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Senior Software Engineer

Well

Boston, MA
Full Time
Senior
165k-180k
8 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The mission of Well (https://www.well.co/) is to transform healthcare through our unique impact on our members' health and happiness. We do this through our differentiated consumer experience and world-class data and analytics engine that drive engagement and behavior change. Our product - a consumer health engagement platform - integrates concierge services, behavioral health, telemedicine, care management and wellness services to drive sustained engagement, lower costs and improve the health of members. We promote an employee- and member-centric culture with generous benefits, and are committed to building an inclusive team that embraces diversity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own substantial workstreams, including both new user-facing features and improvements on our existing services ecosystem
  • Work collaboratively with a team of software professionals, and prioritize high-level work
  • Represent your engineering team in organizational process discussions and projects
  • Collaborate with a team of mobile, backend and data science practitioners as well as product and delivery managers to create and deliver a seamless, tailored experience for our users
  • Contribute substantially to platform architectural decisions and enhance our team's ability to make correct decisions that stand the test of time
  • Help build and maintain internal administrative applications that support core functioning of our technology platform
  • Help us achieve operational excellence in the software development by participating in and leading code reviews, quality assurance, and production monitoring
  • Take personal responsibility for keeping all Well systems and data, including sensitive member data, secure and safe, according to Well data and security policies and HIPAA guidelines

Requirements

  • Minimum of 6 years of software development experience
  • Experience working with Node.js, React, Typescript, and a broad area of interest spanning other similar/promising programming languages
  • Proven grasp of engineering principles, common tools, patterns, algorithms/libraries, use cases, key trade-offs, and systems design
  • Strong coding capabilities and ability to resolve complex technical challenges
  • Willingness to learn new patterns, languages, technologies, and methodologies
  • Good understanding of microservices and monolith patterns with insight into choices and tradeoffs involved
  • Experience with modern cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Good understanding of the HTTP stack and REST APIs
  • Good understanding of databases and their tradeoffs
  • Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
  • Experience with backend for front end design, especially supporting Android and iOS mobile applications
  • Good understanding of security principles in software development, especially for consumer-facing applications

Nice to Have

  • Proficiency in Terraform development
  • Proficiency in database design in DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, or related systems
  • Experience in healthcare contexts is considered a plus but not a necessity
  • Knowledge or experience with backend for front end design supporting Android and iOS mobile applications

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 6 years of software development experience

Benefits & Perks

  • Generous benefits package
  • Opportunity to work on impactful healthcare solutions
  • Inclusive and diverse work environment

Working at Well

We promote an employee- and member-centric culture with a passionate and diverse team. We value ownership, self-motivation, teamwork, and continuous learning. Our environment encourages collaboration across technical and product teams to develop innovative healthcare solutions and improve the quality and affordability of healthcare.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 16, 2025
Salary165k-180k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeOnsite
ExperienceSenior

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About Well

Website

well.co

Company Size

101-250 employees

Location

Boston, MA

Industry

All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services

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