Staff Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Frontend & Product Development Leadership

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of modern web and mobile applications.
• Build intuitive, performant, and highly polished user experiences using React and React Native.
• Establish frontend best practices around component architecture, state management, testing, accessibility, and performance.
• Drive the evolution of our design system and shared UI component libraries.
• Maintain a high bar for product quality, usability, and engineering excellence.

Full Stack Ownership

• Own complex features end-to-end, from user interface development through backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams to transform ideas into exceptional customer experiences.
• Design and implement scalable APIs and services that power our member-facing applications.
• Contribute to technical decisions across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and data systems.

User Experience & Performance

• Champion frontend performance, responsiveness, accessibility, and reliability.
• Optimize application performance across web and mobile platforms.
• Leverage analytics and user feedback to continuously improve product experiences.
• Ensure members can easily understand and interact with complex health information.

Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural guidance and technical mentorship across the engineering organization.
• Lead high-impact initiatives from concept through launch.
• Drive engineering standards, code quality, and best practices.
• Help scale engineering processes and systems to support rapid company growth.

Innovation & Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Design, Clinical, and Data teams to deliver impactful features.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and development approaches to improve product quality and team velocity.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and learning.

Qualifications & Skills

Required Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building customer-facing products.
• Proven success leading complex technical initiatives in high-growth or startup environments.
• Experience balancing hands-on development with technical leadership and mentorship.

Frontend Expertise

• Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend development.
• Extensive experience with React and modern frontend architectures.
• Strong understanding of design systems, component libraries, state management, accessibility (WCAG), performance optimization, frontend testing frameworks, and modern build and deployment tooling.
• Experience building highly interactive, data-rich user interfaces.

Mobile Development

• Understanding of mobile architecture, performance optimization, and platform-specific considerations.

Full Stack Development

• Experience designing and building APIs and backend services.
• Strong proficiency with Python or similar backend technologies.
• Ability to comfortably work across the entire application stack.
• Experience integrating third-party services and external data platforms.

Product & User-Centric Thinking

• Strong product instincts and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business impact.
• Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design teams.

Engineering Excellence

• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies, test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, software architecture principles, and scalable system design.
• Commitment to writing maintainable, high-quality code.

Bias Toward Action

• Ability to make progress in ambiguous environments.
• Strong ownership mentality and willingness to tackle difficult problems.
• Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information.

Entrepreneurial Mindset

• Adaptable and resourceful in fast-moving environments.
• Excited to build processes, systems, and products from the ground up.
• Thrives in rapidly evolving business and technical landscapes.

Communication & Collaboration

• Exceptional communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaborator across Engineering, Product, Design, and Operations teams.

Continuous Learning

• Passion for learning new technologies and approaches.
• Willingness to challenge assumptions and improve existing systems.
• Growth mindset focused on continuous improvement.

Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience

• Advanced expertise with React, React Native, and TypeScript.
• Experience building large-scale consumer applications.
• Experience developing data visualization and analytics experiences.
• Familiarity with GCP, Postgres, and modern web architecture patterns.
• Experience integrating AI or machine learning capabilities into user-facing products.
• Startup experience as an early engineering hire, founder, or technical leader.