Job Title: Staff Software Engineer

Reports to: Director, Software Engineering

FLSA Status: Exempt

About Our Organization: RIS Rx (pronounced “RISE”) is a healthcare technology organization with a strong imprint in the patient access and affordability space. RIS Rx has quickly become an industry leader in delivering impactful solutions to stakeholders across the healthcare continuum. RIS Rx is proud to offer an immersive service portfolio to help address common access barriers. We don’t believe in a “one size fits all” approach to our service offerings. Our philosophy is to bring forward innovation, value and service to everything that we do. This approach has allowed us to have the opportunity to serve countless patients to help produce better treatment outcomes and an overall improved quality of life. Here at RIS Rx, we invite our partners and colleagues to “Rise Up” with us to bring accessible healthcare and solutions for all.

Job Summary: RIS Rx is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical leader across the platforms that identify and mitigate gross-to-net (GTN) revenue leakage for pharmaceutical manufacturers. You will own ambiguous, cross-cutting systems that span multiple teams, set technical direction for an area, and raise the engineering bar through design, code, and mentorship during a period of rapid growth.

Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the architecture of systems that span multiple teams, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Decompose ambiguous, cross-cutting problems into clear plans.
• Drive key technical initiatives such as observability, performance, and modernization of the codebase.
• Set coding standards, design conventions, and best practices that others follow.
• Write and review high-quality production code, leading by example on craft and testing.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for high-impact production issues and guide root-cause analysis.
• Plan and sequence complex, multi-component work, managing trade-offs and driving delivery through roadblocks.
• Mentor engineers across the area and explain complex trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills:

• 8+ years of professional software development, including a track record of leading technical projects beyond a single team.
• Expert-level proficiency in Go and TypeScript, or equivalent.
• Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems and APIs for high-volume production.
• Deep experience with AWS (Lambda, S3, Terraform).
• Advanced PostgreSQL with query optimization, schema design, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies such as React and Next.js.
• Strong grasp of CI/CD, test automation, infrastructure-as-code, and observability.
• Experience with healthcare data or pharmaceutical-manufacturer integrations preferred

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

What we offer:

• Free gym membership
• Modern office
• Annual merit-based salary increases
• 401(k) with annual company match
• Medical - RIS Rx covers 100% of the employee’s base HMO medical plan
• Voluntary Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Paid Holidays
• Time off that grows with you:
• 3 weeks PTO 0-2 years
• 4 weeks PTO after 3+ years
• 5 weeks PTO after 5+ years
• Recognition programs that celebrate impact and results
• Mentorship and coaching opportunities
• Clear growth paths and career development support
• Fully stocked snack kitchen
• Company-paid lunches