Associate Software Engineer

Job Title: Associate Software Engineer

Location: Remote

Department: Engineering / Product Development

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Us

We are a fast-growing technology company transforming how health insurance benefits are delivered and experienced. Through innovative digital platforms, data-driven insights, and user-centric design, we empower employers, brokers, and members to navigate health benefits with greater clarity, simplicity, and support. We’re expanding our engineering team and looking for an Associate Software Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, secure, and impactful solutions that improve the benefits experience for millions of people.

Position Summary

The Associate Software Engineer will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining core components of our benefits platform. This role is both hands-on and collaborative, requiring strong technical expertise, ownership of complex engineering projects, and the ability to work across teams. You will influence technical direction, drive best practices, and help evolve our architecture as we scale.

Key Responsibilities

Software Design & Development

  • Architect, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend and/or frontend
  • Build APIs, microservices, and integrations that support health insurance benefits
  • Implement robust, secure solutions aligned with healthcare compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.).
  • Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability in a cloud-native

Technical Collaboration

  • Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture
  • Work closely with product management, data engineering, QA, and UX teams to build & ship high-impact features.
  • Contribute to the evolution of engineering standards, tooling, and CI/CD

Innovation & Problem-Solving

  • Translate complex health benefits requirements into elegant technical
  • Identify opportunities to automate processes, improve system quality, and enhance user
  • Support migration efforts, modernization, and the adoption of new technologies where

 

Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 3 to 4 years of professional software engineering experience in a production
  • Mandatory experience building cloud-native solutions using React/Next.js, Django Framework, GraphQL.
  • Experience building cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, or
  • Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven
  • Strong proficiency with one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go).
  • Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
  • Strong understanding of secure coding practices and data

Preferred:

  • Experience in the health insurance, healthcare tech, or benefits management
  • Familiarity with data standards such as EDI 834/837, FHIR, or claims processing
  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience working on distributed systems or high-availability
  • Exposure to AI-powered or analytics-driven product