Staff Software Engineer

Role overview Staff Software Engineer role on a virtual medical practice serving women and children across pregnancy, postpartum, pediatrics, and related life stages. The position combines clinical-domain engineering with AI-driven tooling, focused on building distributed systems and agent-based software that supports 24/7 care delivery. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role with significant mentorship and architectural scope.

Responsibilities - Design, build, and scale production software that powers a virtual care platform for patients and clinicians - Set architectural direction for complex distributed systems handling personalized, data-driven care workflows - Ship high-impact code while defining standards and patterns adopted across the engineering team - Prototype and develop AI-powered agents and tooling that improve clinician efficiency and effectiveness - Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code review, and culture-building - Partner with product and clinical leadership to shape technical strategy and prioritize high-leverage problems

Requirements - 10+ years of experience shipping high-quality, scalable software systems in production - Expert proficiency in system design and relational database modeling, plus fluency in at least one backend language such as Java, C#, Kotlin, Python, or Go - Hands-on experience guiding teams building applications with modern front-end frameworks like React or Vue.js - Demonstrated ability to translate user and customer needs into clean, maintainable technical solutions - Comfort navigating ambiguity and balancing hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership

Nice to have - Prior experience with AI/ML, natural language processing, or building agent-based systems - Background working in a fast-paced, product-oriented startup environment - Familiarity with cutting-edge agentic development tooling

Benefits and work setup - Remote-friendly position - Competitive healthcare benefits and generous equity compensation - Unlimited vacation policy - Access to a curated founder and operator network offering events, guides, and 1:1 mentorship - Mission-driven environment focused on maternal and pediatric health outcomes - Pay range noted in the source material as approximately $220,000 to $260,000, depending on experience and location