Senior Staff Engineer, Fullstack - AI-Driven Systems Lead

Alaffia Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash + equity

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Flexible, paid vacation

Job summary

Alaffia Health is seeking a Staff Engineer in New York, NY to solve complex, cross-team technical challenges and set architectural direction. You will translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps, lead execution, and champion AI-augmented development practices.

You’ll mentor senior engineers, define technical standards, and collaborate with product and business leaders on strategy to deliver high-impact systems. This role emphasizes healthcare tech familiarity and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of leading complex, high-impact projects at scale.
• Expert-level TypeScript, Python, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Strong system design and cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred), including CI/CD and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Architect and own delivery of complex, high-impact systems spanning multiple teams.
• Set technical direction and coding/design standards across the org.
• Drive AI coding tool adoption (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor) and measure productivity gains.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence technical decisions without formal authority.
• Partner cross-functionally with product and business leaders on technical strategy.
• Own testing strategy, system health, and build-vs-buy decisions for critical infrastructure.

Skills

Team leadership

Expert TypeScript

Python

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AI coding assistants

Mentoring seniors

Job description

Alaffia Health is seeking a Staff Engineer in New York, NY to solve complex, cross-team technical challenges and set architectural direction. You will translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps, lead execution, and champion AI-augmented development practices.

You’ll mentor senior engineers, define technical standards, and collaborate with product and business leaders on strategy to deliver high-impact systems. This role emphasizes healthcare tech familiarity and scalable infrastructure.