Staff Software Engineer

At Kyruus Health, our mission is to connect people to the right care, in pursuit of our vision: a better healthcare system- one that's transparent and accessible- where everyone gets the care they need. Our values are at the heart of everything we do:

Here’s what that would mean for you in the Staff Software Engineer role. 

What you will do in a Staff Software Engineer role at Kyruus Health:

• You’ll assume a technical leadership role on our Directory, Cost, and Search Services team, with ownership of solutions, systems, and projects. You’ll develop, review, test, and debug code to support our software products. You’ll contribute to the growth and development of other software engineers and team(s). You’ll develop and execute tactical and strategic plans from discovery through delivery. You’ll understand requirements and translate them into high-quality, production deliverables to achieve progress on our product roadmap and planned customer commitments. This role requires deep technical expertise in full-stack, cloud-based, SaaS application development and delivery; AI-augmented search technology and large language models (LLMs); as well as the ability to directly contribute to the development and implementation of our search services; front-end user experience particularly in the area of Developer Portals and API Marketplaces; and the equivalent technologies required to develop and deliver these solutions. A key aspect of this role will be driving research, development, and innovation to keep our technology at the forefront of the industry. 
• Your typical day will include designing and writing code, and reviewing others’ designs and code. You understand design patterns and are passionate about making things better.
• You’ll participate in and contribute to Agile DevOps team activities. You are effective in paired programming and working on your own. 
• You’ll help drive clarity in planning. You’ll contribute to task definition, prioritization, and assignment. You’ll drive your deliverables with a sense of urgency and ownership along with surfacing risks, mitigating them, and suggesting course corrections when appropriate. 
• You’ll own multiple products with a DevOps and service-ownership mindset. You’ll deliver quality solutions with TDD, test automation, instrumentation, monitoring, secure/defensive coding, resiliency, and scalability. 
• You’ll select methods and procedures on new or special assignments collaboratively.
• You will design, develop, review and deliver application, service and infrastructure architecture for search applications and services. 
• You’ll collaborate on work with your team and contributing teams. 
• You’ll engage in cross-functional teams and ensure successful project and/or product delivery. 
• You'll contribute to the broader engineering organization by driving improvements to shared resources and infrastructure, such as internal libraries, tools, and best practices.
• You’re an expert choice maker, able to effectively drive conclusions and resolve issues that impact and influence across multiple teams and domains. 
• You’ll report to the Manager, Engineering on the Directory, Cost and Search Services team within the Buyer/Partner Applications Division. 




How You Can Grow 

• Kyruus Health will bring you through an onboarding process that is both structured and self-guided, designed to enable connection and productivity as you learn more about our company, functions and products. Additionally, we have a culture of feedback, inclusive of our performance review process that provides you with the coaching, resources and opportunities to help you learn and grow with us. 
• Kyruunauts in the Staff Software Engineer role can move in a more linear career path along two tracks - individual contributor or management. From here, you could move up to be a Senior Staff Software Engineer, or you could possibly move into a leadership role on the Engineering team. 
• Kyruus Health also loves to see an internal transfer. If a linear career path is not what you’re looking for, you can work with your manager and HR to explore lateral moves to other parts of the organization as you continue to grow with us. 

What you will bring:

• You’ll use your 5+ years of software engineering experience to: 
• Assess business value, trade-offs, and risks, feasibility and technical constraints, usability, and business viability during discovery, planning, and work prioritization. 
• Develop and deliver robust, scalable backend Search solutions to complex business and technical design problems using Java EE, Python, and AWS services. As well as an operational knowledge and experience in AI technologies, including; LLM, ML, etc. preferably using the AWS stack. 
• Lead other software engineers, sometimes on multiple projects that you are technical lead on. 
• Contribute to fostering an inclusive environment where you and your peers are intrinsically motivated to succeed with autonomy, mastery, and purpose through mentorship and peer leadership. 




You’ll use your significant professional experience as a software engineer along with operating skills and knowledge within AI technologies to: 

• Lead team members in one or more functional areas and/or domains, and influence across organizational levels, divisions, departments, and teams. 
• Contribute to the development of other software engineers and your team. You’ll mentor engineers on areas of your technical expertise and share your knowledge on relevant topics with fellow Kyruunauts by presenting at Lunch & Learns, Technical Brown Bags, and demos. 
• Play a significant role in shaping the technical direction of the team and organization.
• Build, scale, and deliver dynamic and highly-available enterprise solutions. 
• Think creatively about how to use technology and tools to solve problems faced by our users and customers. 
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies relevant to add to our stack. 




You’ll use your strong communication and engaged listening skills to: 

• Understand the needs of our users and customers. 
• Align with the team on shared goals. 
• Operate as a technical point person or project lead and work with leaders from other functional areas and domains to coordinate and align on system architecture and solutions. 
• Set clear expectations, communicate status, and address conflicts or issues as they arise.
• Provide complete, actionable, and timely technical feedback to others. 
• Establish relationships throughout the organization. 
• Practice effective relationship management across teams and with upper management to align expectations and ensure project success. 
• Create relationships both within and across the organization.
• Take on mentorship roles which require strong relationships built on trust and respect.
• Frequently collaborate with executives, project managers, and other senior staff to shape project priorities and technical strategies. 
• Be effective at influencing, persuading, guiding and supporting teams through communication. 
• Be adept at articulating technical decisions with rationale while leading technical discussions and design meetings. 
• Be able to recognize and adapt discussion of complex technical topics to audience.

Compensation Information:

• Base Pay Range: $143,000 - $174,000/year
• Other Compensation: In addition to your salary, this position is also eligible for our annual bonus program, equity, and benefits. Salary ranges are a guideline and pay is based on a variety of factors including; qualifications, competencies, skill-set, and organizational needs. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your candidacy and other factors during the hiring process.
• Benefits: Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited paid time off (PTO), generous paid parental leave, a home office stipend, 401(k) program with company match, and a wellness and lifestyle program. Please refer to the company's benefits section on our career page or connect with your recruiter for full details. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Kyruus Health is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information. We will not discriminate, in any employment decision, against any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veterans/national guard/military reserve status. This shall be done in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in every location in which Kyruus Health has facilities.