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Staff Software Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years as a Tech Lead, Architect, or Staff Engineer
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and scaling API-led platforms
  • Experience building LLM-enabled applications

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap for FuzeRx’s platforms
  • Lead by example by writing clean, optimized, and maintainable code
  • Own the reliability and performance of core platforms, diagnosing and resolving issues
  • Act as a technical consultant and mentor to engineers across multiple squads

About the company

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Alto Pharmacy

Specialty Pharmacy

Alto is America’s leading digital pharmacy, transforming a $500 billion industry. Founded in 2015, Alto’s better pharmacy model is centered on the critical role of pharmacists as the final link in a person’s health journey. Alto combines expert pharmacist care with purpose-built technology to deliver a more convenient and affordable experience for those who need medication. To date, Alto has fulfilled more than three million prescriptions, expanded to twelve markets, and built a mobile app experience that makes it easier than ever to manage medications and chat with a pharmacist. As Alto continues its rapid growth, it remains customer obsessed, with an industry-leading NPS score of 86.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustrySpecialty Pharmacy
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

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 LetsGetChecked, 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. 



Job Description
 

We are actively recruiting for a Staff Software Engineer.  As a Staff Software Engineer at FuzeRx, 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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Technical Leadership & Architecture: Define the long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap for FuzeRx’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.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 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 observability tools (e.g. LangGraph, Mastra, Temporal, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, Braintrust, Langfuse)

  • Relational DB Mastery: Strong relational database skills including query optimization and data modeling

  • Infrastructure Proficiency: Knowledge of cloud native infrastructure tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm

  • Communication & Influence: Exceptional ability to articulate complex architectural trade-offs to both highly technical engineers and non-technical stakeholders (e.g., clinical, product, and operational leaders).

  • Cross-functional Expertise: Demonstrated success collaborating with partners across the business (e.g. Product Management, Design)

  • Shift / Site Specific Requirements: Standard business hours; available for critical tier-3 escalation architecture support if needed. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Programming Languages: Significant history of product development with Ruby, Python, and/or TypeScript/JavaScript. 

  • Industry & Domain Experience: Prior engineering experience within Pharmacy Tech, Digital Health, or highly regulated FinTech/HealthTech environments.

  • Measurable Impact: History of successfully leading major architecture modernization projects (e.g., monolith-to-services migrations, database overhauls).

Physical requirements for this role include the ability to work at a computer terminal with monitor, keyboard and mouse for extended periods of time, stoop, bend, and reach for equipment and supplies, make frequent repetitive motions required to operate a computer that include the wrists, hands and fingers, and lift, carry, push, pull, and move light objects up to 20 pounds. The role also requires the ability to effectively communicate through verbal interactions, discern auditory information, and visually perceive details to perform essential job functions.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar applicable state laws, it is Fuze Health’s policy to provide reasonable accommodation to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship.

Salary Range: $178,400 to $223,000

Location Requirement: 

  • FuzeRx (Truepill / Fuze Care Services) is limited to individuals residing in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (WA), Wisconsin

Employment Authorization Requirement: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Alto Pharmacy, Fuze Health, LetsGetChecked, and Fuze Care Services can not take over, transfer, or sponsor any visa type at this time.

Benefits - Fuze Health 

Full-time employee benefits include: dental, vision, and multiple group medical plans to choose from, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, group life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA), commuter benefits, employer-paid short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance, and additional supplemental insurance plans (spouse life insurance, legal insurance, an employee assistance program, home health testing kits, and a fertility medication discount program). Employees are also provided flexible vacation time, accrued paid sick time, 10 paid holidays, (2 floating holidays for full time non-exempt employees) , and eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, additional paid weeks for the birthing parent, 4 weeks paid caregiver leave, and a Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month.

More Benefits Information Here: Fuze Health Benefits Site 

The application deadline is August 30, 2026.  This application deadline may be extended based on business needs.

#LI-Remote 

At Fuze Health, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity in all its forms. We believe that the diversity of thought, background, and experience strengthens our teams and drives innovation. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, color, place of birth, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military service status, or disability status. Our goal is to ensure that everyone feels valued and empowered to thrive.

Fuze Corporate Inc. and its subsidiaries respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. Please read our Candidate Privacy Notice which explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information about job applicants during the recruitment and hiring process.

 

Security Notice: Individuals are impersonating Fuze Health recruiters and executives. Verify all communications originate from @fuzehealth.com.



Additional Information
 

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Fuze Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation during any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at talent@fuzehealth.com


Fuze Health considers qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment and conducts background checks consistent with applicable law, including the California, Los Angeles County, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City Fair Chance laws. We are an E-Verify participating company.


Use of Automated Decision Tools

Fuze Health recruiters and hiring managers may use automated decision tools to help identify candidates who match the stated job requirements, and to what extent. These tools are designed to help ensure fairness in all aspects of the hiring process by providing recruiters and hiring managers with data-backed insights based on information provided in your resume, including work experience, education, and other skills. Fuze Health does not use automated decision tools to make hiring decisions; hiring decisions always involve human review and input. If you have any questions or would like to request an alternative process, please contact us at talent@fuzehealth.com. 


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