Remote Staff/Principal Software Engineer

Description:

• firsthand supports individuals living with serious mental illness (SMI) through a holistic approach that includes a team of peer recovery specialists, benefits specialists, and clinicians.
• The team focuses on meeting individuals where they are and guiding them on their journey to better health.
• Team members use their lived experience to build trust and support individuals in reconnecting to necessary healthcare while minimizing inappropriate healthcare utilization.
• The organization is cultivating a team of passionate problem-solvers to tackle significant healthcare challenges.
• The role involves improving patient engagement and care quality by developing new features using Typescript, Python, and SQL for cross-functional care teams.
• As a Principal Software Engineer, responsibilities include building scalable and secure systems, prioritizing features based on user feedback, and ensuring tools have minimum necessary access to data.
• The engineer will creatively utilize APIs and SDKs to provide data to care teams and will ship in small increments rather than large projects.
• Weekly 1:1 check-ins will be held to discuss work and progress.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have strong empathy for users and a pragmatic attitude towards software development.
• An ability to write software that minimizes technical debt is essential, recognizing the balance between speed and maintainability.
• A focus on building useful software is a priority.
• A desire to engage in data engineering tasks is preferred.
• Applicants must have a strong ability to dive into an existing codebase and make useful changes.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in adding features to web applications, both frontend and backend, is required.
• Candidates should have 8+ years of experience with Typescript, SQL, and Python.
• Comfort with devops practices, particularly using Terraform, is necessary, although it may not be a frequent task.

Benefits:

• The compensation package for full-time employees includes base salary, equity (or a special incentive program for clinical roles), and performance bonus potential.
• Benefits include physical and mental health coverage, dental and vision insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a match.
• Employees receive 16 weeks of parental leave for either parent and 15 days of vacation per year in the first year, increasing to 20 days in subsequent years.
• The company promotes a supportive and inclusive culture.
• Employment is contingent upon meeting medical clearance requirements, including vaccinations for COVID-19 and other diseases, with the possibility of exemption requests for valid religious or medical reasons.
• The company is currently unable to offer sponsorship for employment.