Software Engineer

sailorhealth; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

sailorhealth is seeking an early full-stack engineer to build and improve software that supports digital care for older adults and clinicians. You will own problems from discovery through launch, working with clinical, operations, and growth partners to define what to build and how to deliver it.

You will develop web apps across frontend and backend, create accessible experiences for older adults, and design AI agents.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack development skills with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
• Ability to own problems from framing to implementation and outcomes.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and moving quickly with a low-ego, collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop web applications across frontend and backend, including design, testing, and production launches.
• Create accessible patient experiences for older adults using digital care services.
• Build provider tools to reduce administrative friction for clinicians.
• Design and ship AI agents, including conversation flows, model orchestration, and quality evaluation.
• Collaborate with clinical, operations, and growth teams and measure outcomes.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Product judgment

Ownership

Ambiguity handling

Collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Job description

Role overview

Build and improve software that supports digital care for older adults and the clinicians who serve them. As an early full-stack engineer, you will take problems from discovery through launch and impact measurement, working with clinical, operations, and growth partners to decide what to build and how to deliver it.

Responsibilities

• Develop web applications across the frontend and backend, including system design, testing, and production launch.
• Create accessible patient experiences that help older adults use digital care services with confidence.
• Build provider tools that reduce administrative friction and give clinicians more time for patient care.
• Design and ship AI agents, including conversation flows, model orchestration, and quality evaluation.
• Work with clinical, operations, and growth teams to understand needs and define software solutions.
• Measure the results of shipped work and use findings to guide product improvements.

Requirements

• Strong full-stack development skills with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
• Product judgment and curiosity about user needs and underlying business and clinical problems.
• Ability to take ownership from problem framing through implementation and outcome measurement.
• Comfort working through ambiguity, making decisions with incomplete information, and moving quickly.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach and care for the people affected by the software.

Benefits and work setup

The position can be based in New York City or worked remotely. The source describes an early-stage team environment with latitude to choose technologies and approaches.