Senior Software Engineer I, L3 Applications Team

Requirements

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• Working at CareMessage
• We take care of our employees by offering competitive salaries and benefits packages. We ensure our team feels cared for so that we, in turn, can help support our safety net organizations and underserved populations.
• We compensate fairly and equitably
• We believe in equal work for equal pay: all team members performing the same role at the same level are paid similarly, regardless of where they are in the world
• Paid parental leave for biological and adopted children
• We give you time off to thrive
• 18 paid company holidays, including a one week mid-year and one week end-of-year break
• 9 wellness days to be used for self-care- or anything that comes up in life
• 15 days of PTO
• 1-month (20 working days) paid sabbatical after the 4-year anniversary, and every 4 years thereafter
• We support your health, wellness, and growth
• Generous medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript/TypeScript (React).
• Minimum 8 years of full-stack experience building, maintaining, and scaling production web applications end-to-end, with demonstrated experience owning complex features from API design through UI delivery.
• Solid fundamentals of computer programming, including a good understanding of software development lifecycle, coding best practices, design patterns, object-oriented architecture, and component-based frontend design.
• Advanced SQL proficiency with a strong analytical mindset, comfortable querying and working with large, complex datasets to uncover insights, troubleshoot issues, and inform technical decisions.
• Proven experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable React code, including hooks, state management, and component composition patterns.
• A commitment to supporting and fostering diversity and inclusion (we have a global team and you will regularly collaborate with people from a variety of walks of life).
• Demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver complex full-stack projects end-to-end, break down large features into manageable tasks, mentor junior engineers, and influence technical direction within a team.
• Growth-oriented mindset.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, especially in a fully remote environment.
• Excellent ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical partners to support discovery, development, and testing phases of application features.
• Experience working in teams where automated tests are an expected part of development, including writing and maintaining tests alongside production code on both backend and frontend.
• Proven ability to work autonomously, proactively identifying challenges before they escalate, driving solutions independently, and maintaining clear, consistent communication with stakeholders to keep projects moving forward.

Additional Information

Improving Health Equity One Message at a Time! Many of us have had the experience of doing good work, but wondering if it is truly moving the needle. At CareMessage, our mission is clear: improve health equity for low-income populations across the United States. Every role here connects directly to that purpose. CareMessage is the technology non-profit building the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States. Powered by the Health Equity Engine™, the platform enables organizations to combine messaging, data, and interoperability to increase access to care, improve clinical outcomes, and address social drivers of health. With 22 million patients reached since 2013, CareMessage is the only patient engagement solution proven to improve health equity at scale. The team, many with lived experiences in these communities, leverages a nonprofit model to reinvest revenue into impact. CareMessage is the partner of choice for organizations committed to advancing health equity. We are a team of people who hold both compassion and accountability. We care deeply about the communities we serve, and we also hold a high standard for performance, collaboration, and integrity. Our ideal team members: - Deliver meaningful, measurable results - Invest in their teammates and build trust - Seek feedback and continually grow - Stay steady and solutions-oriented in ambiguity - Lead with integrity and responsibility - Communicate with clarity and empathy If you are motivated by impact, energized by collaboration, and ready to do some of the most meaningful work of your career, we encourage you to apply. If this sounds like you, we would love to meet you. _____________________________________ Who We're Looking For We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer I, (L3) for the Applications Team who will own and drive the technical direction of CareMessage's core SaaS application, the full-stack product that clinic staff at over 400 safety-net healthcare organizations in the United States rely on every day to manage their patients, build and run communication programs, and measure patient engagement outcomes. You will independently own complex features end-to-end across our Rails backend and React frontend, mentor L2 engineers on the team, and contribute to architectural decisions that shape how we evolve the core product. This is a highly cross-functional role with shared team lead responsibilities. You'll work closely with Product, Customer Success, Data, and Engineering to design and deliver features that meaningfully reduce the administrative burden on safety-net clinics and deepen patient engagement. You will report to the Director of Engineering and play a key role in advancing our core product capabilities as we scale.

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