Staff Full Stack Software Engineer

Teladoc Health•Lewisville, TX

1d•$190,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the team leading the next evolution of virtual care. At Teladoc Health, you are empowered to bring your true self to work while helping millions of people live their healthiest lives. Here you will be part of a high-performance culture where colleagues embrace challenges, drive transformative solutions, and create opportunities for growth. Together, we’re transforming how better health happens. Location: This role requires on-site work a minimum of two days per week at our Lewisville, TX office; it is not a remote position. Summary of Position We are seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer who is a hands-on technical leader with deep experience in Ruby on Rails and NodeJS, and a strong track record of designing, building, and modernizing scalable enterprise applications. This role requires an individual who can provide technical direction, establish engineering standards, drive architectural improvements, and contribute directly to the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field.
9+ years of experience in the IT industry, including software engineering and application development.
4+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications with Ruby on Rails.
Experience designing, building, and supporting scalable web applications in a cloud-based environment (e.g., AWS, Azure, or comparable platforms).
Solid understanding of modern application architecture, including service-oriented or API-driven designs.
Experience building and consuming APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) and familiarity with common authentication and authorization approaches.
Demonstrated ability to contribute to or lead technical initiatives such as system enhancements, platform improvements, refactoring efforts, or reliability and performance improvements.
Proven problem-solving skills, including the ability to troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and optimize application performance.
Experience working with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related field.
Experience creating internal platforms/self-service capabilities that improve developer experience and delivery throughput.
Leading/Mentoring team members on best practices and explaining technical concepts.
Knowledge of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability in high-scale production systems.
Familiarity with platform development in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, development, and support of full stack applications using Ruby on Rails on the backend and ReactJS on the frontend.
Establish, implement, and uphold engineering standards related to code quality, maintainability, linting, secure coding, and performance across applications built on the Ruby technology stack
Drive application modernization initiatives, including decomposition of legacy monolithic systems into microservices-oriented architectures where appropriate
Contribute to cloud-native solution design and operational maturity across environments hosted in Azure/AWS involving Kubernettes, CI/CD Tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions
Build and enhance unit, integration, and automated test coverage using RSpec and other relevant tools to ensure application stability and quality
Participate in technical roadmap planning, solution reviews, and architecture decisions to ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and aligned to business goals