Senior Mostly-Backend Engineer

Remote

About Soda Health 

Soda Health is a healthcare technology company focused on building solutions which eliminate health inequities and create a healthier America.  We provide a technology platform to administer benefits personalized to individual needs, delivered more cost-effectively.  Our expertise in healthcare, retail and consumer experience provides us with the foundation for creating easy-to-use solutions with an experience which moves beyond transactional relationships to sustained engagement and overall health improvement.  That is a win for everyone. Soda Health is a Series B stage company, backed by leading investors including Define Ventures, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pinegrove Capital Partners, and Qiming Venture Partners.

The Job at a Glance 

As a Senior Mostly-Backend Engineer at Soda Health you'll design, implement, and refine exciting, innovative digital products. Your direct work will be put into the hands of everyday people. Your designs and solutions will improve lives by making benefits more understandable and accessible for people in need. 

What You’ll Do 

Working within an organization created at the intersection of health care, retail and financial technology, no two days will look the same.  Typical responsibilities of the role include:  

  • Work on exciting, innovative features powered by your creative ideas; while we expect candidates to be conversant across the full-stack, most of the heavy lifting occurs on the backend
  • As part of a capable, nimble, high-performing engineering staff; your team focuses on managing data about millions of items sold across the USA
  • Efficient weekly ceremonies that respect engineering time-to-build
  • Learning from those around you, and taking opportunities to build expertise in the systems you work on
  • Participating in a healthy production culture (including sane, balanced on-call)
  • Delivering features safely to production via continuous delivery during working hours
  • Help to make everyone's time at Soda Health the highlight of their career 

About You 

While every candidate brings a unique resume and prospective, an ideal candidate will include:  

  • 6+ years software engineering experience
  • A strong command of Golang, our preferred backend language
  • Practiced ability to present and demo your work so others can understand
  • Familiarity with container technology (Docker or similar)
  • Solid data structure fundamentals using standard DB technologies (Postgres or similar)
  • Know-how with live site support, effective logging, building dashboards & monitors (elastic.co or similar)
  • Confidence and ability to provide supportive and critical feedback in PR reviews to make the code better for everyone
  • Enthusiasm for writing efficient tests that produce tight feedback loops
  • Desire to take ownership and be autonomous but still collaborative
  • Passion to solve problems for real, everyday people
  • Bachelor’s degree or similar experience strongly preferred   

Other Requirements 

  • Occasional travel may be required from time to time as part of the role, for company events and business needs
  • Soda Health is a remote-first, distributed workforce. Candidates should be comfortable with, and equipped to work within, a distributed remote team, including having reliable internet access and basic home office equipment. Soda Health will provide a really nice work laptop, and mouse/keyboard upon request
  • Legal authorization to work in the US is required. At this time, Soda Health will not consider candidates who need sponsorship, now or in the future
  • All offers for employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check 

What We Offer

  • Competitive base salary of $166,050, discretionary bonus, and equity; depending on experience/qualifications

  • Benefits
    • Medical, Dental, and Vision with 90% paid employer premium contributions for all tiers
    • 100% Employer Paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
    • 100% Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance Policy
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • 401(k) Program
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Flexible Work Schedule within Core Hours
  • Work anywhere in the USA as we are a fully distributed team from coast to coast

Soda Health Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/LGBTQIA+ – proudly embracing diversity in all its manifestations. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the People Operations Team via Careers@sodahealth.com. 

Soda Health participates in E-Verify, the federal program for electronic verification of employment eligibility. 

To all recruitment agencies: Soda Health does not accept agency resumes, please do not forward them to any Soda Health employees. 

 

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