[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Rula

Role Description

At Rula, improving access to mental healthcare starts with building a healthy and efficient marketplace for both patients and providers. We’re seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the future of the Marketplace Health Engine, a foundational initiative focused on improving marketplace efficiency, provider utilization, and patient access at scale.

In this high-impact role, you will:

• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Data, and Operations to design and deliver scalable systems that help identify and address marketplace challenges.
• Drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and influence key decisions across the Marketplace organization while remaining hands-on in software development.
• Build systems from the ground up, solve complex marketplace problems, and make a measurable impact on the future of mental healthcare.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related professional software engineering experience building scalable distributed systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and influencing technical strategy without direct authority.
• Experience designing and building backend services, APIs, and data-intensive systems (AWS preferred).
• Experience partnering effectively with Product and Data to deliver business outcomes.
• Experience solving complex marketplace, platform, or large-scale operational problems with measurable impact.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders around a shared vision.
• Experience driving projects end-to-end, from discovery and design through implementation, launch, and post-launch support.

Requirements

• Start-up experience.
• Experience developing SaaS applications using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.
• Experience with “on-call”, ability to deep dive complex issues and drive them to resolution independently.
• Experience with NodeJs, Typescript, Kafka.
• Previous experience in products with high reliability/accuracy requirements.

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment.
• Working hours to support a healthy work-life balance, ensuring you can meet both professional and personal commitments (must be based in United States, currently not hiring in Hawaii).
• Attractive pay and benefits: Full transparency of pay ranges regardless of where you live in the United States.
• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA.
• 401(k) plan access: Start saving for your future.
• Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care (for most employees).
• Paid parental leave: Available for all parents, including birthing, non-birthing, adopting, and fostering.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Supporting your mental and physical health.
• Quarterly department stipend: Fun team-building activities or in-person gatherings.
• Community and employee resource groups: Participate in groups that celebrate employee identity and lived experiences, fostering a sense of community and belonging for all.
• Home office stipend: New hire home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend to help cover internet or cell phone expenses.
• Wellness at Rula program: Year-round wellness initiatives and a $50/month wellness stipend.