Senior Engineering Lead

What we are looking for

Wellist is seeking a scrappy, hands-on Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the architecture, build, development, and ongoing running of our core and new products including the patient, caregiver, frontline employee experiences as well as related customer support tools.

The Senior Engineer will report into Wellist’s Head of Product and complement an existing small but highly professional and effective Engineering Team.    

What experience you bring:

• Computer Science, Engineering, or Technical undergraduate degree
• Ruby on Rails (min 10 yrs) full-stack coding experience for web applications
• Expertise developing and architecting solutions with modern front-end toolkits such as JS/ES6, React/Redux (min 5 years)
• Large database optimization experience 
• Full responsibility for production level system (or major parts of a production system) over time, i.e. full lifecycle responsibility from conception, development, testing, deployment, usage and maintenance and upgrades
• Experience with AWS and ability to quickly troubleshoot issues or improve upon the current system. 
• Understanding of Test Case Automation
• Understanding of Cybersecurity regulations/penetration testing requirements
• Kubernetes / Docker experience
• Tableau 
• Web scraping experience leveraging python, selenium, cloud based architecture for parallel processing scrapers
• Team Management Experience

Location Requirements:

• Remote

What You'll Be Doing:

• Ensure high quality development work, both as an individual contributor and across the engineering organization
• Consistently complete sprint deliverables on time, as expected 
• Contribute to agile ceremonies including pointing, planning, sprint retros and daily scrum
• Write and groom technical tasks for prioritized features and customer problems
• Work with product manager and designer to define solution and acceptance criteria
• Dive into hands-on coding of enhancements and bug fixes while providing support to team members ensuring best-in-class code is checked-in
• Manage, leverage, and supervise infrastructure
• Build and maintain architectural diagrams and other system documentation
• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines for all environments
• Maintain data security and testing requirements 
• Ensure technical onboarding program for new engineering employees remains accurate and up to date
• Foster a healthy, inclusive and collaborative culture that results in a highly engaged team
• Manage and update subscriptions and relevant paid software tools to ensure no wasted cost, licenses etc.

About Wellist 

Wellist is a mission-driven digital health company leading the way in revolutionizing how employers enhance employee well-being while reducing costs. Our innovative solution delivers the “right resources at the right time,” using a precision resource-matching platform, targeted activation campaigns, and employee-driven data. By simplifying benefits access and amplifying value from existing benefits partners, we help organizations improve employee outcomes and achieve significant cost reductions. 

Wellist’s outstanding contributions have been recognized by organizations including Fast Company (Most Innovative Companies 2024 - Human Resources), MassTLC (Most Innovative Technology of the Year), Rock Health (Top 50 in Digital Health, Diversity, Leadership), American Business Awards (Company of the Year, Silver Stevie) and BostInno (50onFire). 

Why Join Wellist?

Wellist is committed to improving lives by connecting employees and their families with the resources they need most. As the Head of Community Directory Operations, you’ll have the opportunity to lead critical operations that directly impact the quality and reach of our services. If you’re a hands-on leader who enjoys solving complex problems and managing scrappy, high-performing teams, we’d love to hear from you.

Why work here 

• A meaningful mission - join a team that makes a difference for patients, employees, and families. 
• Outstanding benefits - excellent medical and dental insurance coverage, life & disability  insurance, up to 3 weeks of PTO and a 3% employer 401(k) contribution
• Opportunity to develop your career with a high-growth, high-impact HR tech startup