# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Rula](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rula)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $207k – $243k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Microservices, event-driven systems, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kafka, AWS, HIPAA
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Lead architecture and technical vision for Rula’s RCM Payments team, designing scalable systems for payments, claims, and revenue workflows. Requires 8+ years experience with distributed systems, full-stack engineering, and mentoring while partnering with stakeholders on complex healthcare challenges.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and technical vision of Rula’s Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Payments team.
- Design mission-critical systems for complex payments, claims submission, and revenue workflows that are scalable and robust.
- Partner with product and clinical stakeholders to solve ambiguous operational challenges.
- Mentor a talented team of engineers and drive a culture of technical excellence.
- Lead high-priority, cross-team technical initiatives from conception to delivery, including stakeholder management and navigating complex technical trade-offs.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical culture, and elevate team performance through code reviews and documentation.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to optimize development velocity and code quality.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of designing and scaling complex, distributed systems in a production environment.
- Expertise in backend distributed architecture (microservices, event-driven systems), and experience in full-stack engineering (e.g., TypeScript, React, Node.js).
- Demonstrated experience leading high-priority, cross-team technical initiatives from conception to delivery, including stakeholder management and navigating complex technical trade-offs.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, influence technical culture, and elevate team performance through code reviews and documentation.
- Proficiency in leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to optimize development velocity and code quality.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience at startup / growth-stage companies.
- Experience with NodeJs, Typescript, Kafka, AWS or equivalent, React.
- Strong domain knowledge or ability to rapidly master financial/healthcare systems (HIPAA compliance, claims/payments).
- High personal awareness, and growth mindset.

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