Apostrophe is building the health plan that can fix America.

The largest, most innovative self-insured employers have figured out how to cut 40% from their healthcare costs. Our Intelligent Health Benefits Platform makes their best practices plug-and-play for the other 80% of US employers who self-insure their health benefits. In an industry defined by complexity, opacity and indifference — Apostrophe is delivering simplicity, transparency and love.

Imagine if you could use your skills to help people make better healthcare decisions. Apostrophe is seeking a Full Stack Developer.

• As a member of our Engineering team you will work closely with technical leadership, product management and other members of the engineering team to translate technical requirements and specifications into actionable UI solutions.
• You will develop and maintain code along our entire stack with an ability to focus in on areas that interest you:
  • Angular applications that drive our SaaS products, you will work extensively with TypeScript and JavaScript.
  • Backend NodeJS APIs that interact with our data layer, drive workflow and facilitate integration to our many vendors. Work with Lambda, S3, and Elastic on most given days.
  • SQL and NoSQL data repositories and S3 document repositories are the norm — healthcare data is complex and there’s a lot of it.
• You will write automated tests and validate that key flows in the applications are covered by appropriate testing. Quality is key.
• You will be exposed to a large number of AWS services and you will work with and build solutions that are architected around cloud services from the beginning.
• You will work with the Serverless application framework to develop cloud-based services and endpoints.
• You will fix bugs, add features and continue to iterate and improve on our applications and user experience.

Your superpower is solving real-world challenges.

• You possess strong analytical skills, and have the ability to troubleshoot and debug software problems quickly and accurately.
• You have a passion for writing great software and working with others that share that passion.
• You enjoy performing a variety of different kinds of tasks and learning and applying new skills.
• You write great code and have strong skills in your preferred languages.  You have exposure and experience to the languages we use.  What you don’t know, you learn quickly.
• You enjoy working in the Node.js ecosystem and you have experience working with a variety of tools and libraries in that environment.
• You are very knowledgeable in software design patterns.
• You are comfortable working with source control systems and have experience with Git.

Who You Are

While you don’t need a fancy degree to work here, you do need to embrace learning and continuous improvement, have a strong technical skill set, and favor simple solutions over complex ones. You will be working with our applications and data on a daily basis. You are versatile, compelled to be great, self-directed and live by the following perspectives:

• Attention to Detail: Healthcare has many complexities. You are vigilant in your efforts to ensure you do things correctly.
• Analytical Skills: You can break down complex problems into manageable pieces. You can apply your skills to identify and explain ways that we can improve our products.
• Communication Skills: You communicate well with both technical and non-technical team members. You understand how to translate complex findings, in a clear and concise manner.
• Critical Thinking: You understand the importance of looking for the complete picture to build a conclusion that is based on the data. You consider multiple possible solutions and evaluate each based on merit.
• Follow Through: You pay attention to the stages of a project, effectively manage your work using standard tools, and communicate early and often with members of the team
• Strong Work Ethic: You stay focused in your effort to make a difference. We want to hire people that want to make a difference.

What You’ll Get

• We collaborate often, and understand the tradeoffs required to build iteratively, modularly and at scale.
• We talk practically about why coding with standard methodologies is critical to long term success.
• We have a strong focus toward continuous delivery, test driven development, and continuous improvement. You are comfortable working in true agile style.
• We think and work creatively — we love new ideas!
• Bring meaningful, systemic change to an industry that is incredibly broken.
• You are interested in learning what is involved in going from concept to scale including product vision, data, algorithm design, and, of course, building an awesome platform.
• Opportunity to work with one of the most amazing tech start-ups in the industry, located in Colorful Colorado.
• Work with an amazing team that’s going places and leading an industry.
• Flexible work schedule, cool office space, fun team events, and smart, collaborative peers.

Who We Are

Apostrophe Intelligent Health Benefits replace your current administrator and legacy provider network to deliver better benefits for less money to self-insured employers. Apostrophe is driven by simplicity, transparency and love to provide market-leading member care and put employers back in control of cost and experience.

We are a Techstars Boulder 2017 company and certified B Corporation. Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas, Royal Street Capital and Ulu Ventures are helping us build a fast-growing, sustainable business based around our core values.

Apostrophe is a Denver tech company but many of our clients are in the midwest and the southeast, in both mid-sized cities and rural areas, and representing traditional industries and public sector. We will spend extra effort to seek out people familiar with these areas and backgrounds.

Our home base is located in the RiNo area of Denver. There is ample free parking and we are just a couple blocks from the new 38th and Blake Light Rail stop.

Apostrophe does not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing a versatile and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.