Staff Full Stack Engineer

Zushealth; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Zushealth is looking for an experienced engineer to build and operate web applications and APIs that power their health data platform. This role requires collaboration across teams and the ability to prototype new features while maintaining high security standards and compliance.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with a variety of technologies including React, AWS, and more, and be excited about innovating in healthcare. The position offers competitive pay and benefits, including health insurance and unlimited PTO.

Qualifications

• Experienced in building and scaling high-quality consumer-facing UIs.
• Familiar with tech stack including React, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, Go, and Python.
• Knowledgeable about application security & HITRUST compliance.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate web applications and APIs.
• Collaborate to prototype and develop new customer features.
• Provide technical leadership in architecture and design.

Skills

Building and scaling high quality consumer-facing UIs

React

Tailwind CSS

Typescript

Go

Python

REST

GraphQL

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Tools

Amplitude

Sigma

Auth0

Metaplane

DataDog

Claude Code

Atlassian

Job description

Who we are

Zus is a shared health data platform designed to accelerate healthcare data interoperability by providing easy-to-use patient data via API, embedded components, and direct EHR integrations. Founded in 2021 by Jonathan Bush, co-founder and former CEO of athenahealth, Zus partners with HIEs and other data networks to aggregate patient clinical history and then translates that history into user-friendly information at the point of care. Zus's mission is to catalyze healthcare's greatest inventors by maximizing the value of patient insights - so that they can build up, not around.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate web applications and the APIs that power them
• Collaborate with non-technical members to iteratively prototype and develop new customer features
• Work across Engineering teams to maintain and improve shared AWS infrastructure
• Grow projects from design to betas and upgrade betas to use at scale
• Provide technical leadership, contributing to the architecture and design of the teams systems
• Guide all team members to follow good engineering practices
• Partner with product managers and outside stakeholders to align technical strategy with business priorities

Desired traits

• Are scrappy and you know when to move fast
• Can work across the tech stack, from frontend CSS bugs to backend AWS infrastructure
• Care about usability and the polish that makes an interface delightful
• Seek user feedback and use analytics driven decisions to improve the overall product experience
• Enjoy owning your work and seeing it deploy safely in production
• Are excited ~ finally! ~ enable a true digital revolution in healthcare
• Thrive amid the changing landscape of a growing and evolving startup
• Enjoy collaboration and solving unique problems across teams, including the AI team

Qualifications

• Experienced in building and scaling high quality consumer-facing UIs
• Familiar with our tech stack [React, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, Go, Python, REST, GraphQL, Terraform, AWS, Docker]
• Experience with the tools that support our work [Amplitude, Sigma, Auth0, Metaplane, DataDog, Claude Code, Atlassian]
• Knowledgeable about application security & HITRUST compliance
• Experienced in working with HIPAA‑compliant APIs
• Familiar with the FHIR R4 Standards and/or TEFCA standards
• Optimistic about how AI can enhance products and assist in building them

Benefits

• Competitive compensation that reflects the value you bring to the team a combination of cash and equity
• Robust benefits that include health insurance, wellness benefits, 401k with a match, unlimited PTO
• Opportunity to work alongside a passionate team that is determined to help change the world (and have fun doing it)

Additional Information

Please Note: Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current healthcare system with their unique experiences.