Remote Staff Software Engineer

Description:

• Solace is a healthcare advocacy marketplace that connects patients and families to experts who help them understand and take charge of their personal health.
• As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a hands-on technical leader, expected to write production code daily while driving architectural decisions and technical excellence across our stack.
• You will be a key force in scaling our platform, solving complex problems, and ensuring our engineering team follows best practices.
• You are expected to dive deep into both frontend and backend challenges, mentor other engineers, and help set the technical direction of our product.
• The role demands speed, obsession, and relentless urgency to redefine healthcare.
• You will own the end-to-end development of key product features, from database models to UI components.
• You will serve as a technical leader and drive best practices across the engineering team.
• You will act as a force multiplier by mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and improving development workflows.
• You will collaborate with product and design teams to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.
• You will architect and optimize our systems for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• You will champion best practices in code quality, testing, and continuous integration/deployment.
• You will proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in both technical architecture and team processes.
• You will lead large releases to production on a continuous deployment cadence.

Requirements:

• You must have 7+ years of full-stack engineering experience, with deep expertise in both frontend and backend technologies.
• You should have mastery of React, TypeScript, and Node.js, with a proven track record of shipping production-grade applications.
• A strong background in scalable system design, API development, and database architecture is required.
• You must have experience working in fast-paced startup environments where you’ve built and shipped products from scratch.
• You should possess the ability to set technical direction and mentor engineers, helping them grow in their craft.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to tackle complex technical challenges with pragmatic solutions are essential.
• An extreme bias toward action and execution is necessary—you must move fast, iterate quickly, and get things done.

Benefits:

• This position offers the opportunity to work remotely, allowing for flexibility in your work environment.
• You will be part of a lean, fully-remote U.S. team distributed coast-to-coast.
• You will have the chance to shape the future of healthcare technology in a high-impact, high-autonomy environment.
• The role provides an opportunity to do the best work of your life alongside a team that cares deeply and holds a high bar for excellence.