Lead Software Engineer

Navita Health•Minneapolis, MN

4d•Remote

About The Position

Navita Health is a next-generation behavioral health company committed to transforming the way people experience recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health challenges. Our name, meaning “new life,” is exactly what we aim to create for every person we serve. Through compassionate care, real-time access, and innovative technology, we deliver a personalized, holistic, and coordinated support system. Whether it's through assessments, peer-led services, outpatient care, or digital tools, Navita Health offers an integrated platform that simplifies the path to healing and empowers individuals to rebuild their lives with confidence. We don’t just treat symptoms—we restore hope, build sustainable resilience, and help people embrace a healthier future. This full-time lead software engineer W2 position will be responsible for the maintenance of the electronic health record platform, capable of managing, maintaining, and enhancing our service offerings to the recovery community and service providers. The software engineer will design, develop and maintain a scalable platform. This position requires the ability to work with a small cross functional team and internal stakeholders. Must be willing and capable of being a solo engineer, owning the whole stack, with a growth mindset and a willingness to create a best-in-class engineering team over time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Fully embraced AI as part of their daily workflow — not just as a novelty, but as a core productivity multiplier.
Understands both the power, risks and the limitations of AI tools, uses them to move faster and think more clearly, and actively stays current as the landscape evolves.
Fluent in using AI-assisted coding, debugging, and research tools, and have a point of view on where the technology is heading.
React
TypeScript
MUI
Node.js
AWS cloud services (ECS, Fargate, etc.)
AWS Terraform
PostgreSQL
S3

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a regulated industry, with familiarity around HIPAA and other privacy/security frameworks
Exposure to data engineering tools like Snowflake or Spark
Knowledge of healthcare data standards, including FHIR and HL7
Experience implementing or supporting clinical workflows within healthcare software
Familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS architectures and infrastructure patterns
Understanding of healthcare billing systems and data flows

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain a scalable platform.
Define and champion the technical direction of the team.
Make architectural decisions that ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.
Align team work with business goals and long-term vision.
Own reliability and performance across systems.
Ensure incident processes, on-call responsibilities, and post-mortems are followed and improved.
Set high standards for automation and observability.
Lead security reviews and ensure the team adheres to industry standards like HIPAA and SOC2.
Set and communicate expectations for security-first engineering practices.
Produce high-quality code and ensure others do too.
Maintain a strong code review culture that promotes learning, rigor, and technical excellence.
Work across engineering, product, and business teams to align priorities and unblock dependencies.
Act as a trusted partner to stakeholders.
Set the tone for team culture.
Drive accountability, urgency, and a growth mindset.
Provide clarity during ambiguity and support team morale and cohesion.
Ensure documentation practices are maintained and scaled.
Promote discoverability, maintainability, and hand-off readiness.