Staff Software Engineer
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Parachute Health is transforming post-acute care as the leading digital ordering platform for medical equipment and supplies. We connect major health systems, health plans, and suppliers to help patients get the life-saving products they need at home. Since launching, we've connected 300,000+ clinicians and 3,000+ supplier locations across all 50 states and helped 15M+ patients. What started as a DME ePrescribing tool has become the order management platform of choice for home medical equipment.
Join our team and make a difference in patient care.
Responsibilities
- Develop in an agile environment, including TDD and flexible pair programming.
- Contribute to balanced teams, working with product and design to shape the application.
- Direct key technical decisions related to application and data model design.
- Maintain stable and performant application stacks.
- Consistently deliver quality code that supports business goals.
- Understanding of data structures, TDD, and software engineering design patterns and principles.
- Ability to lead a team in making technical decisions.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring timely resolution of critical system issues, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our system reliability and availability.
- Leverage cutting-edge AI developer tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and automate routine tasks.
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in a production environment with Ruby on Rails or other open source languages (e.g., Python, Golang, JavaScript)
- Staff-level engineering experience, including technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineers
- Must reside in the U.S.
Nice to Have
- Familiar with AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, etc).
- Exposure to healthcare technologies (FHIR or HL7)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Comprehensive plans with options for low-to-no-cost premiums.
- Employer HSA Contribution: Company-funded contributions to your Health Savings Account.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Equity Incentive Plan
- Annual Company-Wide Bonus: Opportunity for up to 15% bonus based on company performance.
- Remote-First Culture: We are remote-first with a dedicated NYC office and reimbursement options for co-working spaces.
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Summer Fridays: 5 additional Fridays off during the summer (separate from PTO).
- Home Office and Wellness Stipend
- Monthly Internet Stipend
- Annual Learning and Development Stipend
Base Salary Band (based on experience and level)
$200,000 - $260,000
To ensure you’re leveled accurately, all new engineers participate in a 90-day review. This allows us to calibrate your initial interview results with your actual work, ensuring your title and compensation align with your impact and our engineering rubric.
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Parachute Health
View Company ProfileParachute Health is a healthtech platform that provides ePrescribing and digital order management for durable medical equipment (DME), supplies, and post-acute care services. Founded in 2015 by David Gelbard, the company replaces traditional fax-based ordering with an integrated digital workflow that connects clinicians, health systems, DME suppliers, and health plans across the United States. Its platform generates clean, compliant digital prescriptions to accelerate patient fulfillment, reduce order errors, and streamline insurance authorizations.
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