Staff Software Engineer
About The Position
As a Staff Software Engineer at Wheel, you will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling the platform that powers modern virtual care. You will work across teams to deliver reliable, performant systems that enable clinicians and clients to deliver care nationwide. You will help shape technical direction, mentor other engineers, and tackle meaningful challenges ranging from system reliability to user experience. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on ownership, collaboration, and building real products at scale.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building and shipping production web applications.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and deployment automation.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical partners.
- A bias for ownership and a drive to improve both systems and processes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in healthcare, high-availability, or regulated systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend and full-stack systems that support high-volume, mission-critical healthcare operations.
- Collaborate with product, design, and client solutions teams to deliver new platform capabilities and integrations.
- Lead technical design and architectural decisions that drive reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Automate and optimize system performance through CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and resilient infrastructure.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and uptime using data-driven insights.
- Mentor engineers by sharing best practices and driving technical excellence across teams.
- Take ownership of work end-to-end, from design through deployment and post-release iteration.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Ancillary: Life, Short and Long Term Disability
- 401K match
- Flexible PTO
- Parental Leave
- Stock options
- Additional programs and perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
