Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack

About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling user-facing web applications that power Modern Health’s core product experiences. This role requires strong backend engineering expertise complemented by solid frontend skills, with a focus on usability, quality, and overall software craftsmanship. You will partner closely with product, design, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into thoughtful, high-quality solutions that deliver meaningful value to our users.

Location: Remote work, within the USA. This role is not eligible to be performed remote from Hawaii.

What You’ll Do

• Partner closely with product managers and designers to define and build features that address real user needs and drive meaningful outcomes
• Design, build, and iterate on end-to-end product features, seamlessly connecting backend systems with frontend experiences
• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) that power user-facing applications, as well as service-to-service interactions (both synchronous and asynchronous) across the system
• Build and refine frontend components using modern frameworks (e.g. React), with a focus on usability, performance, and overall user experience
• Model and manage application data using relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), ensuring clean, well-structured data design
• Contribute to technical design discussions, shaping pragmatic solutions aligned with product goals
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure successful feature delivery, rollout, and continuous iteration
• Mentor engineers and help foster a strong product mindset and user-centric approach across the team

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications
• Strong experience building backend services and APIs, including REST and/or GraphQL
• Strong experience with frontend development in React (or similar modern framework), including component design, state management, and performance optimization
• Experience designing systems with service-to-service communication, including both synchronous and asynchronous patterns
• Solid experience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, including schema design and data modeling
• Demonstrated ability to build end-to-end product features from technical design through implementation, rollout, and iteration
• Experience partnering closely with product managers and designers in a product development environment
• Strong skills in technical design, system thinking, and pragmatic problem-solving
• Track record of writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code in a collaborative engineering team
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to strong engineering standards and team culture
• Clear focus on user experience, product quality, and customer impact.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must be able to maintain work authorization for the duration of employment without employer sponsorship or employer-provided training plans or attestations (including, for example, the Form I-983 required for STEM OPT).

Who You Are:

• A product-minded engineer who cares deeply about solving real user problems and delivering meaningful outcomes.
• Thrives in a startup environment - scrappy, adaptable, and willing to take ownership across the stack to drive things forward
• Experienced in full-stack web development, with the ability and willingness to work across the stack as needed
• Experience owning projects end-to-end, from technical design through implementation, launch, and operational support
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing structure to evolving product ideas, with a bias toward simplicity and pragmatic solutions
• Ability to balance speed and quality, making thoughtful tradeoffs appropriate for the stage of the company and product
• Collaborative and low-ego, with a strong track record of partnering effectively with product, design, and cross-functional teams
• Curious and growth-oriented - open to feedback and motivated to continuously improve both yourself and those around you
• Comfortable leveraging modern AI-assisted development tools and curious about how AI can improve both developer productivity and product experiences

Benefits

Fundamentals:

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life Insurance
• High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HSA) option
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Access to coaches and therapists through Modern Health's platform
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-wide Collective Pause Days

Family Support:

• Parental Leave Policy
• Family Forming Benefit through Carrot
• Family Assistance Benefit through UrbanSitter

Professional Development:

• Professional Development Stipend

Financial Wellness:

• 401k
• Financial Planning Benefit through Origin

But wait there’s more…!

• Annual Wellness Stipend to use on items that promote your overall well being
• New Hire Stipend to help cover work-from-home setup costs
• ModSquad Community: Virtual events like active ERGs, holiday themed activities, team-building events and more
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement