Lead Senior Software Engineer

🕒 March 18

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Gifthealth

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2020

☁️ SaaS

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🤝 B2B

💰 $40M Private Equity Round - GiftHealth on 2023-04

SaaS • Pharmaceuticals • B2B

Gifthealth is a technology-enabled patient access and prescription fulfillment company that connects patients, prescribers, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers through a unified digital platform. It streamlines enrollment, electronic benefits verification, e-prior authorization, and payment/affordability support while managing pharmacy fulfillment and patient support services. The platform also provides manufacturers with actionable data and insights on patient journeys and brand performance, driving faster, more reliable medication access.

📋 Description

• Leads design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-quality software solutions aligned with business priorities • Provides technical leadership, code reviews, and architectural guidance to engineering team • Manages, mentors, and supports a team of 2–8 software engineers, including performance feedback and career development • Collaborates with product, design, operations, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions • Oversees system reliability, performance monitoring, testing strategies, and production support • Contributes to documentation, development standards, and continuous improvement of engineering processes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field OR equivalent professional experience (Required) • 5–10 years of professional software engineering experience (Required) • Demonstrated experience leading technical projects or small engineering teams (Required) • Experience leading teams using Agile or similar delivery methodologies (Required) • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Required) • Prior experience managing or formally leading engineers (Preferred) • Experience in high-growth startups or healthcare technology organizations (Preferred) • Knowledge of Ruby and Ruby on Rails (Rails 7 or similar frameworks); modern web application architecture and RESTful APIs; relational databases (Postgres) and data modeling; and cloud platforms and production systems (Required) • Knowledge of healthcare or regulated industry environments and scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures (Preferred) • Strong software design and coding skills with emphasis on clean, maintainable, and testable code (Required) • Technical leadership, code review, and architectural decision-making skills (Required) • Team leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills (Required) • Cross-functional communication and collaboration skills (Required) • Ability to translate abstract business problems into technical solutions (Required) • Ability to prioritize work and balance hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities (Required) • Ability to influence technical direction and drive alignment across teams (Required) • Ability to scale teams and systems in a high-growth environment (Preferred)