Senior Software Engineer

Develop Health

. Define meaningful problems, smallest useful solutions, and observable success signals with users and internal stakeholders .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeCalifornia • United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-stack software development, particularly in Python, TypeScript, and React, with a strong focus on product ownership and integration of AI capabilities in healthcare software. Proven ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers while ensuring high-quality engineering practices.

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Full-Stack Product DevelopmentPython ProgrammingTypeScript and React ProficiencyEnd-to-End Product OwnershipHealthcare Software Integration

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Hard Skills

Python ProgrammingTypeScriptReactFull-Stack DevelopmentAI IntegrationData ModelingAPI DevelopmentTesting and ObservabilityProduct CraftCoding Agent Verification

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingAdaptability

Industry Keywords

Healthcare SoftwareClinical WorkflowsEHRsPayersPharmaciesRegulated DomainMedication-Access WorkflowsBenefit VerificationStartup ExperienceWorkflow Products

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define meaningful problems, smallest useful solutions, and observable success signals with users and internal stakeholders
Ship full-stack product features across backend services, user interfaces, data models, integrations, and workflow infrastructure
Integrate AI capabilities with production-grade reliability and fallbacks for healthcare software
Make pragmatic product and technical trade-offs and provide context for teammates and coding agents
Build testing, observability, rollout safety, and user feedback into features, then iterate based on outcomes
Own major product surfaces and the customer or operational outcomes they support
Shape product direction using customer evidence, operational data, and technical constraints
Scale the architecture and API layer as products, integrations, and transaction volume grow
Raise engineering quality and mentor other engineers
Work directly with Product, AI, and Operations teams and end users

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 3 years of experience building and shipping software that real users depend on
Effective in Python and a modern typed frontend stack
Ability to ramp quickly on TypeScript and React
End-to-end product ownership experience
User-facing product craft and technical soundness
Experience using coding agents and verifying their output
Clear, precise communication with engineers, product partners, operators, and customers
Ability to learn benefit verification and prior authorization workflows
Ability to learn medication-access workflows and healthcare reliability constraints
Bonus: experience building AI-powered or automation-heavy products in production
Bonus: experience with healthcare, clinical workflows, EHRs, payers, pharmacies, or another regulated domain
Bonus: early-stage startup experience or evidence of thriving with high ownership and limited structure
Bonus: experience building workflow products, data-heavy interfaces, or third-party integrations
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area or open to relocating there

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary plus meaningful early-stage equity
Health, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible PTO
High-end workstation and tooling budget, including the AI tools that help you do your best work
Direct ownership of products that improve access to medication for hundreds of thousands of patients every month