Frontend, Tech Lead Software Engineer

Who we are:

K Health is venture-backed, fast-growing startup with a mission to use the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to get everyone access to higher quality healthcare at more affordable costs. We’re looking for mission driven individuals to join our team and help us eliminate healthcare inequalities to build a better and healthier future.

Featured most recently in Forbes and Business Insider as a leading AI startup, K Health is a telehealth company that harnesses the power of technology to help provide the smartest digital healthcare platform to patients, hospital systems, and providers across the United States. Our AI powered application helps bring together the knowledge of thousands of doctors and anonymous medical data to provide the highest quality care to our patients. We offer a free symptom checker, 24/7 access to board-certified doctors, ability to refill prescriptions from your phone, and more. All within one application - no insurance or preauthorization required.

K Health was founded in 2016, and has partnered with visionary and leading hospital systems and providers such as Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, and Elevance Health. Join us on our mission to help provide better healthcare for less.

About the role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer (Front-End) to lead and drive core projects while serving as a technical leader within our front-end engineering team. This role is pivotal in shaping the architecture, guiding implementation best practices, and ensuring the success of complex, high-impact projects across our product offerings.
As a Staff Engineer, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, UX designers, and backend engineers, to design and deliver performant, scalable, and maintainable front-end solutions. You will also mentor and support engineers across the team, fostering technical growth and driving the adoption of modern front-end technologies and methodologies.

What you'll do:

As a Staff Engineer leading core front-end projects, you will take ownership of integrating with VendorServices and SMART on FHIR, ensuring seamless front-end integration with healthcare services. You will guide the development of both traditional front-end projects and specialized healthcare applications, with a focus on real-time data interactions, security, and scalability. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you will deliver innovative solutions that push the boundaries of healthcare technology. Additionally, you will mentor and support the engineering team, driving best practices in front-end development, and optimizing performance and security across applications. Your problem-solving skills will ensure a smooth user experience, even in complex healthcare-specific environments like Epic Hyperspace, while staying up-to-date on advancements in front-end technologies to continuously improve our systems.

Who you are:

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with Epic integration and healthcare interoperability standards.
• Proficiency with FHIR and SMART on FHIR protocols.
• Strong experience working with VendorServices and healthcare service integrations.
• Solid expertise in ReactJS and front-end development.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest and end-to-end (E2E) testing frameworks.
• Strong JavaScript skills with an ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Experience with modern front-end development practices and tools.
• High-level English
• Required soft skills:
  - Excellent communication and teamship skills
  - Strong analytical and learning skills
  - Ability to cope with fast-paced high-demanding working environment
  - outside of the box thinking and creative solving problem

We offer competitive compensation packages based on industry benchmarks for function, level, and geographic location. Offer amounts are determined by multiple factors such as a candidate's experience and expertise.  

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, citizenship, military or veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. We’re deeply committed to building teams as diverse as the patients we serve and strive to cultivate an environment where everyone can bring their most authentic self to work. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our users.

We are committed to maintaining the integrity of our hiring process and ensuring a safe environment for all candidates. All communication for job offers from K Health will come from email addresses ending in @khealth.com. K Health will never ask you to provide financial information about yourself during the recruitment process. We will never use personal email accounts or other domains for official correspondence. Our official job postings are only listed on our official website and reputable job boards. Be cautious of job offers from sources other than these platforms.