# Logistics Optimization - Lead Senior/Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Sprinter Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sprinter-health)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, AWS, DynamoDB, BigQuery, Elasticsearch, Optimization Algorithms, Simulation Frameworks
**Posted:** 2026-02-09

> Leads development of algorithms and simulations for optimizing clinician routing, scheduling, and dispatch in in-home healthcare logistics. Requires 5+ years backend/full-stack experience, proficiency in TypeScript/Python, and background in operations research or quantitative modeling.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and implement algorithms that optimize clinician routing, scheduling, and dispatch at national scale
- Build simulations that model demand, capacity, and patient behavior under real-world constraints
- Develop predictive models for cancellations, no-shows, and overbooking optimization
- Collaborate with product and ops teams to translate complex logistics challenges into scalable software systems
- Prototype and productionize forecasting and optimization models in a distributed environment
- Own projects end-to-end—from design to implementation and iteration

## Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend or full-stack fundamentals
- Proficiency in **JavaScript / TypeScript** (preferred) and/or **Python**
- Experience designing or implementing optimization, forecasting, or simulation systems
- Background in operations research, applied math, or quantitative modeling
- Shipped production systems that balance technical complexity and real-world constraints
- Collaborated cross-functionally with product, ops, or data science teams to drive measurable impact

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with global optimization techniques or Monte Carlo simulations
- Background in logistics, scheduling, or large-scale routing systems
- Prior work in healthcare or other operationally complex, data-heavy environments
- Experience in 0→1 environments or scaling early-stage technical systems

## Tech Stack
- **TypeScript / Node.js**
- **Python**
- **GraphQL**
- **AWS** (AppSync, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation)
- **BigQuery**
- **Elasticsearch / OpenSearch**
- **Looker**, **Kibana**
- Forecasting, simulation, and optimization frameworks
- Custom route annealing and distributed scheduling models

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary aligned with senior engineering levels
- Meaningful pre-IPO equity
- Medical, dental, and vision fully covered for you and your dependents
- Flexible PTO + 10 paid holidays
- 401(k) with company match
- 16-week parental leave (8 weeks for partners)
- HSA / FSA contributions
- Life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
- Free daily lunch in-office
- Annual learning stipend

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