Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Applications)

Job Description

Who We Are:

SmithRx is a rapidly growing, venture-backed Health-Tech company. Our mission is to disrupt the expensive and inefficient Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) sector by building a next-generation drug acquisition platform driven by cutting edge technology, innovative cost saving tools, and best-in-class customer service. With hundreds of thousands of members onboarded since 2016, SmithRx has a solution that is resonating with clients all across the country.

We pride ourselves for our mission-driven and collaborative culture that inspires our employees to do their best work. We believe that the U.S healthcare system is in need of transformation, and we come to work each day dedicated to making that change a reality. At our core, we are guided by our company values:

Integrity: Our purpose guides our actions and gives us confidence in the path ahead. With unwavering honesty and dependability, we embrace the pressure of challenging the old and exemplify ethical leadership to create the new.

Courage: We face continuous challenges with grit and resilience. We embrace the discomfort of the unknown by balancing autonomy with empathy, and ownership with vulnerability. We boldly challenge the status quo to keep moving forward—always.

Together: The success of SmithRx reflects the strength of our partnerships and the commitment of our team. Our shared values bind us together and make us one. When one falls, we all fall; when one rises, we all rise.

Job Summary:

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will play a key role in all stages of the engineering lifecycle—designing, building, testing, and maintaining the SmithRx product suite. You will champion best practices, coding standards, and large-scale system design while bringing a forward-thinking mindset to the team. We are looking for versatile, self-driven engineers who demonstrate leadership, ownership, and a passion for tackling new challenges.

This role is part of the Member and Partner Portal team within the Application Engineering organization, which owns and operates the customer-facing experiences. Success in this position requires a deep understanding of our systems, the ability to independently design interfaces and APIs, and close collaboration with frontend engineers and Product Managers to define features and requirements. Beyond coding and design, you will also contribute to initiatives that enhance the availability, performance, and scalability of our services.

In order to be eligible for this position applicants must be based in one of the following states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

What you will do:

Focus on back-end architecture; designing, developing and maintaining SmithRx product features using various languages such as Golang, JavaScript/Typescript, Node, GraphQL, and SQL (amongst others), while leveraging full CI and CD to iterate quickly

Collaborate with stakeholders and technical leads to understand functional and technical requirements to produce high-quality, scalable software and services

Provide scope and risk estimates for system and feature builds by building technical design documentation

Continually apply software development best practices, design patterns, testing, automation, tools and technologies.

Leverage AWS technologies, like Lambda and Fargate, to handle various types of jobs and batch processing

Troubleshoot production issues by performing triages for issues that arise, assessing the impact, creating and executing a plan for short-term and long-term mitigation, and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues.

Coach/mentor junior team members in their assigned engineering projects by reviewing and providing feedback on code developed, and performing design and code reviews

Work with senior leadership to turn technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter

Be the cornerstone of a collaborative learning culture through mentorship, code reviews, the exploration of new technologies, and other innovations

What you will bring to SmithRx:

BS or advanced degree in computer science or applicable experience

8+ years required, or 5+ years with an advanced degree working on server-side applications, specifically around API servers, third party integrations and data processing

Experience at a high-growth startup a plus

Expertise in a compiled language such as Go, C, or C++ is required

Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL tuning, and database monitoring is required

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable APIs; a solid understanding of design patterns, database design, and testing best practices.

Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs, CI and CD pipeline, AWS platform, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus

Positivity; non-dogmatic, team-first attitude

Flexibility; someone who is responsive and comfortable with ambiguity

Highly disciplined approach to software design and development and ability to work on features independently (accurately forecast delivery milestones and work with stakeholders to ensure that expectations are met)

What SmithRx Offers You:

Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance

Flexible Spending Benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Program

Short-term and long-term disability

Discretionary Paid Time Off

12 Paid Holidays

Wellness Benefits

Commuter Benefits

Paid Parental Leave benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Well-stocked kitchen in office locations

Professional development and training opportunities

Full-time