Staff Software Engineer, Platform

SmithRx

India

On-site

INR 14,354,000 - 21,053,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Program

Short-term and long-term disability

Discretionary Paid Time Off

Paid Company Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A rapidly growing Health-Tech company in India seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the engineering lifecycle for their product suite. The ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of software development experience, particularly in API development and server-side applications. Responsibilities include mentoring team members, collaborating with stakeholders, and leveraging AWS technologies. The company provides highly competitive wellness benefits and values a positive team culture.

Qualifications

8-12 years of software development experience with server-side applications.
Experience in high-growth startup environments is preferred.
Demonstrated experience with scalable API design.
Expertise with Go, Java or Kotlin is required.
Proficiency with PostgreSQL including schema design, SQL tuning, and monitoring.
Experience designing scalable APIs and understanding design patterns, database design and testing best practices.
Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
Positive, team-first attitude with adaptability and strong ownership.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with teams to deliver scalable software.
Establish technical documentation for features.
Coach and mentor junior engineers.
Leverage AWS technologies like Lambda and Fargate for various jobs and batch processing.
Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analyses, and implement mitigation plans.
Coach/mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions.
Work with leadership to translate technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
Foster a collaborative learning culture through mentoring and exploration of new tech.

Skills

API development

Data processing

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Problem-solving

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

BS or advanced degree in computer science

Advanced degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

Java

Kotlin

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SmithRx is a rapidly growing, venture-backed Health-Tech company. Our mission is to disrupt the expensive and inefficient Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) sector by building a next-generation drug acquisition platform driven by cutting edge technology, innovative cost saving tools, and best-in-class customer service. With hundreds of thousands of members onboarded since 2016, SmithRx has a solution that is resonating with clients all across the country.

We pride ourselves for our mission-driven and collaborative culture that inspires our employees to do their best work. We believe that the U.S healthcare system is in need of transformation, and we come to work each day dedicated to making that change a reality. At our core, we are guided by our company values:

Integrity: Our purpose guides our actions and gives us confidence in the path ahead. With unwavering honesty and dependability, we embrace the pressure of challenging the old and exemplify ethical leadership to create the new.
Courage: We face continuous challenges with grit and resilience. We embrace the discomfort of the unknown by balancing autonomy with empathy, and ownership with vulnerability. We boldly challenge the status quo to keep moving forward—always.
Together: The success of SmithRx reflects the strength of our partnerships and the commitment of our team. Our shared values bind us together and make us one. When one falls, we all fall; when one rises, we all rise.

Job Summary:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the entire engineering lifecycle from design, documentation, build, test and maintain our SmithRx product suite. You will advocate and bring best practices/methodologies, coding standards and large-scale system design perspectives to our team. We need our engineers to be versatile and driven, display leadership and ownership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new challenges as we continue to push technology forward.

What you will do:

Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical requirements to produce high-quality, scalable software and services
Provide scope and risk estimates for system and feature builds by building technical design documentation
Continually apply software development best practices, design patterns, testing, automation, tools and technologies.
Leverage AWS technologies, like Lambda and Fargate, to handle various types of jobs and batch processing
Troubleshoot production issues by performing triages for issues that arise, assessing the impact, creating and executing a plan for short-term and long-term mitigation, and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues.
Coach/mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on code developed, and performing design and code reviews
Work with senior leadership to turn technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
Be the cornerstone of a collaborative learning culture through mentorship, code reviews, the exploration of new technologies, and other innovations

What you will bring to SmithRx:

BS or advanced degree in computer science or applicable experience
8-12 years of software development experience working on server-side applications, specifically around API servers, third party integrations and data processing
Experience at a high-growth startup a plus
Expertise in a compiled language such as Go, Java or Kotlin is required
Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring is required
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable APIs; a solid understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices.
Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs, CI and CD pipeline, AWS platform, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus
Positivity; non-dogmatic, team-first attitude
Flexibility; someone who is responsive and comfortable with ambiguity
Highly disciplined approach to software design and development and ability to work on features independently (accurately forecast delivery milestones and work with stakeholders to ensure that expectations are met)

What SmithRx Offers You:

Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Program
Short-term and long-term disability
Discretionary Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Paid Parental Leave benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Well-stocked kitchen in office locations
Professional development and training opportunities

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