Lead Software Engineer

MedCore Healthcare; Stamford (CT); Remote; USD 168,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Professional growth mentorship

Job summary

MedCore Healthcare in Stamford, CT offers a senior engineering role focused on process improvement and scalable tech leadership. You will own critical edge cases, mentor peers, and drive reliable backend services using Vue.js, GraphQL, and gRPC, with a culture that rewards curiosity and professional growth.

Expect a compensation range of $168,000 to $231,000 and unlimited PTO, with remote hours and a growth-oriented manager supporting your career development.

Qualifications

• Must have Kafka expertise proven beyond tutorials.
• Strong TypeScript foundation with 9+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability in delivery.
• Proven ability to mentor others and share knowledge.
• Reliability and durability in handling hard technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Keep the TypeScript service running through Stamford's traffic surges.
• Own edge cases in GraphQL billing and related systems.
• Pair-program tricky gRPC edge cases with Stamford engineers.
• Reverse-engineer undocumented Next.js formats and structures.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Vue.js and gRPC.

Skills

Ownership

Mentoring

Teaching

Reliability

Tools

TypeScript

Kafka

GraphQL

Next.js

Vue.js

gRPC

Job description

At MedCore Healthcare, the best Lead Software Engineer isn't the one who writes the most code but the one whose Process Improvement decisions age the gracefully. The promise is concrete — $168,000 - $231,000, remote hours, 8 years honored, and a technology role at MedCore Healthcare that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the technology TypeScript service humming through Stamford's holiday traffic surge
• Own the detail-focused edge cases in MedCore Healthcare's GraphQL billing nobody else wants to touch
• Pair-program tricky gRPC edge cases with engineers across Stamford, CT
• Reverse-engineer the thoughtfully-bold Next.js format MedCore Healthcare inherited and never documented
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Vue.js and gRPC

What You'll Bring

• Fluency in Kafka earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• A solid foundation in TypeScript, refined over 9+ years
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments

MedCore Healthcare is a fiercely-supportive company in Stamford, CT that turns complex technology problems into simple, elegant solutions. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

The compensation here starts at $168,000 - $231,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.

This role is being actively staffed, with offers expected before the quarter closes.