At Included Health, we're building technology that makes healthcare more accessible, personalized, and effective for our members. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and develop the systems, services, and tools that power our platform and products, enabling us to deliver better care experiences and outcomes at scale.

This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about solving complex problems, delivering impact, and leading by example. Beyond your technical skills, you’ll bring ownership and leadership—making thoughtful technical decisions, setting direction, and mentoring others.

Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, you'll partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers across the company. Together, you’ll create scalable, reliable solutions that directly improve the healthcare experience for millions of members.

Responsibilities:

Design and build core systems, APIs, and services that power both platform capabilities and member-facing applications.
Solve complex integration challenges across diverse healthcare data sources and workflows.
Contribute to product development by building features and infrastructure that improve usability, efficiency, and outcomes.
Drive technical quality by ensuring systems are reliable, performant, secure, and maintainable.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering peers to align on technical direction and product goals.
Own projects end-to-end: scope, build, test, launch, and maintain.
Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering culture and best practices.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of professional software development experience.
Strong expertise in at least one modern backend or systems language (e.g., Golang, Python, Java, or Ruby).
Experience designing and building APIs, distributed systems, or developer platforms.
Experience with relational or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures.
Ability to balance technical tradeoffs with product and business impact.
Comfortable working in collaborative, cross-functional teams.

Pay:

The United States new hire base salary target ranges for this full-time position are:

Zone A: $149,450 - $211,100 + equity + benefits

Zone B: $164,395 - $232,210 + equity + benefits

Zone C: $179,340 - $253,320 + equity + benefits

Zone D: $194,285 - $274,430 + equity + benefits

This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for candidates based on their respective Zone. Below is additional information on Included Health's commitment to maintaining transparent and equitable compensation practices across our distinct geographic zones.

Starting base salary for you will depend on several job-related factors, unique to each candidate, which may include education; training; skills; years and depth of experience; certifications and licensure; our needs; internal peer equity; organizational considerations; and understanding of geographic and market data. Compensation structures and ranges are tailored to each zone's unique market conditions to ensure that all employees receive fair and great compensation package based on their roles and locations. Your Recruiter can share your geographic zone upon inquiry.

Benefits & Perks:

In addition to receiving a great compensation package, the compensation package may include, depending on the role, the following and more:

Remote-first culture

401(k) savings plan through Fidelity

Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage through multiple medical plan options (including disability insurance)

Paid Time Off ("PTO") and Discretionary Time Off ("DTO")

12 weeks of 100% Paid Parental leave

Family Building & Compassionate Leave: Fertility coverage, $25,000 for surrogacy/adoption, and paid leave for failed treatments, adoption or pregnancies.

Work-From-Home reimbursement to support team collaboration home office work

Your recruiter will share more about the salary range and benefits package for your role during the hiring process.

About Included Health:

Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We're on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It's all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.

Included Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Included Health considers all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and California law.

About Included Health

Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.

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Senior Software Engineer

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Included Health

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