The Staff Software Engineer will design and build user-facing features for clinical AI applications, ensuring quality and security while collaborating cross-functionally.
SmarterDx, a Smarter Technologies company, builds clinical AI that is transforming how hospitals translate care into payment. Founded by physicians in 2020, our platform connects clinical context with revenue intelligence, helping health systems recover millions in missed revenue, improve quality scores, and appeal every denial. Become a Smartian and help optimize the way the healthcare system works for everyone. Learn more at smarterdx.com/careers.
Role
We are looking for a product-oriented Staff Software Engineer to help us advance the use of our clinical AI. You’ll do this by building user-facing products that are shared across multiple products. These include login, user & permission management, billing & invoicing, metrics & reporting, and more. The ideal candidate for this role has a track record working with product managers and subject matter experts to distill complex requirements into incrementally valuable plans to build well-tailored, manageable software systems. This is a true full-stack role working 50% frontend and 50% backend.
**This role is fully remote within the US**
What You’ll Do
- Design, build and launch new multi-product features and improve the overall quality of SmarterDx’s apps
- Design, build and launch reusable frontend components that are fully featured, responsive, and accessible to improve the overall quality of SmarterDx’s apps
- Collaborate across disciplines to understand our users and iterate on new ideas
- Protect patients’ privacy and security through secure coding practices
- Research and advocate for improved techniques, processes, and designs within the team
- Support SmarterDx’s apps in production
What You Bring
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on user-facing solutions
- 3+ years in a security-conscious environment
- Expertise in TypeScript, React, and Python
- Experience working on software that aids in decision-making either through data visualization, data analytics, or configurable workflow and simulations
- Extensive experience working with product managers to shape and define requirements into small, incremental business-valuable deliverables
- Experience project managing a small team using a modern agile methodology
- Excellent communication and team collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Nice To Haves
- You're a former startup founder, or have been the first engineering hire at a startup
- Experience designing and building information-dense user interfaces
- Experience in the health tech domain, particularly in clinical software
- Experience working with Kubernetes
Our Stack
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Postgres, ElasticSearch, AWS, Kubernetes
Compensation
- $230K to $250K base salary
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Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision – Comprehensive plans with leading insurance providers, covering 75% of your premiums, depending on the plan.
- Paid Parental Leave – Generous paid leave to support families through birth or adoption: Up to 12 weeks for parents.
- Remote-First Team – Work from anywhere in the U.S.
- Unlimited PTO & 10 Holidays – So you can relax and recharge.
- 401(k) with Traditional & Roth Options – Tax-advantaged retirement savings through Fidelity with a 4% match.
- Minimal Bureaucracy – A fast-moving, high-impact environment where you can focus on what matters.
- Incredible Teammates! – Work alongside smart, supportive, and mission-driven colleagues.
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