Senior Software Engineer

CHG Healthcare•Midvale, UT

1d•$146,200 - $282,600•Hybrid

About The Position

CHG Healthcare is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our DMO Engineering team. The Engineering team designs, builds, and maintains the technology platforms and software solutions that power CHG's staffing and healthcare businesses. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and mentor across the team, driving high-quality software delivery, architectural decisions, and engineering excellence in an AI-driven product development environment.

Requirements

Comfortable with ambiguity, high agency and systems thinking; business acumen and product judgment
Engineering Practices & Processes — apply SOLID design principles, Engineering Playbook, CI/CD best practices, and spec-driven development
AI-Competency — leverage AI tools across the full development lifecycle with critical judgment to evaluate and own AI-generated output
Technical Proficiency — fluency in the organization's languages, frameworks, databases, version control, CI/CD, containerization, and cloud platforms
Software Architecture & Design — apply mature design patterns and service-based architectures for high availability, resilience, performance, and security
Stakeholder Communication — communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with stakeholders on scope, approach, and business value
Extended use of AI tools — use AI to accelerate ramp-up and generate/maintain technical documentation
M.S. / B.S. in Computer Science or related STEM discipline
8+ years of proven experience at Sr. Software Engineer level

Nice To Haves

Experience with languages and application frameworks as defined by the organization (JavaScript, Java, Salesforce/Apex, Node.js)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions)
Experience with RESTful API design, service-based architectures, and data modeling

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain production software following SOLID architecture design, engineering best-practices, and defined development methodologies
Apply SOLID design principles consistently across build, review, and test to produce maintainable, high-quality software
Leverage AI tools across the full development lifecycle — spec generation, coding, and review — with the judgment to critically evaluate and own AI-generated output
Contribute to system architecture discussions and apply mature design patterns to build highly available, resilient, performant, and secure systems
Participate actively in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring spec alignment
Collaborate with product and stakeholders across AI-driven product development, aligning on scope and business value
Use AI tools to accelerate ramp-up on new languages, frameworks, and platforms, and to generate and improve technical documentation
Identify and address technical debt that impedes team velocity and quality
Participate in technical refinements, breaking epics and stories into executable tasks targeting thin vertical slices