Senior Staff Software Engineer - Remote Platform

Lyric; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Lyric builds AI-driven insights for real-time claims workflows and supports 200 million lives across top U.S. health plans.

The Staff Software Engineer role drives design and implementation of mission-critical systems, remaining hands-on while mentoring others to foster scalable, high-performance software. The role is a high-level individual contributor focused on architectural decisions, engineering standards, and collaboration

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of software engineering experience with large-scale systems.
• Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages (Java/Go/Python/TypeScript).
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement core services, systems, and APIs with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Serve as a technical leader across multiple projects, providing guidance on system design, coding best practices, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and RFCs.
• Investigate and resolve critical issues in production systems, ensuring reliability and uptime.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks across teams.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in their technical careers.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

TypeScript

Distributed systems

APIs

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Observability

Event-driven architectures

DevOps

Site reliability

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Lyric builds AI-driven insights for real-time claims workflows and supports 200 million lives across top U.S. health plans.

The Staff Software Engineer role drives design and implementation of mission-critical systems, remaining hands-on while mentoring others to foster scalable, high-performance software. The role is a high-level individual contributor focused on architectural decisions, engineering standards, and collaboration