Senior Product Engineer

HealthSherpa

Senior Product Engineer building scalable Ruby on Rails and ReactJS platforms for HealthSherpa, a healthcare startup helping people enroll in individual health coverage. Improving APIs, enrollment tools, and AI/ML-enabled insurance experiences.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $174,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-stack development, particularly with Ruby on Rails and ReactJS, while applying AI/ML to enhance health insurance platforms. Proficient in building scalable APIs and distributed systems, with a strong focus on user-centric product development and agile methodologies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full Software Development Lifecycle ExperienceRuby On RailsReactJSSQL And Relational Data ModelingBuilding Developer-Friendly APIs

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Hard Skills

Full Software Development LifecycleRuby On RailsReactJSSQLRelational Data ModelingDistributed SystemsInfrastructure As CodeBuilding Developer-Friendly APIsObservabilityTelemetry

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingAdaptabilityCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AgileDevOps

Industry Keywords

Health InsuranceAI/MLUser Perspectives

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsReactRubyRuby on RailsSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the design, delivery, and operation of high-quality full-stack features and systems, emphasizing scalable APIs
Build robust health insurance platforms and apply AI/ML to enhance processes and decision-making
Iterate and ship quickly, treating releases as opportunities to learn
Build and evolve enrollment, CRM, and tracking tools for carriers, agents, and consumers
Create roadmap items and platform commitments supporting new business opportunities
Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teammates in a collaborative pod
Improve code quality, scalability, and agility across the codebase
Operate in a DevOps culture with multiple daily value deliveries
Address security, observability, and telemetry proactively
Learn quickly, solve complex problems, and navigate evolving priorities
Report to an Engineering Manager

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience for the Senior Product Engineer role
Full software development lifecycle experience, including post-launch feature support in agile/lean environments
Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar backend frameworks
Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks
Experience with SQL, relational data modeling, and reusable components
Experience building distributed systems at scale
Understanding of infrastructure as code
Expertise building developer-friendly APIs
Knowledge of observability and telemetry
Product-minded approach focused on user perspectives
Ability to adapt to and effectively apply new technologies
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Must not require employment visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Health, vision, and dental coverage for you, your spouse, and dependents
HSA/FSA options with corresponding contribution limits
Monthly grocery stipend
Home internet reimbursement
401K with a match after a grace period
Life and AD&D coverage
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Parental leave
Four weeks of paid vacation in addition to paid holidays
Home office budget for remote team members
Mental health and other wellbeing support programs through a partner network