Senior Product Engineer - API Platform

Who We Are

We asked ourselves — What if better care didn’t cost more?

That’s why we built Vitable: the health benefits platform making healthcare better for employers of everyday workers. We bring accessible, high-quality care to over 85 million uninsured and underinsured Americans. Unlike traditional options, our suite of health benefits is designed with real people at the center.

Vitable empowers businesses to become better employers by making it easy to offer healthcare benefits to their teams. It's a better experience for employees and a smarter solution for employers.

Simply put, we’re built for better.

We’re growing rapidly and looking for eager team members who are hungry for change and passionate about delivering better care to the everyday worker. Does that sound like you?

About the Role

We are seeking a high-performing Senior Product Engineer with strong backend development expertise and leadership capabilities. In this role, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, leverage your deep understanding of our product and users, and solve complex, ambiguous problems that drive mission-critical business outcomes. More specifically, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our Benefits and Care API Platform, ensuring we have world class API design and docs to go with it.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Partner with business teams to understand challenges, objectives, and opportunities.
• Product Focus: Develop a deep knowledge of the business and product landscape to make informed technical decisions and influence both engineering and business counterparts.
• Problem Solving: Own solving large, ambiguous problems end-to-end, from design and implementation to release while maintaining a strong sense of urgency and execution.
• Backend Development: Build and maintain the critical infrastructure responsible for powering our Benefits and Care API Platform. Ensure we have world class API design and docs to go with it.
• Frontend Development: While this is primarily a backend dev role, there will be times where you are expected to contribute to some frontend work for your features. Ability to work full-stack is a must.
• Cultural Leadership: Champion engineering best practices by writing clean, maintainable code, actively participating in code reviews, and leveling up others around you.

Product Area

• API Platform Team - Full Stack

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience, startup experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and programming principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail.
• Proven experience in independently delivering solutions that drive measurable business impact.

REQUIRED Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Python.
• Strong knowledge in API Platform development best practices. Think API key management, sandbox environment provisioning, simple / clean API design, docs, etc…
• UI/UX Skills - Experience with component based web frameworks, like Vue or React with the ability to collaborate w designers to bring mockups to life with pixel-perfect implementation.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience with Django and Django Rest Framework.
• Expertise in SQL, particularly PostgreSQL and ****data model design.

 

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Highly adaptable and comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Benefits and Perks

• 100% Silver Plan + Full Medical Coverage
• Dental and Vision Coverage
• 401(k) and Life Insurance
• Access to Vitable’s Primary Care membership
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote-first culture with a supportive team
• MacBook and any other gear you need
• Mentorship opportunities through First Round Capital
• Home office setup stipend
• Competitive equity package

Who Thrives Here

You care. About people, about purpose, about doing work that matters.

You’re the kind of person who sees a broken system and asks, “How can I fix this?” You’re not afraid of a challenge—in fact, you’re energized by it. You move fast, but you think things through. You don’t just get things done, you get the right things done.

At Vitable, we thrive on autonomy and collaboration. That means you have the space to own your work, make smart decisions, and lead with initiative, but you also know when to pull others in, ask questions, and work as a team.

You’ll fit right in if you’re:

• Motivated by mission
• Someone who gets sh*t done (and does it well)
• Curious, thoughtful, and clear on your “why”
• A self-starter who can figure things out
• Empathetic, honest, and genuinely care about others
• Collaborative, but confident in working independently
• Hungry for change—and ready to help make it happen

We care deeply about the people we serve, and we care about our team just as much. We support each other, we show up with heart, and we have fun while we do it.

No egos, no jerks. Just good humans doing great work.