Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview

FuturHealth is looking for experienced Software Engineers to help build and scale the platform that powers our personalized digital health experience. Engineers in this role contribute to the design, development, and operation of the systems that support our web, mobile, and data products.

We are hiring engineers across frontend, backend, and full-stack disciplines, depending on experience and strengths.

Depending on experience, this role may be hired at the Senior, Staff, or Lead level. Senior engineers focus on delivering high-quality systems and features, while Staff and Lead engineers take on broader responsibilities including architectural leadership, cross-team technical coordination, and raising the engineering bar across the organization.

This role is well suited for engineers who enjoy solving complex system problems, collaborating closely with product teams, and building reliable software that directly improves patient experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable software systems that power the FuturHealth platform.
• Develop application services, APIs, and user-facing experiences across web and mobile environments.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Data, and Infrastructure teams to deliver customer-facing capabilities.
• Participate in technical design discussions and architectural reviews.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code that supports long-term system health.
• Improve system reliability through observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Support secure data practices and privacy protections consistent with healthcare standards.
• Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and team best practices.

Staff / Lead Scope (where applicable)

• Lead architectural decisions across systems and services.
• Guide technical direction across multiple teams or product areas.
• Mentor engineers and elevate engineering practices.
• Partner with leadership on platform strategy and technical roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to simplify systems and improve scalability.

About You

Experience

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (Senior level).
• 7+ years for Staff or Lead roles with demonstrated ownership of large systems or technical initiatives.
• Experience shipping and supporting production software at scale.

Technical Skills

Engineers in this role may focus on frontend, backend, or full-stack development.

Common capabilities include:

• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or similar.
• Experience building modern web applications and APIs.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, API design, authentication, and data modeling.
• Experience working with cloud environments such as AWS.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, containers, and CI/CD workflows.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks, monitoring tools, and performance optimization techniques.

Frontend-focused engineers may bring experience with:

• Modern frameworks such as React
• Component-based architecture and state management
• Frontend performance optimization
• Accessibility and responsive UI development

Backend-focused engineers may bring experience with:

• Service-oriented architectures and API design
• Data modeling and distributed systems
• Asynchronous processing and background jobs
• System scalability and reliability

Mindset & Communication

• Strong problem solver who balances pragmatism with long-term system health.
• Comfortable collaborating across engineering, product, and data teams.
• Able to work effectively in evolving environments where priorities shift as the company grows.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs and influence decisions.

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare or fintech.
• Familiarity with healthcare security and privacy frameworks (HIPAA, HiTrust).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK).
• Experience integrating third-party APIs or building event-driven systems.
• Exposure to high-growth startup environments.

Compensation

The pay range for this role is $150,000 – $200,000 depending on experience, scope, and level. Compensation packages may also include equity and performance-based incentives. Final offers are based on factors such as location, skills, qualifications, and experience.