Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the nation’s most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we’re redefining what’s possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc.

5000 List for 2025.

Our strength is built on four core values:
People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare  invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.

If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.

This role delivers high-impact full stack engineering across critical platforms powering Empower’s hyper-growth in a highly regulated 503A/503B pharmacy environment. The Staff Sofware Engineer owns end-to-end feature development, system reliability, and performance optimization, leveraging AI to accelerate development speed, enhance code quality, and improve decision-making. This position operates across frontend, backend, and data layers, ensuring scalable, compliant, and secure solutions.

Software Development

• Feature Delivery: Design, build, and deploy full stack features across frontend and backend systems,leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging while ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with regulatory and business requirements.
• Code Quality: Write clean, testable, and efficient code using modern frameworks and AI-driven code review tools,maintaining high standards for performance, security, and reliability within a regulated and fast-scaling environment.
• System Integration: Develop andmaintainAPIs, services, and integrations across internal and external systems, ensuring seamless data flow, high availability, and compliance with security and regulatory standards.

System Performance

• Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application layers using monitoring tools and AI-driven insights, ensuring systems meet speed, scalability, and reliability expectations under increasing operational demand.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot production issues rapidly, applying structured debugging approaches and AI-assisted diagnostics to minimize downtime andmaintaincontinuity in critical business operations.
• Reliability Engineering: Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions to proactively detect issues, improve system stability, and support consistentuptimein a high-availability environment.

Collaboration Execution

• Cross
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignmentonpriorities, timelines, and regulatory constraints whilemaintaininghigh development velocity.
• Agile Delivery: Participate in agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, while continuously improving team efficiency and delivery outcomes using data and AI insights.
• Documentation Practices: Maintain clear andaccuratetechnical documentation, ensuring knowledge sharing, system transparency, and…