Senior Backend Engineer

July 25

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SmithRx

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SmithRx is a tech-forward PBM committed to changing the way pharmacy benefits are managed.

Healthcare • Pharmaceuticals • Healthcare IT • Pharmacy Benefit Management • Pharmacy Benefits Management

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💰 $20M Series B on 2022-03

Description

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the entire engineering lifecycle from design, documentation, build, test and maintain our SmithRx product suite • Focus on back-end architecture; designing, developing and maintaining SmithRx product features using various languages such as Golang, JavaScript/Typescript, Node, GraphQL, and SQL (amongst others), while leveraging full CI and CD to iterate quickly • Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical requirements to produce high-quality, scalable software and services • Provide scope and risk estimates for system and feature builds by building technical design documentation • Continually apply software development best practices, design patterns, testing, automation, tools and technologies • Leverage AWS technologies, like Lambda and Fargate, to handle various types of jobs and batch processing • Troubleshoot production issues by performing triages for issues that arise, assessing the impact, creating and executing a plan for short-term and long-term mitigation, and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues • Coach/mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on code developed, and performing design and code reviews • Work with senior leadership to turn technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter • Be the cornerstone of a collaborative learning culture through mentorship, code reviews, the exploration of new technologies, and other innovations

Requirements

• BS or advanced degree in computer science or applicable experience • 5-8 years of software development experience working on server-side applications, specifically around API servers, third party integrations and data processing • Experience at a high-growth startup a plus • Expertise in a compiled language such as Go, Java or Kotlin is required • Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring is required • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable APIs; a solid understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices • Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs, CI and CD pipeline, AWS platform, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus • Positivity; non-dogmatic, team-first attitude • Flexibility; someone who is responsive and comfortable with ambiguity • Highly disciplined approach to software design and development and ability to work on features independently (accurately forecast delivery milestones and work with stakeholders to ensure that expectations are met)

Benefits

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance • Flexible Spending Benefits • 401(k) Retirement Savings Program • Short-term and long-term disability • Discretionary Paid Time Off • 12 Paid Holidays • Wellness Benefits • Commuter Benefits • Paid Parental Leave benefits • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Well-stocked kitchen in office locations • Professional development and training opportunities