accurately, and manage stakeholder expectations.
Experience
- Experience: 5-8 years of professional software development experience. Background:
Benefits
- We believe that the U.S healthcare system is in need of transformation, and we come to work each day dedicated to making that change a reality.
- Strategy and Roadmap: Work with senior leadership to translate technical vision into a tangible quarterly roadmap.
- benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
- Flexible Spending Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Program
- Discretionary Paid Time Off
- Paid Company Holidays Wellness Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave benefits
Additional details
- SmithRx is a rapidly growing, venture-backed Health-Tech company. Our mission is to disrupt the expensive and inefficient Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) sector by building a next-generation drug acquisition platform driven by cutting edge technology, innovative cost saving tools, and best-in-class customer service. With hundreds of thousands of members onboarded since 2016, SmithRx has a solution that is resonating with clients all across the country.
- We pride ourselves for our mission-driven and collaborative culture that inspires our employees to do their best work.
- Integrity: Our purpose guides our actions and gives us confidence in the path ahead.
- With unwavering honesty and dependability, we embrace the pressure of challenging the old and exemplify ethical leadership to create the new.
- Courage: We face continuous challenges with grit and resilience.
- We embrace the discomfort of the unknown by balancing autonomy with empathy, and ownership with vulnerability.
- We boldly challenge the status quo to keep moving forward—always.
- Together: The success of SmithRx reflects the strength of our partnerships and the commitment of our team.
- Our shared values bind us together and make us one.
- When one falls, we all fall; when one rises, we all rise. Job Summary: