Senior Software Engineer Team Lead: Health Tech Leadership

Freemarkethealth; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Employer-paid health premiums

HSA contribution

Parental leave

401(k) match

Transportation and parking benefits

Flexible, collaborative work

Job summary

Free Market Health (FMH) is seeking a senior software engineer to join as a Team Lead in Pittsburgh. You’ll design, build, and operate full-stack features and backend services in production, while guiding delivery, removing blockers, and maintaining coding standards with your team.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture discussions, and work closely with Product and domain experts. Expect hands-on coding, collaboration, and a strong emphasis on AI-assisted development to enhance delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with end-to-end ownership of production systems.
• Experience as a team lead, tech lead, project lead, or the engineer the team relies on to organize ambiguous work.
• Strong backend development skills in Python or a similar language, plus experience with web frontends such as React.
• Experience with microservices, REST APIs, relational databases, and cloud platforms.
• Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code on real delivery work.
• Clear communication and a habit of raising problems early.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate full-stack features and backend services in production.
• Turn initiatives into clear, well-sequenced work the team can deliver.
• Lead technical design and set the quality bar in code review.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, review, and technical guidance.
• Spot risk early and bring options when plans need to change.
• Work closely with Product, domain experts, and other teams to get the right thing built.
• Use AI-assisted development and coding agents as a core part of how you build, and help your team do the same.
• Take part in triage and coordinate the team when an incident needs more hands.
• Interview candidates and help onboard new engineers.

Skills

Senior software engineering

Team leadership

Python

React

Microservices

REST APIs

Cloud platforms

AI coding tools

Code review

Clear communication

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Azure

Datadog

SQL Server

Job description

Free Market Health (FMH) is seeking a senior software engineer to join as a Team Lead in Pittsburgh. You’ll design, build, and operate full-stack features and backend services in production, while guiding delivery, removing blockers, and maintaining coding standards with your team.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture discussions, and work closely with Product and domain experts. Expect hands-on coding, collaboration, and a strong emphasis on AI-assisted development to enhance delivery.