Staff Software Engineer - Remote

At Author Health, we are a new company offering technology-enabled health care services for seniors with complex mental health conditions.

We are seeking a passionate technical leader to join our growing team.

What you’ll do as a staff software engineer :

• Build a modern and beautiful product that shapes the user experience for Author Health’s members, caregivers, and providers.
• Serve as a technical and domain subject matter expert providing leadership and sharing expertise to a growing team of engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers throughout the development lifecycle offering technical guidance and product design recommendations.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive engineering excellence by providing guidance to team members on best practices, coding standards, and architecture principles.
• Ensure operational excellence through automation, documentation, instrumentation of logs and metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
• Maintain a high level of quality in software through automated testing, profiling, and debugging in a HIPAA-compliant environment.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teammates fostering their growth and development.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across the product team on goals, outcomes, and timelines.

What we expect from you :

• High level of empathy and humility.
• 7+ years professional experience as a full-time software engineer.
• Proficiency in at least two modern programming languages (Go, JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, Ruby, etc.)
• Extensive understanding of the full stack.
• Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and scaling high-traffic web services on cloud platforms like GCP or AWS.
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership of cross-functional engineering teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a proven ability to deliver in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Experience collaborating with product management and design teams throughout the full software development lifecycle.
• Ability to architect and implement software systems in complex domains.
• Excellent communication skills capable of effectively conveying technical ideas in written and verbal form.
• Experience working with a remote team.

Benefits :

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Annual performance bonus
• Flexible vacation policy
• Remote-first team

Author Health is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is the company’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law.

The company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request.

The company is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. In accordance with applicable legal requirements such as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Newco will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.