Staff Software Engineer
Wheel
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $183,000 - $247,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and build scalable backend and full-stack systems that support high-volume, mission-critical healthcare operations.
- Collaborate with product, design, and client solutions teams to deliver new platform capabilities and integrations.
- Lead technical design and architectural decisions that drive reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Automate and optimize system performance through CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and resilient infrastructure.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and uptime using data-driven insights.
- Mentor engineers by sharing best practices and driving technical excellence across teams.
- Take ownership of work end-to-end, from design through deployment and post-release iteration.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience building and shipping production web applications.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and deployment automation.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical partners.
- A bias for ownership and a drive to improve both systems and processes.
- (Bonus) Experience in healthcare, high-availability, or regulated systems.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Ancillary: Life, Short and Long Term Disability
- 401K match
- Flexible PTO
- Parental Leave
- Stock options
- Additional programs and perks
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend systemsfull-stack systemsdistributed systemsAPIscloud-native architecturescontainerizationorchestrationCI/CD pipelinesversion controldeployment automation
Soft Skills
communication skillsmentoringtechnical excellenceownershipcollaborationproblem-solvingdata-driven insightsleadership