Software Development Team Lead

RXinsider LTD.; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision Plans

401K with Employer Match

Life/AD&D and LTD

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

Intelliguard is seeking a Software Development Team Lead in Columbus, OH, a hybrid role combining hands-on coding with leadership. You will design, develop, and evolve our software and cloud platform, using React/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

You’ll mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive best practices across CI/CD, testing, and releases. You’ll collaborate with Product and UX/UI to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions, while guiding

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong React and TypeScript experience.
• JavaScript and modern JavaScript development.
• Node.js and Next.js experience.
• Backend services and APIs development experience.
• Python experience for Python-based services.
• Strong SQL skills with relational databases.
• PostgreSQL data modeling and optimization.
• AWS-based cloud applications experience.
• Cloud architecture for scalability, security, and reliability.
• REST APIs and modern web app architectures.
• Git and modern software development practices.
• Automated testing and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to lead technical projects and influence decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Hands-on coding alongside leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development of features from concept to production.
• Build reusable React components and scalable frontend architecture.
• Develop backend services and APIs with Node.js, Next.js, and Python.
• Work with SQL and PostgreSQL for data models, queries, and integrations.
• Design and maintain cloud-hosted apps on AWS and related services.
• Collaborate with Product Management and UX/UI to translate needs into solutions.
• Lead code reviews and mentor engineers; address technical debt.
• Partner with engineering leadership on team planning and hiring.
• Drive testing, CI/CD, documentation, and release processes.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Next.js

Python

SQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Testing

Leadership

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Git

Job description

About Intelliguard

Intelliguard is redefining how hospitals manage their most critical medications. With more than 25 years of experience and the most RFID patents in the field, we combine trusted technology with deep pharmacy expertise to bring accuracy, intelligence, and control to every step of the medication journey. We’re a fast-growing healthcare technology company that believes innovation should make life better for the people who save lives. Our Mira Ecosystem™ connects RFID automation, real-time visibility, and predictive insights to help hospitals reduce waste, prevent shortages, and strengthen compliance. Trusted by hundreds of leading hospitals and health systems across North America, Intelliguard is helping shape the future of medication intelligence. We move fast, solve hard problems, and look for people who thrive in an environment where curiosity, collaboration, and accountability matter. If you’re motivated by building technology that improves healthcare and want to be part of a team that’s making a real impact, we’d love to meet you.

Learn more at intelliguardhealth.com

Learn more at intelliguardhealth.com

About The Role

As the Software Development Team Lead, you will be a hands‑on technical leader responsible for the design, development, quality, and ongoing evolution of Intelliguard’s software applications and cloud‑based technology platform.

This is a player coach role. We are looking for someone who enjoys writing code, solving difficult technical problems, and working directly with engineers while also providing technical direction, mentoring, and leadership.

While React and TypeScript will be central to the role, we are looking for someone with full‑stack development experience across modern environment of JavaScript, Node.js, Next.js, Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS. This person should be comfortable moving between the front end, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure as needed.

You will help establish software development practices across the small team while ensuring that our applications are scalable, maintainable, secure, reliable, and intuitive for our customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

Hands‑On Development

• Spend meaningful time writing production‑quality code.
• Build new features and capabilities from concept through production.
• Develop reusable React components and front‑end architecture that can scale across Intelliguard’s product ecosystem.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js, Next.js, and Python.
• Work directly with SQL and PostgreSQL to develop efficient data models, queries, integrations, and application functionality.
• Design, develop, and maintain cloud‑hosted applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Work with AWS services and cloud architectures to support application scalability, reliability, security, monitoring, and performance.
• Integrate applications with APIs, cloud services, databases, RFID systems, and other technologies.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and usability.
• Participate in technical design discussions and architectural decisions.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Serve as a technical leader and mentor for other software engineers.
• Conduct and participate in meaningful code reviews.
• Identify technical debt and lead efforts to improve the health and performance of the codebase.
• Help establish disciplined approaches to testing, CI/CD, version control, documentation, and software releases.
• Help engineers improve their technical skills, development practices, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Establish a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Help break down complex projects into manageable technical work.
• Partner with engineering leadership on team development, hiring, and technical planning.
• Lead by example and be willing to roll up your sleeves when the team needs help.

Product & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Management and UX/UI to translate customer and business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Partner with backend engineers, data engineers, and architects to define APIs, data models, and system interfaces.
• Help Product Management understand technical tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
• Participate in roadmap planning and technical estimation.
• Advocate for a great customer experience while ensuring that solutions are technically sound.

Required Qualifications

We Would Love To Hear From You, If:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong professional experience building applications with React and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with JavaScript and modern JavaScript development.
• Professional experience with Node.js and Next.js.
• Experience developing backend services and APIs.
• Experience with Python and the ability to contribute to Python‑based applications and services.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working directly with relational databases.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including data modeling, queries, performance, and troubleshooting.
• Professional experience developing, deploying, and supporting cloud‑hosted applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Understanding of cloud application architecture, scalability, security, reliability, and performance.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable application architectures.
• Experience working with REST APIs and modern web application architectures.
• Strong understanding of Git and modern software development practices.
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and influence engineering decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• A hands‑on approach to software development—you still enjoy writing code.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in integrating software applications with Electronic Health Records (EHRs) or other healthcare information systems.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards and technologies such as HL7, FHIR, APIs, or healthcare data integration.
• Experience with inventory management, inventory control, supply chain, or asset‑tracking software.
• Familiarity with technologies used for inventory visibility and tracking, including RFID, barcode systems, IoT, or connected devices.
• Experience working with software that manages physical inventory, medication, medical devices, or other regulated products.
• Experience with Angular software development.
• Experience with specific AWS services such as EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, API Gateway, or related AWS technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and automated cloud deployments.
• Experience leading or mentoring software engineers.
• Experience building applications used in regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, or other highly reliable environments.
• Experience with intensive data applications and complex workflows.
• Experience with containerization, DevOps, and modern cloud architecture.
• Experience integrating software with hardware, IoT, RFID, or other connected devices.
• Experience working in an Agile product development environment.

Why You Should Join Us

• Generous Paid Time Off (Flex PTO, 10 paid sick days, and 10 paid holidays)
• Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
• 401K with Employer Match
• Life/AD&D and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Optional Plans
• Parental Leave
• Pet Plan
• To play a part in helping hospitals and health systems continuously improve the environment of safety around every medication decision!

Other Information

• Hybrid role in Columbus, OH (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this role.
• The essential functions of the job are usually performed in an office setting, in an indoor, temperature controlled environment. The office environment noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate. While performing the job duties, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods, standing and walking intermittently, reach with hands, arms, talk or hear. The employee is required to use office equipment such as a computer, mouse, keyboard, printer. The employee may sometimes be required to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, we will work with you to provide an appropriate accommodation in accordance with applicable laws.