Senior Software Engineer - Platform Group

Ash Wellness, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation time

Company provided team lunches

Full health benefits

Job summary

Ash Wellness, Inc. is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to contribute significantly to our engineering team. You will be responsible for implementing impactful features that enhance healthcare accessibility. This role offers opportunities to influence crucial services, work with modern AI tooling, and gain fast track professional growth. We value diversity and provide a flexible hybrid work environment, competitive pay, full health benefits, and unlimited vacation time.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, 2+ in senior roles.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
• Experience with AI-powered development techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively and empathically.
• Passion for solving healthcare-related problems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical pillar within a cross-functional team.
• Collaborate closely with product and technical leaders.
• Take end-to-end ownership of technical projects.
• Act as a catalyst for technical excellence in code quality.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Software engineering experience

Effective communication

Experience with AI-powered techniques

Empathy in user experience

Tools

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

MySQL

Terraform

Google Kubernetes Engine

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.

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.

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.