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Lead Software Engineer

Unite Us · United States · On-site

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About Unite Us

Our whole person care platform & network empowers healthcare providers, government agencies, social services, and community organizations to provide streamlined care. Backed by ICONIQ.

About the role

Unite Us is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for our Platform Services team, the core APIs and services that power the entire Unite Us product suite. This is a senior individual-contributor role, not a people-management role: the Lead Engineer sets technical direction, raises the bar on engineering quality, and multiplies the team's effectiveness through mentorship, architecture, and hands-on delivery, rather than through direct reports.

What they're looking for

  • This position is remote, U.S. based
  • This position may require 5% travel
  • All team members will be required to pass a background check which includes criminal, employment, and education verification
More about this role

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Unite Us is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for our Platform Services team, the core APIs and services that power the entire Unite Us product suite. This is a senior individual-contributor role, not a people-management role: the Lead Engineer sets technical direction, raises the bar on engineering quality, and multiplies the team's effectiveness through mentorship, architecture, and hands-on delivery, rather than through direct reports. The Lead Engineer acts as the primary technical counterpart to the Senior Engineering Manager, translating team goals and long-term architectural context into concrete technical plans, and representing Platform Services' technical perspective in conversations with other engineering teams and stakeholders. This role requires deep experience with large-scale, object-oriented backend systems, APIs, and interoperability standards, along with the judgment to make and defend significant design and architecture decisions. A background in the healthcare or social care problem space is useful but not required.

  • Own and evolve the technical architecture of Platform Services' core APIs...

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