[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Empower Pharmacy

Role Description

The Senior Software Engineer delivers meaningful business impact by designing and building scalable backend systems that power pharmacy operations, manufacturing, logistics, and regulatory compliance across Empower’s 503A/503B environment. This role helps shape how mission-critical platforms grow and mature at scale.

• Architecture and Enterprise Integration
  • Design and implement backend systems within pharmacy operations, manufacturing, and logistics domains.
  • Use AI-assisted tools to model dependencies, assess load, and validate design decisions before committing engineering resources.
  • Apply and contribute to architectural standards governing how services communicate and evolve.
  • Participate in design reviews to reduce systemic risk in Empower’s highly regulated 503A/503B environment.
  • Implement and maintain integrations across internal services and external regulatory systems using canonical data contracts and API versioning protocols.
  • Leverage AI tooling to detect integration drift and accelerate service onboarding.
• System Performance and Reliability
  • Build high-throughput, low-latency backend systems for large-scale pharmacy and logistics workloads.
  • Apply AI-augmented capacity planning to maintain performance under peak demand without over-provisioning infrastructure.
  • Implement fault-tolerant systems with observability layers—distributed tracing, structured logging, and anomaly detection.
  • Collaborate with SRE teams to support incident response and reduce recovery time.
  • Conduct performance analysis identifying bottlenecks at the database, network, and application tiers.
  • Use AI-assisted profiling to prioritize fixes and deliver measurable improvements in latency and throughput.
• Engineering Leadership and Enablement
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers within the team—elevating design literacy and code quality through structured reviews and pair programming.
  • Contribute to shared platform capabilities—CI/CD pipelines, reusable libraries, infrastructure-as-code.
  • Leverage AI-powered code generation and automated testing to improve team efficiency and output quality.
  • Contribute to technical direction and roadmap priorities within your team.
  • Translate operational complexity and regulatory requirements into clear technical recommendations.

Qualifications

• Expertise in distributed systems, backend architecture, and microservices design at enterprise scale.
• Strong proficiency in frontend technologies including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript within production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Java/Springboot ecosystem and optionally Python, C# within production environments.
• Strong proficiency in GraphQL and/or Node.js-based development for distributed platform integration.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability practices.
• Ability to design systems that meet regulatory, security, and data integrity requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex backend features and systems independently.
• Proven track record delivering production-grade backend systems that are performant, reliable, and maintainable in complex, high-growth environments.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to technical direction and provide mentorship to junior engineers within a team setting.
• Experience in regulated industries requiring auditability, data traceability, and compliance-aware system design.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) matching.
• Wellness perks.
• IV therapy.
• Compounded medications.

Company Description

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation.