Senior Software Engineer – Backend Foundations

Parachute Health

Senior Software Engineer responsible for building Ruby web applications and enhancing workflows in a remote-first healthcare platform. Experience SaaS applications and working with cross-functional teams required.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $165,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoPythonReactRubySDLCTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build full-stack components of the platform: Ruby web applications at scale, TypeScript/React front-end.
Build agentic workflows that enhance the SDLC for engineers across the platform. Evaluate and recommend improvements based on accuracy, latency, and cost.
Strengthen our platform and SDLC: build datasets, monitoring, tooling, practices and workflows that improve our developing and operating services in our ecosystem.
Improve production observability: work with product teams to ensure they are equipped to effectively monitor the performance and reliability.
Help steer architectural and technical direction to ensure our applications follow cohesive and consolidated standards that ensure a high-level of quality and reliability
Actively partner with other product teams to understand use cases and identify how to best enable and support them.
Advise on best practices across platform use cases, service observability, maintenance and operation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Experience working in a startup, incubator, or other fast-paced 0-to-1 environment where you own features end-to-end and set your own direction.
Strong full-stack web application experience in Python, Ruby, Go or other modern languages. Must be willing to learn and work in Ruby.
Familiarity with prompt engineering and the prompt iteration lifecycle.
Fluent with AI-powered coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code) to move quickly.
Strong written and verbal communication; able to drive alignment without being asked
Must reside in the U.S.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

RubyTypeScriptReactPythonGofull-stack web application developmentSDLCobservabilitymonitoringprompt engineering

Soft Skills

strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationalignment drivingcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityownershiptechnical direction steeringbest practices advisingpartnering