Empower Pharmacy

Empower Pharmacy

Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack

US Remote · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
TypeScriptPythonJavaC#ReactNext.jsCSSTailwind CSSNode.jsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringGraphQLIncident ResponseComplianceDesign SystemsLogisticsHRISTest AutomationPharmacy PracticeFDA RegulatoryLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

  • AI serves as a force multiplier-accelerating engineering velocity, elevating system observability, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the platform.

Responsibilities

  • Systems Ownership: Design and implement backend systems within pharmacy operations, manufacturing, and logistics domains
  • use AI-assisted tools to model dependencies, assess load, and validate design decisions before committing engineering resources.
  • participate in design reviews to reduce systemic risk in Empower's highly regulated 503A/503B environment.
  • Platform Interoperability: Implement and maintain integrations across internal services and external regulatory systems using canonical data contracts and API versioning protocols
  • Scale Engineering: Build high-throughput, low-latency backend systems for large-scale pharmacy and logistics workloads
  • apply AI-augmented capacity planning to maintain performance under peak demand without over-provisioning infrastructure.
  • Resilience Architecture: Implement fault-tolerant systems with observability layers-distributed tracing, structured logging, and anomaly detection-that surface degradation early
  • collaborate with SRE teams to support incident response and reduce recovery time.
  • use AI-assisted profiling to prioritize fixes and deliver measurable improvements in latency and throughput.

Requirements

  • While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear.
  • Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus.
  • The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Proven track record delivering production-grade backend systems that are performant, reliable, and maintainable in complex, high-growth environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute to technical direction and provide mentorship to junior engineers within a team setting.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex backend features and systems independently.
  • Experience in regulated industries requiring auditability, data traceability, and compliance-aware system design.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required
  • Master's degree preferred.

Skills

  • Strong proficiency in frontend technologies including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript within production environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Java/ Springboot ecosystem and optionally to have Python, C# within production environments.
  • Strong proficiency in GraphQL and/or Node.js-based development for distributed platform integration.
  • Deep understanding of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability practices.
  • Experience and
  • Engineering Leadership and Enablement

Benefits

  • We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications.

Company info

  • Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide.
  • As the nation's most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we're redefining what's possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • We're proud to be recognized as one of Houston's fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc.
  • 5000 List for 2025.
  • Empowering people defines who we are.

This listing is sourced directly from Empower Pharmacy's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.