Staff Software Engineer

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer - Screenings
Department: Technology


About the Role:
Unite Us is seeking a self-driven, experienced Staff Software Engineer for our technology platform with the Screenings team. This team is responsible for the workflows that support the referral process and is the heart of the system with dependencies extending outward. The models developed and maintained by this team are fundamental to the company's products and data. Accordingly, the team pursues close collaboration with its internal customers while developing critical user journeys for external customers. to build out the next generation platform to propel our product line forward. As a senior member of the Technology team, you will be a critical bridge between the strategic decisions being made by company leadership and turning that vision and intention into a releasable and valuable product. You will help set the architectural direction for the broader organization and ensure that our technical designs and decisions are properly evaluated in line with the product goals and roadmap. In order to accomplish these tasks, you will need to help cultivate a dynamic, ever-learning team culture that seeks to create value for customers in a continuous manner. This role offers an opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of healthcare. 


What You'll Do:

 
Join a highly professional and entrepreneurial environment


 
Lead large, strategic, complex, multi-person projects that cross multiple engineering teams 


 
Provide technical direction to other engineers on their technical designs including patterns and implementation details


 
Lead projects that improve stability, performance, and scalability across multiple systems


 
Builds and implements scalable solutions early on to eliminate barriers to achieving goals


 
Participate in the creation of the roadmaps and ensuing feedback


 
Evaluate and create new product features based on customer needs in collaboration with the product team


 
Play greater role to simplify product and technical design through collaboration with members of Technology


 
Leverage their deep industry knowledge when solving technical problems to ensure there is a positive impact in the overall business.


 
Anticipate the future and makes design decisions that minimize the cost of future changes


 
Take the lead in introducing new and better ways to solve problems even if they have never been done before


 
Mentor members of other teams as needed


 
Contribute to the early development of a fast growing startup



Required:

 
BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience


 
10+ years of experience in delivering high-quality software solutions


 
Proficient working in AWS and/or other cloud providers. Native cloud development experience preferred


 
Experience building systems that are simple and scale


 
Deeply versed in modern web technologies


 
Command of modern programming language, Ruby preferred


 
Love of clean and maintainable CSS, HTML and JavaScript


 
Love of automated testing


 
Experience building RESTful API’s


 
Open, communicative and like working in small teams


 
Familiarity with SQL and relational databases, PostgreSQL preferred


 
Comfortable working in a Linux environment


 
Fluent in speaking and writing English



Our Mission:
Unite Us’ mission is to unlock the potential of every community. Our co-founders started Unite Us in 2013 to serve the people they served with. They witnessed firsthand the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services, and set out to improve that experience for veterans and their families. Unite Us quickly expanded to serving all people who need connections to care across our country. Through Unite Us’ national network and software, community-based organizations, government agencies, and healthcare organizations are all connected to better collaborate to meet the needs of the individuals in their communities. We drive the collaboration to predict, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health. If you want to do well and do good, join Unite Us.


Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:

 
This position location is remote, US based


 
Target range: $180,000-195,000. This salary range represents our national target range for this role. Some geographic areas may have higher target ranges.


 
You will only be contacted by a Unite Us team member with a Unite Us email address regarding any Unite Us job openings. We will never contact you through a third party.



Unite Us is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive culture, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in race, religion, color, national origin, gender, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, medical conditions, and other characteristics. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability please email us at peopleops@uniteus.com to request an accommodation.