Sr. Software Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re hiring Senior Software Engineers to work on Rightway’s products across web, mobile, and backend systems. Our backend platform spans multiple technologies, with newer services built using React, Node, NestJS, and Type Script, alongside existing services implemented in Ruby on Rails. Senior engineers at Rightway are expected to bring strong technical ownership, contribute to system design, and help teams deliver reliable, high quality software.

We’re an AI-native engineering team that uses AI tooling daily in our development workflow and expects our senior engineers to lead adoption, establish best practices, and help the team get better at working with these tools.

• Lead the architecture and delivery across the Rails backend and React frontend
• Build the integrations that connect our service to our Node.js/NestJS PBM platform
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through pairing and code review discussions
• Set testing and code-quality standards for your area, and raise risks early
• Collaborate closely with product and design partners to deliver thoughtful solutions
• Participate in architectural discussions and help guide technical decisions
• Write clean, maintainable, and well tested code
• Review code and provide technical guidance to teammates
• Help improve reliability, performance, and developer experience

• 5+ years of professional experience building production software
• Strong experience with JavaScript or Type Script and React
• Solid backend experience with Ruby on Rails, Node, or similar frameworks
• Experience working with APIs using GraphQL or REST
• Interest in working across multiple backend technologies
• Comfortable owning complex systems and improving them over time
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and product minded

• Experience with Ruby and Rails
• Experience building backend services with Node, NestJS, and Type Script
• Experience with Protobuf and or gRPC
• Familiarity with healthcare systems or regulated environments
• Experience handling sensitive data and privacy considerations
• Startup or fast paced product experience
• Experience leading AI-assisted development workflows and establishing team standards around AI tooling

$160,000 - $195,000 annually, in addition to bonus and equity. Compensation offered will be determined by geographic location, experience, and qualifications.

In response to ongoing and industry-wide fraudulent recruitment activities (i.e., job scams), Rightway wants to inform potential candidates that we will only contact them from the  email domain. We will never ask for bank details or deposits of any kind as a condition of employment.

Rightway is on a mission to harmonize healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Our products guide patients to the best care and medications by inserting clinicians and pharmacists into a patient’s care journey through a modern, mobile app. Rightway is a front door to healthcare, giving patients the tools they need along with on-demand access to Rightway health guides, human experts that answer their questions and manage the frustrating parts of healthcare for them.

Since its founding in 2017, Rightway has raised over $200mm from investors including Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Tiger Global. We’re headquartered in New York City, with satellite offices in Denver and Dallas. Our clients rely on us to transform the healthcare experience, improve outcomes for their teams, and decrease their healthcare costs.

We’re seeking those with passion for healthcare and relentless devotion to our goal. We need team members that embody our core values:

• 1) We are human, first. Our humanity binds us together. We bring the same empathetic approach to every individual we engage with, whether it be our members, our clients, or each other. We are all worthy of respect and understanding and we engage in our interactions with care and intention. We honor our stories. We listen to—and hear—each other, we celebrate our differences and similarities, we are present for each other, and we strive for mutual understanding.
• 2) We redefine what is possible. We…