Software Engineer (Senior)
At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at Candid Health. San Francisco · full-time · $195,000–$250,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design, build and maintain complex services, platforms and features, taking ownership across substantial parts of the product and infrastructure
- Work with customers, product managers, designers and other partners to turn customer needs into software solutions
- Lead architecture and design changes that strengthen scalability and reliability across products and systems
- Contribute to engineering and broader workplace culture
What you bring
- At least eight years working in software engineering
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, math or a closely related subject
- Experience with programming languages, frameworks, databases and cloud platforms
- A record of owning features from start to finish and building quality software around customer needs
Who this fits
This role suits a senior engineer who can take broad ownership, move across the stack and explain complex ideas clearly while working with others. The job is onsite in San Francisco.
From the employer
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our fast growing engineering teams. In this role, you will be instrumental in revolutionizing healthcare billing products and systems that directly address the needs of our customers. You will contribute to the full software development lifecycle, ensure high scalable, reliable and performance of our products and customer experience. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, are driven by customer outcomes, and are committed to crafting robust and scalable solutions, we would like you to join us!
What you’ll be doing
Conceptualize, design, development, and maintain complex services/platforms/features and develop ownership over large swaths of our product + infrastructure.
Collaborate closely with customers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners to understand customers’ needs and develop creative ways to address them.
Identify, propose and lead architecture and design improvements needed in our products and systems with scalability and reliability as core principles.
Contribute to our engineering + broader company culture and help make this the best place we’ve ever worked.
Who you are
You have Bachelors of Science or Bachelors of Art in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or other similar degree.
You have 8+ years of experience in a Software Engineering position.
Experience with programming languages, relevant frameworks, databases and cloud platforms. Familiar with the technologies we currently use is a bonus, but not required: Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Typescript, Google Cloud Platform, Auth0, Terraform.
Proven ability to build high-quality software, and is anchored on customer outcomes and have good intuition around which corners are worth cutting and which aren’t.
Proven ability to own features end-to-end and are comfortable learning new tools or moving across the stack to do so.
Customer-first and learner’s mindset, and value teaching others.
Strong communication and collaboration skills. Proven ability to explain complicated ideas in simple terms, both in-person and in writing.
Pay Transparency
The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $195,000 to $250,000 USD. The listed range is a guideline from Pave data, and the actual base salary may be modified based on factors including job-related skills, experience/qualifications, interview performance, market data, etc. Total compensation for this position may also include equity, sales incentives (for sales roles), and employee benefits. Given Candid Health’s funding and size, we heavily value the potential upside from equity in our compensation package. Further note that Candid Health has minimal hierarchy and titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles.