Staff Software Engineer – Patient Matching

Rula

Staff Software Engineer joining Rula’s Patient Matching team. Responsible for developing systems that impact patient care while mentoring and guiding fellow engineers.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeRemote • Hawaii • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $206,550 - $243,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join Rula’s Patient Matching team.
This team is focused on driving meaningful impact across the patient funnel.
Our goal isn’t to help patients find any provider, but to help them find the right provider: someone they trust, feel comfortable with, and want to continue care with.
You’ll play a central role in shaping this direction by bringing order to ambiguity, designing durable systems, and delivering software that directly impacts how patients experience care.
You’ll partner with your Engineering Manager, working closely with product managers, designers, clinicians, and other engineers to align technical decisions with patient and business outcomes.
You’ll amplify the effectiveness of the team by mentoring engineers, unblocking peers, and raising the technical bar across Rula.
We expect engineers to leverage AI-assisted development tools as a natural part of their workflow.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable, production-ready systems with measurable business impact.
Strong expertise in API design, data modeling, and building systems that are reliable, maintainable, and performant.
Advanced System Architecture Experience: Proven experience designing and evolving architectures with the ability to weigh tradeoffs and choose a suitable approach for the problem at hand.
Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead complex technical projects across teams, shaping scope, estimates, and execution while aligning technical decisions with business goals.
Communication & Alignment: Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to build consensus, surface risks early, and bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces.
Team Multiplier: Experience mentoring engineering teams, reviewing architectures, and raising the technical bar across organizations.
AI-Assisted Development: Fluent with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code) and able to articulate both where they accelerate delivery and where they introduce risk or require human judgment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote work environment: Working hours to support a healthy work-life balance, ensuring you can meet both professional and personal commitments (must be based in United States, currently not hiring in Hawaii)
Attractive pay and benefits: Full transparency of pay ranges regardless of where you live in the United States
Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
401(k) plan access: Start saving for your future
Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care (for most employees)
Paid parental leave: Available for all parents, including birthing, non-birthing, adopting, and fostering
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Support for your mental and physical health
New hire home office stipend: Set up your workspace for success
Quarterly department stipend: Fun team-building activities or in-person gatherings
Wellness events and lunch & learns: Explore a variety of engaging topics
Community and employee resource groups: Participate in groups that celebrate employee identity and lived experiences, fostering a sense of community and belonging for all

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Hard Skills & Tools

API designdata modelingsystem architecturescalable systemsproduction-ready systemsreliable systemsmaintainable systemsperformant systemstechnical project leadershipAI-assisted development

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingconsensus buildingrisk managementclarity in ambiguityteam effectivenesstechnical decision-makingalignment with business goals