Medicircle

Medicircle

Lead Software Engineer

New York, NY

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 123 days ago
TypeScriptPythonReactDjangoBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentAWSCI/CDDevOpsRESTDesign SystemsProduct StrategyLeadershipMentoring

About the role

  • Beyond writing code, you will play a foundational role in defining MediCircle's product roadmap and long-term technical strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Architecture & Backend Ownership: Lead the design and evolution of MediCircle's backend architecture and core infrastructure. Build systems that remain reliable, secure, and compliant as the platform scales nationally.
  • Full Stack Product Development: Build and ship end-to-end features across backend and frontend systems. Work primarily in Python/Django on the backend and TypeScript/React on the frontend.
  • Infrastructure & DevOps: Design and maintain deployment pipelines, infrastructure, and observability tools. Ensure high availability, system reliability, and data integrity across production systems. Troubleshoot production issues quickly and methodically
  • Product & Systems Thinking: Collaborate across teams to build user-centric, scalable systems that account for compliance, auditability, and data integrity requirements
  • Engineering Leadership: Help shape MediCircle's engineering culture and standards as the team grows. Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and mentoring while helping build practices that support a high-performing, mission-driven team.
  • Architecture & Backend Ownership: Lead the design and evolution of MediCircle's backend architecture and core infrastructure.
  • Build systems that remain reliable, secure, and compliant as the platform scales nationally.
  • Lead the design and evolution of MediCircle's backend architecture and core infrastructure.
  • Build and ship end-to-end features across backend and frontend systems.
  • Collaborate across teams to build user-centric, scalable systems that account for compliance, auditability, and data integrity requirements

Requirements

  • Builder DNA: You have built and scaled real systems from scratch - APIs, data models, backend services, and production infrastructure
  • Architecture & Backend Expertise: Strong experience designing backend systems and scalable architectures
  • Execution Engine: You can take loosely defined problems and turn them into shipped production systems.
  • Software development experience: You have at least two years of experience in a software development role
  • Leadership Experience: Experience leading technical projects or managing engineering teams.
  • You have built and scaled real systems from scratch - APIs, data models, backend services, and production infrastructure
  • You have at least two years of experience in a software development role

Nice to have

  • if not, you have previously worked and/or currently work in regulated or compliance-heavy environments
  • You have early-stage startup experience or similar experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
  • Proficient across the stack, ideally including: Python (Django preferred), TypeScript / React, and REST APIs
  • Comfortable owning the full deployment lifecycle - CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, infrastructure as code (AWS CDK preferred), and production observability.
  • Full Stack Ownership: Proficient across the stack, ideally including: Python (Django preferred), TypeScript / React, and REST APIs
  • DevOps Fluency: Comfortable owning the full deployment lifecycle - CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, infrastructure as code (AWS CDK preferred), and production observability.

Skills

  • Ensure high availability, system reliability, and data integrity across production systems.
  • Troubleshoot production issues quickly and methodically
  • Actively stay on top of emerging AI technologies and how they can improve engineering productivity or product capabilities

Benefits

  • Active partnerships with market-leading customers, including national VBCs, PBMs, and regional health systems.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • doing so, we provide patients with medications at zero out-of-pocket cost, while generating savings for our payer, plan sponsor, and value-based care clients

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