Software Engineer, Software Architect, Backend Developer

Job Summary

At Fuze Health, we put patients first and tirelessly address the most pressing needs in healthcare. We empower millions to digitally connect with care providers, essential health resources and needed treatments – and enable care providers, employers, health plans and life sciences companies to meaningfully enhance quality, outcomes and value. We are dedicated to helping our partners evolve and modernize to meet emerging patient and marketplace needs.

Fuze Health’s foundation is built upon the strategic combination of several proven, technology-powered innovators in the digital health, diagnostics, and pharmacy sectors. Our growing portfolio brings together the capabilities of industry leaders including Lets Get Checked , Truepill, and Alto Pharmacy, to create a distinctive, unified force in healthcare. Together, we have the shared vision, advanced capabilities and talented teams to deliver next‑generation solutions that patients and healthcare partners need today and into the future.

We are actively recruiting for a Staff Software Engineer. As a Staff Software Engineer at Fuze Rx, you are a principal technical leader within our technology organization, responsible for defining the architectural evolution, technical strategy, and engineering standards of our digital pharmacy platforms. Being on the Platform Team, your primary responsibility will be creating leverage through increasing developer productivity and system stability.

This is a highly technical individual contributor (IC) role. You will serve as a force multiplier across multiple agile squads, tackling our most complex distributed systems challenges and ensuring our API-driven pharmacy platform is secure, highly scalable, and resilient. By blending deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of healthcare systems, you will directly influence how millions of patients access vital medications.

• Technical Leadership & Architecture:
  Define the long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap for Fuze Rx’s B2B and consumer platforms. Drive decisions around microservices design, API design, database schemas, and data pipelines.
• Engineering Excellence & Code Quality:
  Lead by example by writing clean, highly optimized, and maintainable code for critical system components. Establish engineering standards, champion rigorous code reviews, and advocate for modern testing practices.
• System Scalability & Performance:
  Own the reliability and performance of our core platforms. Diagnose and resolve complex systemic issues, optimize heavy PostgreSQL workloads, and architect high-throughput infrastructure on AWS.
• Cross-Squad Force Multiplier:
  Act as a technical consultant and mentor to engineers across multiple squads. Break down ambiguous, massive technical problems into actionable execution phases that junior and senior engineers can successfully deliver.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with Product Managers, Pharmacy Operations, and Engineering Managers to evaluate technical feasibility, de‑risk complex roadmaps, and align technology choices with business objectives.
• Security & Compliance Safeguarding:
  Architect systems with privacy by design. Ensure our codebase, data‑at‑rest, and data‑in‑transit adhere strictly to healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, SOC2), safeguarding sensitive patient data.
• Innovation & R&D:
  Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns. Build prototypes and proofs‑of‑concept (POCs) to derisk new initiatives before they are rolled out to the wider engineering team.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Technical
  
  Experience:
  
  8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years acting as a Tech Lead, Architect, or Staff Engineer designing complex systems.
• System Design Background:
  Proven track record of designing, building, and scaling high-volume API‑led transactional or logistical platforms.
• AI Fluency:
  Experience building LLM‑enabled applications including the use of orchestration, evaluation, and…