[Hiring] Software Engineer: Backend @Thatch

Role Description

Thatch is rewiring how health benefits work. We build software that gives employees real control over how they use their benefits.

We’re looking for a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the core systems that power Thatch. This includes:

• Data models
• Fund flows
• Automations
• Integrations that make healthcare benefits work reliably at scale

Your work ensures:

• Money moves correctly
• Benefits remain compliant
• Complex processes work reliably

This work touches real money and real healthcare decisions. The systems you build must be correct, resilient, and built to scale.

We organize engineering around the people we serve: members, employers, and partners, so teams own end-to-end experiences and ship with speed and accountability.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining backend systems in a production environment
• A track record of shipping systems with complex business and operational implications
• Strong ability to reason about data models, workflows, and edge cases
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces with cross-functional tradeoffs
• Experience mentoring other engineers or setting technical direction

Requirements

• Experience with Ruby on Rails for backend systems
• Familiarity with React and TailwindCSS for the frontend
• Small amounts of Python and backend JavaScript where appropriate
• Prior Ruby experience is helpful but not required
• Ability to learn quickly and think clearly about systems

Benefits

• We move quickly and bias toward action
• We ship early, learn from real usage, and iterate
• We operate with trust, ownership, and high empathy
• We value clarity over ceremony and quality over shortcuts

Company Description

We’re a fully distributed early stage company using technology to change the way America does healthcare. We’re a happy, friendly, high-velocity team.