Staff Software Engineer - AI-Driven Patient Onboarding

Rula; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

Pay ranges transparency

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Generous time-off

Paid parental leave

EAP

Quarterly stipend

Community ERGs

Home office stipend

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Rula, a remote-first mental health technology company in the United States, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Patient Onboarding team. You will be a hands-on technical leader, writing code while guiding complex initiatives across product areas and shaping the foundations your team builds on.

You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Analytics, mentor engineers, and drive modern AI-enabled development practices to improve our patient experience from first interaction

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience at staff level.
• Strong full-stack experience with modern frontend frameworks, backend APIs, data modeling, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading technically complex projects from problem definition through design, implementation, launch, and production support.
• Experience working on high‑impact user journeys such as onboarding, checkout, registration, eligibility, payments, marketplaces, or other conversion‑critical workflows.
• Demonstrated experience influencing technical direction across functions or teams.
• Hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted software development tools (such as Claude Code) as part of regular engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction across product areas and drive complex initiatives.
• Write production-quality code while guiding engineering teams to ship reliably.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Analytics to align on outcomes and architecture.
• Improve engineering foundations and raise velocity through better tooling and practices.

Skills

Staff-level scope

Full-stack engineering

Technical leadership

Onboarding journeys

Cross-functional influence

AI-assisted development

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Rula, a remote-first mental health technology company in the United States, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Patient Onboarding team. You will be a hands-on technical leader, writing code while guiding complex initiatives across product areas and shaping the foundations your team builds on.

You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Analytics, mentor engineers, and drive modern AI-enabled development practices to improve our patient experience from first interaction