Staff Software Engineer | HealthTech Start-up

evoke; New York (NY); On-site; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative AI HealthTech startup in New York seeks a Staff Software Engineer to join their mission of transforming healthcare workforce management. The role focuses on building systems to address operational challenges in hospitals and clinics, including smarter onboarding and staffing optimization. Ideal candidates have over 7 years in software engineering, with a strong background in distributed systems, AWS, and scaling enterprise applications. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, high-impact engineering team and contribute to meaningful change in healthcare.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience required.
• At least 2+ years in a Staff Engineer or Technical Lead role.
• Experience scaling SaaS solutions to meet enterprise-level demands.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work across backend APIs, services, and user-facing features.
• Join a high-impact engineering team focused on healthcare solutions.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Operating at Staff Engineer or Technical Lead level

Scaling SaaS systems

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Staff Software Engineer | $240k – $300k + Equity | New York

We’re working with a fast-growing, $25M-funded AI HealthTech startup founded by serial entrepreneurs (prior exits worth billions), on a mission to transform healthcare workforce management.

The company builds AI agents that automate the toughest operational challenges in hospitals and clinics — smarter onboarding, 24/7 staffing optimisation, and complex payroll automation. You’ll join a small, high-impact engineering team and build systems that directly affect how caregivers deliver care.

They are hiring for Senior & Staff level Software Engineers to work across backend APIs, services and user-facing features.

You should apply if you have:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 2+ years of operating at Staff Engineer or Technical Lead level
• Proven experience scaling SaaS systems to enterprise-level demands
• Strong background working on distributed systems and cloud infrastructure