Staff Software Engineer - Patient Onboarding

The role

You will be a hands-on technical leader for the Patient Onboarding team. You will write code, lead complex initiatives across product areas, and improve engineering foundations using modern AI-enabled development practices.

What you will do

• Write code
• Lead complex initiatives across product areas
• Improve the foundations the team builds on
• Help other engineers move faster through strong technical direction and modern AI-enabled development practices
• Work closely with Product, Design, and Analytics

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience operating at Staff-level scope or leading complex initiatives across multiple teams or systems
• Strong full-stack engineering experience building and maintaining production web applications, with depth in modern frontend frameworks, backend APIs, data modeling, and distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience leading technically complex projects from problem definition through design, implementation, launch, and production support
• Experience working on high-impact user journeys such as onboarding, checkout, registration, eligibility, payments, marketplaces, or other conversion-critical workflows
• Demonstrated experience influencing technical direction across functions or teams, including communicating tradeoffs and driving alignment with Product, Design, Data, or other engineering teams
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted software development tools (such as Claude Code) as part of regular engineering workflows

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-powered engineering workflows, tooling, or automation that was adopted by others and measurably improved development speed or quality
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, fintech, or another regulated domain where reliability, privacy, and complex business rules materially influence system design
• Experience using product, operational, or funnel data to identify technical opportunities and evaluate whether engineering investments produced the intended outcome
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering leverage across a small team through tooling, documentation, shared architecture, or reducing concentrated system knowledge

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment
• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
• 401(k) plan access
• Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for most employees
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Quarterly department stipend
• Community and employee resource groups
• Home office stipend: New hire home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend for internet or cell phone expenses
• Wellness at Rula program: Year-round wellness initiatives and a $50/month wellness stipend

Before you apply

• Must be based in United States
• Currently not hiring in Hawaii

About the company

Rula is a remote-first company dedicated to treating the whole person and making mental health an integral part of overall well-being. They aim to provide quality, evidence-based, and compassionate care.