[Hiring] Software Engineer @HealthJoy

Let’s keep things simple: we are an unbelievably talented, hard-working, and compassionate team driving towards a mission that impacts every single one of us - even you! 

Healthcare benefits are complex, underutilized and a mystery for most users. We’re removing that complexity. Now more than ever, employers are adding value to their employees’ benefits like telemedicine and mental health services. HealthJoy’s industry-changing tech platform consolidates those benefits into a simplified benefits experience, saving users time and money.  

With over $100M in fundraising to date, and the successful closing of our recent Series D, HealthJoy has garnered workplace awards for Inc.’s Fastest Growing Startups and Built In Chicago’s Best Places to Work while growing globally to nearly 400 team members. We’re continuing down the path of high growth and high impact, and this role is a key member of the Engineering Team making that happen.

We are looking for an ambitious software engineer with a deep desire to learn and develop software that improves people’s lives.  If you’re passionate about developing the best software and collaborating with other developers to do so, then we want to hear from you!

You will enhance our SaaS solution, scale highly distributed systems, and continuously improve our engineering practices. You will get to work on the latest software practices and technologies such as microservices architecture, cloud design patterns, automated CI/CD pipeline, automated and orchestrated Dockerized delivery, and AWS platform.  Above all, your work will impact people’s interactions with the healthcare system.

• Participate and collaborate on architectural decisions and design best practices
• Design and implement new features into the HealthJoy platform
• Collaborate with engineering and product team members to improve quality and velocity
• Creating a scalable solution to serve our growing user base
• Develop and communicate process improvements, standards, and best practices to the team
• Write clean, fast, compatible, easy-to-use, and testable code
• Mentor and be mentored by other engineers by leading and collaborating in all engineering discussions and evangelizing engineering best practices
• Exhibit accountability at both a personal and team level 

• 2-4 years of experience building and shipping scalable applications in Python
• Track record of developing on backend frameworks such as FastAPI, aiohttp, Flask, SQLAlchemy, or equivalent
• Has a clear understanding of relational databases usages and best practices
• Experience in a CI/CD pipeline
• Experience working in a microservices architecture
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus
• At ease in the AWS ecosystem
• Experience participating in the architecture and design of new and existing products
• Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals – you will work closely with other non-technical folks to get things done. Collaboration is key.
• An ability and eagerness to constantly learn and share knowledge with others
• Insatiable curiosity to learn new software principles, technologies, and tools
• Passionate in collaborating with developers and testers; distributed team experience will be a plus

Job Level: 20

Base Compensation Range for Job Level: $5,000-7,500 per month

HealthJoy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you. HealthJoy is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and HealthJoy, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.