Remote Lead Software Engineer for a Healthcare Company (Healthcare)

Location: Remote within the United States; New York City or Houston preferred. Remote team members travel to Houston quarterly and to New York for onboarding. Work schedule: US timezone with overlap during US business hours (EST/CT).

Company

hirify.global connects candidates with US and EU startups. The client is a seed-stage US healthcare technology company developing a system to redistribute unused medications to patients who cannot afford them.

What you will do

• Build the first donation management platform for health systems, replacing the current email-based process.
• Develop products for healthcare providers, health systems, and medication supply operations.
• Design, build, and ship full-stack features across React, Django, and PostgreSQL.
• Implement business logic for 50-state compliance rules, multi-state medication transfers, and expiration tracking across thousands of SKUs.
• Build integrations with health system, pharmacy, and logistics partners while meeting HIPAA and PHI data-handling requirements.
• Manage AWS infrastructure with CDK and Terraform, reduce accumulated technical debt, and establish a technical foundation for future engineers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years at seed-to-Series-A startups or in small, autonomous engineering teams.
• Experience taking at least one product or major feature from zero to production as an early engineer.
• Production full-stack experience across frontend, backend, and databases; Python/Django, React, and PostgreSQL are preferred, with equivalent modern stacks accepted.
• Hands-on individual-contributor coding experience within the last 2 years.
• Public GitHub profile, portfolio, open-source work, or side projects available for review.
• Must be based in the United States and currently authorized for W-2 employment.
• English proficiency at C1+ CEFR level.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, digital pharmacy, healthtech, logistics, or supply chain.
• Experience building HIPAA-compliant or other regulated platforms.
• AWS infrastructure experience with CDK or Terraform.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into a production product or workflow.
• Based in or open to relocating to New York City or Sugar Land, Texas.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on individual-contributor role with direct collaboration with the Head of Technology and CEO.
• Flat, eight-person team distributed across two continents.
• Quarterly travel to Houston and onboarding travel to New York are required for remote team members.
• Work focuses on improving patient access to specialized healthcare through operational and technical execution.

Hiring process

• Application, screening, skills assessment, topgrading interview, client interview, job offer, and client onboarding.