Staff Software Engineer

Color Employer, LLC; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is a trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. The Staff Software Engineer role drives the design and implementation of mission-critical systems across our platform, remaining hands-on while guiding architectural decisions and engineering standards.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions, lead design reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and RFCs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight (8) years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems.
• Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python, TypeScript).
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API designs, databases (SQL and NoSQL), as well as cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), 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 cross-functionally 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

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Built on more than 35 years of proven results, Lyric combines responsible AI with clinical, payment, regulatory, and policy expertise to deliver transparent, auditable insights in milliseconds across real-time claims workflows. Lyric augments human decision-making so health plans can make faster, more accurate payments while maintaining full control. Today, Lyric supports 200 million lives, with nine of the top 10 U.S. health plans relying on its platform to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support accurate payments.

The Staff Software Engineer drives the design and implementation of mission-critical systems across our platform. As a high level individual contributor, this position leads architectural decisions, influences engineering standards, and mentors fellow engineers while remaining hands‑on in building scalable, high-performance software.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & KEY PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES

• 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 cross-functionally 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

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of eight (8) years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems
• Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python, TypeScript)
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API designs, databases (SQL and NoSQL), as well as cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability practices

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent problem solving skills and a collaborative mindset
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Experience in a high-growth tech company or fast-paced startup environment
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub), or microservice patterns
• Background in platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability
• Contributions to open source projects or technical publications

***The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $150,289.00 - $225,434.00 The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not reflect the value of the total rewards compensation. ***

Lyric is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace collaborative success.

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Built on more than 35 years of proven results, Lyric combines responsible AI with clinical, payment, regulatory, and policy expertise to deliver transparent, auditable insights in milliseconds across real-time claims workflows. Lyric augments human decision‑making so health plans can make faster, more accurate payments while maintaining full control. Today, Lyric supports 200 million lives, with nine of the top 10 U.S. health plans relying on its platform to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support accurate payments.