Staff Software Engineer

The role

This Staff Software Engineer will set the technical standard for backend systems in healthcare AI, working across Engineering, Product, and the AI team. The role owns system design, production reliability, low-risk rollouts, and mentoring, and includes on-call duty.

What you will do

• Design and deliver backend systems, from architecture through to production.
• Build a culture of incident-free deployments with monitoring, logs, dashboards, and alerts.
• Create a framework for safe, low-touch rollouts using feature flags, integration tests, and automated validations.
• Standardize repeatable processes that can be handed to automation, including MCP agents running from internal runbooks.
• Set the technical bar for your team through code review, design reviews, and mentoring.
• Take part in scheduled and ad hoc on-call rotations for systems you ship and learn from incidents.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering, including designing, building, and operating production backend systems
• Strong Python with a focus on clean architecture
• Extensive experience with concurrency and event-driven architecture
• Extensive SQL and Postgres experience
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Data modeling and database design
• Cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) with infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (equivalent experience welcome)
• C# and Windows systems
• MCP and process automation
• Knowledge of data security and compliance standards such as HIPAA, or experience with sensitive patient data or electronic health records

Before you apply

• Colorado residents: email recruiting@overjet.ai for compensation and benefits information, with the job title in the subject line

About the company

Overjet is a dental AI company whose platform is used by thousands of dental providers and insurers. Its stated mission is to improve oral health for all.