Senior Software Engineer - Platform Group

Ash; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Company lunches

Stock options

401k program

Full health benefits

Job summary

Ash is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team in a hybrid capacity, split between our NYC office and home. You will influence services touching every part of the business and serve as a technical anchor, guiding architecture while delivering high-impact features.

The role emphasizes architectural depth, scalable systems, and collaboration with product and technical leaders. We value strong communication and patient-centric problem solving as healthcare delivery becomes

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a senior role with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience with AI-powered development techniques and bleeding-edge tech.
• Strong communication and empathy for patients and users.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical pillar within a cross-functional team across the SDLC.
• Collaborate with product and technical leaders to align solutions with business goals.
• Take end-to-end ownership of key technical projects delivery.
• Champion technical excellence and maintain high-quality code and documentation.

Skills

Senior software engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

System design

Mentorship

AI-powered development

Tools

Terraform

Helm

GKE / Kubernetes

Cloud Run

GCP Pub/Sub

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

MySQL

Redis

BigQuery

Job description

About The Role

Ash is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be a key contributor responsible for implementing high-impact features and solving novel problems that make a difference to real people. You’ll be a technical anchor on your team, and will be influential both as an architectural guide and as a primary contributor. Your role will allow you to flex your software design muscles, elevate codebase quality, and make substantive code contributions all at once.

About The Role

Ash is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be a key contributor responsible for implementing high-impact features and solving novel problems that make a difference to real people. You’ll be a technical anchor on your team, and will be influential both as an architectural guide and as a primary contributor. Your role will allow you to flex your software design muscles, elevate codebase quality, and make substantive code contributions all at once.

The Platform group plays a role in just about everything Ash builds. As a Senior Software Engineer within this group, you will influence services that touch every part of the business, and will be a key player in building infrastructure that makes high-quality care easier to access.

What's Awesome About This Role

• High impact: You will influence core services and patient-facing features that directly influence healthcare outcomes for thousands of users.
• Modern tooling: You will work in a highly productive environment that leverages cutting-edge AI tooling to automate routine tasks and focus on creative solutioning.
• Execution focused: You will have the space to dive deep into architecture and implementation, moving at a high velocity with a collaborative and capable team.
• Growth: You will be handed challenging work, fast learning cycles, practical training, and meaningful feedback.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical pillar within a cross-functional team, providing deep technical expertise, peer mentorship, and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with product and technical leaders to conceptualize, plan, and execute on solutions that align with business goals.
• Take end-to-end ownership of the delivery of key technical projects.
• Act as a catalyst for technical excellence, setting the benchmark for high-quality code, building resilient and observable services, and championing the creation of comprehensive documentation.

Requirements

• Has 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, 2+ of those years being in a senior role.
• Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design, build, and ship solutions to complex technical problems.
• Knows how to get the most out of AI-powered development techniques, and is excited to stay on the bleeding edge as the technology continues to develop.
• Brings empathy to the table, can communicate effectively within and outside the engineering organization, and cares about what patients and other users experience.
• Is passionate about solving problems involving complex systems related to the delivery of high quality healthcare.

Our Stack

• Languages and frameworks: Python (FastAPI, Uvicorn, Pydantic), Javascript, Typescript, sometimes Go
• Databases: MySQL, Redis, BigQuery
• How we ship: Terraform, Helm on Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, GCP Pub/Sub.

About Ash

Ash is a B2B platform that empowers clients such as payors, digital health companies, and public health departments to initiate and oversee white-labeled at-home testing programs. Ash believes that by bringing testing to wherever is most convenient for patients, it helps eliminate social and structural barriers, thereby enhancing the inclusivity and accessibility of healthcare.

Ideally this candidate can work in a hybrid capacity, splitting their time between our NYC office and home; however, there is flexibility commensurate with experience.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to join a mission driven team and play a crucial role in shaping the future of the company.
• Inclusive and transparent social culture.
• Challenging work, fast learning cycles, practical training, and meaningful feedback. We want to learn from every member of the team and bring fresh ideas to the table every day.
• Flexible working environment with unlimited vacation time and company provided team lunches.
• Competitive pay, full health benefits (medical, dental, vision), stock options, 401k program.

Commitment To Diversity, Equity And Inclusion

Ash values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We work on complex, difficult problems in making healthcare more accessible and inclusive. We need a diverse team that can bring different perspectives and approaches, and whose experiences reflect the full set of stakeholders we seek to serve. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.