# Senior Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Rula](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rula)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $241k – $283k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Full-Stack Development, SQL, NoSQL, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Node.js, TypeScript, Kafka, System Architecture, Technical Leadership
**Posted:** 2026-06-26

> Senior technical leader driving architecture, standards, and high-impact initiatives across the Provider engineering organization. Requires 10+ years building full-stack, database-backed web apps and distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of related professional experience. Specifically, full-stack experience building modern database-backed (SQL/NoSQL) web applications and experience with microservice development
- Proven Technical Leadership: Extensive experience operating as a principal or lead architect for a major product domain or engineering group. With the knowledge and hands-on experience driving all phases of the development lifecycle: planning, specing, execution, and measuring success, post-launch maintenance
- Distributed Systems Expertise: Deep knowledge of building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud infrastructure. Experience working on highly complex projects with a focus on achieving sustainable results
- Influence Without Authority: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence engineering direction and product strategy across multiple stakeholders. Working with cross-functional teams to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical groups
- Experience mentoring others, reviewing architectures, and establishing design patterns

## Preferred Qualifications
- Domain Knowledge: Background in provider ecosystems, healthcare data standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7), or complex B2B integration networks is highly desirable but not mandatory
- Start-up experience
- Experience developing SaaS applications using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform
- Previous experience in products with high reliability/accuracy requirements (finance, mission-critical systems, etc.)
- Experience with “on-call”, ability to deep dive complex issues and drive them to resolution independently
- Experience with NodeJs, Typescript, Kafka

## Compensation & Benefits
- 100% remote work environment
- Attractive pay and benefits: Full transparency of pay ranges regardless of where you live in the United States
- Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
- 401(k) plan access
- Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Quarterly department stipend
- Community and employee resource groups
- Home office stipend: New hire home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend to help cover internet or cell phone expenses
- Wellness at Rula program: Year-round wellness initiatives and a $50/month wellness stipend

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