Senior Software Engineer - CaRe Team

Unite Us

32d•$140,000 - $175,000•Remote

About The Position

The CaRe team is responsible for managing cases, referrals, and encounters, which together track the journey of a client receiving services through the Unite Us platform. The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing and delivering scalable solutions that streamline case coordination and referral workflows. They will work closely with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to build high-impact features that drive meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and are passionate about creating systems that improve access to care. The ideal candidate will have experience building robust APIs, maintaining high standards for code quality, and mentoring teammates while contributing to a mission-driven organization.

Requirements

At least 5+ years of software development experience, with strong preference for experience in healthcare.
Expertise working with popular front-end JavaScript frameworks, like React.
Expertise in building and scaling backend services in a production environment or expertise in single page frontend applications.
Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, GoLang, Python (Flask/FastApi frameworks) and/or other modern programming languages.
Experience designing and/or consuming RESTful APIs
Proficiency in relational databases such as Postgres.
Experience working in a cloud environment (preferably AWS) with containerized applications (e.g., Docker, ECS, Fargate).
Strong understanding of testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring best practices.
Experience working in cross-functional agile teams, with a product-focused and customer-centric mindset.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to design, build, and enhance our products’ features.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that scales with user needs and system growth.
Take ownership of end-to-end software development cycles — from architecture and implementation to deployment and monitoring.
Ensure observability and reliability metrics.
Help evolve and maintain our platform architecture to support a growing number of referral partners and use cases.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members through code reviews and architectural discussions.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability, and scalability challenges across backend services.
Actively participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, and roadmap discussions to help shape the direction of the team’s work.
Drive best practices in testing, CI/CD, observability, and agile development.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision
We offer insurance to team members and eligible partners and dependents, including unlimited virtual mental health and acute medical visits.
Wellness
Mental health benefits, such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness platform subscription, are available to all team members.
Flexible Time Off
Take what you need, including volunteer days and mental health days. We also offer 14 paid, company-wide holidays.
Paid Parental Leave
Adoptive parents are included.
Employee Resource Groups
Join our ERGs to connect and engage with colleagues, like Military Veterans
Spending Accounts
We offer tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and commuter benefits.
401(k) + Employer Match
Enjoy matching, immediate vesting and financial wellness resources
Additional Benefits
Life and AD&D - a company paid benefit, with the option to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your dependents
Disability Coverage
Accident Insurance
Pet Insurance
As part of this work at home job, we will provide you with all the necessary equipment to perform your duties, including a computer, mouse, keyboard as well as other items on our approved list of WFH supplies.