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Lead Software Engineer

MediCircle · New York, NY · Remote

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About MediCircle

Donate your unused medication and help a patient. Backed by Techstars.

About the role

You will work directly with MediCircle’s Head of Technology to architect, build, and scale the technical foundation powering our national medication redistribution platform.

What they're looking for

  • Software Engineering Experience: You have 3-6+ years of software engineering experience, including experience building and operating complex production platforms
  • Builder DNA: You have built and scaled real systems from scratch — APIs, data models, backend services, and production infrastructure
  • Architecture & Backend Expertise: Strong experience designing backend systems and scalable architectures
  • AI Fluency: Actively stay on top of emerging AI technologies and how they can improve engineering productivity or product capabilities
  • Full Stack Ownership: Proficient across the stack, ideally including: Python (Django preferred), TypeScript / React, and REST APIs
  • Product-Minded Engineer: You think beyond code and deeply care about how software impacts real users. You design systems with usability, reliability, and operational realities in mind
More about this role

MediCircle is building the national infrastructure to make prescription drugs affordable. Today, billions of dollars of perfectly usable medications go unused, while patients are forced to skip or abandon life-saving treatments due to cost. We exist to change that.

MediCircle reclaims unused medications, recertifies their quality using our patented process, and redistributes them through our licensed pharmacy. In doing so, we provide patients with medications at zero out-of-pocket cost, while generating savings for our payer, plan sponsor, and value-based care clients.

We are a VC-backed, early-stage healthcare technology company with a proven model and accelerating growth:

$65M+ in medications reclaimed to date

Active partnerships with market-leading customers, including national VBCs, PBMs, and regional health systems

Rapidly expanding demand across enterprise and government channels

If our mission resonates with you, you are interested in joining a high-growth healthcare company, and you are energized by directly impacting the lives of millions of patients who can no longer access or afford their medications, we would love to hear from you.

You will work directly with...

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