Senior Software Engineer

Zócalo Health

11d • $170,000 - $180,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer will join Zócalo Health during a period of rapid growth and increasing operational complexity. This role exists to help scale and execute a community-oriented primary care model that delivers measurable outcomes for high-need members and health plan partners.
As part of a fast-growing team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the Zócalo technology platform. This is a greenfield opportunity where you will have meaningful influence over architecture, stack, and engineering culture from day one.
This position reports to the VP of Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar.
• 6+ years of experience designing and building scalable, performant systems across web, mobile, or backend services.
• Experience using AI-enhanced development tools in day-to-day engineering workflows, including automated testing and CI/CD optimization.
• Strong proficiency in cloud architecture, including application infrastructure, networking, observability, and deployment strategies.
• Solid understanding of architectural patterns such as event-driven systems, microservices, distributed systems, and performance optimization.
• Working knowledge of application, network, and infrastructure security, including OWASP, DAST, SCA, SAST, and secure coding practices.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in regulated healthcare environments, including familiarity with HIPAA compliance, PHI handling, and the technical constraints of EHR integrations or health plan data exchange.
• Experience working in startup or high-growth environments with a high degree of ownership, ambiguity, and end-to-end delivery responsibility.
• Experience designing or integrating AI or ML-powered product features such as prediction models, workflow automation, or retrieval-augmented systems.
• Track record of identifying and driving system-level improvements aligned to business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable platform services, web and mobile applications, and AI-powered workflows, contributing to decisions around event-driven patterns, service boundaries, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Leverage AI-accelerated developer tooling, including code generation, automated testing, and pipeline automation to improve delivery speed and code quality.
• Participate in greenfield architectural decisions, including technology selection, service design, and infrastructure strategy, helping establish the foundation the team will build on.
• Apply strong security practices across application, network, and infrastructure layers, including secure coding, OWASP considerations, and integration of DAST, SCA, and SAST tooling.
• Partner with product to refine MVP scope, instrument features where appropriate, and measure usage and return on investment.
• Contribute to and improve SDLC processes, including testing practices, pull request quality, CI/CD pipelines, performance benchmarks, and developer experience.
• Participate in the recruiting process for engineers, including helping evaluate candidates for technical depth and modern engineering practices.
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Equity compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision
• 401k
• Flexible PTO policy - take the time you need to recharge
• $1,000 home office stipend
• We provide the equipment needed for this role.
• Opportunity for rapid career progression with plenty of room for personal growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level