Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff Level)

Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff Level) Join to apply for the Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff Level) role at Candid Health. About Candid Health At Candid Health, we're on a mission to revolutionize healthcare by solving one of its most complex and costly problems: the billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) process. The healthcare system has long been burdened by slow, inefficient workflows that waste valuable resources, leaving providers with less time and money to focus on patient care. With our cutting-edge revenue cycle automation platform, we are transforming this space through an intelligent, data-driven approach that simplifies billing, enhances claims processing, and eliminates administrative waste. What You'll Do Lead Architecture & Technical Execution: Functionally decompose highly complex, ambiguous infrastructure-related problems and address them with simple, actionable solutions. Organize high level objectives and input from cross-functional stakeholders into roadmaps that are properly resourced. Innovate: Identify new opportunities and emerging technologies that could enhance our infrastructure, product, and ROI, driving meaningful business impact and customer outcomes. Scale & Optimize Core Systems: Build robust, scalable, and reliable systems. Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to tackle challenging problems and optimize performance for large volumes of healthcare data. Mentor and Develop Engineering Talent: Support career development, share expertise, improve processes, and foster a culture of learning and excellence. Who You Are Bachelors or Masters of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or a related field. Technical qualifications: 10+ years of experience building software of significant scale and complexity Mastery of software development, systems design/architecture, and coding Expertise in scaling systems and knowing when to build vs. buy Experience with observability, logging, asynchronous event-driven workflows, and distributed systems Deep understanding of Postgres databases and scaling approaches (sharding/partitioning, query optimization, migration safety) Strong technical vision for enduring, scalable architectures Leadership qualifications: History of delivering major business outcomes end-to-end, influencing priorities, and guiding projects to completion Ability to make principled trade-offs on scope and prioritization Behavioral qualifications: Ability to manage ambiguity and deliver results in challenging contexts Customer-first mindset and commitment to learning and teaching others Clear and concise communication, both written and verbal Operational excellence mindset Experience with the technologies we use is a plus but not required: Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Metabase, Terraform, Python. Our Values We spend at least as much time with our coworkers as we do with our closest friends and family. If we intend to do the most important and challenging work of our lives, it’s important that these folks energize, support, inspire, and push us to do our best work. We put our customers first We take care of each other and ourselves We anchor on outcomes and work relentlessly and creatively to achieve them We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive workspace Humility is our greatest strength We are candid, kind, and committed We strive to be the most prepared person in the room We are truth seekers Pay Transparency The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $209,000 to $283,000 USD. The listed range is a guideline and the actual base salary may be modified based on factors including skills, experience, interview performance, and market data. Total compensation may include equity, and employee benefits. Details Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industry: Hospitals and Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17