Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Empower Pharmacy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Pharmacy is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own end-to-end full stack features across frontend, backend, and data layers in a highly regulated 503A/503B environment. You will leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging while ensuring scalability, security, and regulatory compliance.

The role spans frontend and backend work using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, and GraphQL, with strong emphasis on performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of full stack development experience across frontend, backend, and databases.
• Experience in agile development, CI/CD, and maintaining high code quality and reliability.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve coding efficiency and debugging.
• Proven ability to design scalable, regulated, secure distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end full stack features across frontend and backend systems.
• Write clean, testable code using modern frameworks with AI-assisted tooling.
• Develop and maintain APIs, services, and integrations with external systems.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application layers.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

React

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

TypeScript

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

Python

GraphQL

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Related technical field

Tools

APIs

Microservices tooling

Job description

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the nation’s most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we’re redefining what’s possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.

If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.

Position Summary:

This role delivers high-impact full stack engineering across critical platforms powering Empower’s hyper-growth in a highly regulated 503A/503B pharmacy environment. The Staff Sofware Engineer owns end-to-end feature development, system reliability, and performance optimization, leveraging AI to accelerate development speed, enhance code quality, and improve decision-making. This position operates across frontend, backend, and data layers, ensuring scalable, compliant, and secure solutions.

Responsibilities:

Software Development

• Feature Delivery: Design, build, and deploy full stack features across frontend and backend systems,leveragingAI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging while ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with regulatory and business requirements.
• Code Quality: Write clean, testable, and efficient code using modern frameworks and AI-driven code review tools,maintaininghigh standardsfor performance, security, and reliability within a regulated and fast-scaling environment.
• System Integration: Develop andmaintainAPIs, services, and integrations across internal and external systems, ensuring seamless data flow, high availability, and compliance with security and regulatory standards.

System Performance

• Performance Optimization: Identifyand resolve performance bottlenecks across application layers using monitoring tools and AI-driven insights, ensuring systems meet speed, scalability, and reliability expectations under increasing operational demand.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot production issues rapidly, applying structured debugging approaches and AI-assisted diagnostics to minimize downtime andmaintaincontinuity in critical business operations.
• Reliability Engineering: Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions to proactively detect issues, improve system stability, and support consistentuptimein a high-availability environment.

Collaboration Execution

• Cross Collaboration: Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignmentonpriorities, timelines, and regulatory constraints whilemaintaininghigh development velocity.
• Agile Delivery: Participatein agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, while continuously improving team efficiency and delivery outcomes using data and AI insights.
• Documentation Practices: Maintainclear andaccuratetechnical documentation, ensuring knowledge sharing, system transparency, and compliance readiness across engineering and cross-functional teams.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Expertise in distributed systems, backend architecture, and microservices design at enterprise scale.
• Strong proficiency in frontend technologies including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript within production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Springboot, Node.js, and Python within production environments.
• Strong proficiency in GraphQL and/or Node.js-based development for distributed platform integration.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability practices.
• Ability to design systems that meet regulatory, security, and data integrity requirements.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience, withdemonstratedability to deliver full stack solutions in production environments.
• 10+ years of experience in full stack development, including frontend frameworks, backend services, and database management, with a strong track record of shipping scalable, high-quality applications.
• Experience working in agile development environments, contributing to iterative delivery, continuous integration, and deployment practices whilemaintaininghigh standardsfor code quality and system reliability.
• Demonstrated ability toleverageAI-assisted development tools to improve coding efficiency, testing, and debugging, with a mindset focused on continuous learning, performance improvement, and technical excellence.
• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions.
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges.
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity.
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions.
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences.

Values:

• People: Empowering people defines who we are.
• Quality: Excellence in every product, every time.
• Service: Serving others is our highest purpose.
• Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery.

Employee Benefits, Health, and Wellness:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Voluntary Self-Identification

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As set forth in Empower Pharmacy’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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