Staff Software Engineer, Marketplace Insurance

Your Impact on our Mission

Zocdoc's greatest asset is its people. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Marketplace Insurance team, you'll help answer two of the most important questions patients face when seeking healthcare: Which providers can I see in-network? and How much will it cost?

We empower patients to make informed healthcare decisions with confidence while driving a significant, high-visibility impact on Zocdoc's business. You'll tackle complex technical challenges, simplifying an intricate domain that involves vast datasets. Spanning thousands of insurers and millions of patients, into seamless, user-friendly experiences.

As a Staff Engineer on the team, you'll provide technical leadership, guide design decisions, and mentor engineers to drive best practices across the organization. All while maintaining a strong focus on user experience and shipping features that delight the user.

You'll enjoy this role if you are…

Inspired by the opportunity to positively impact the healthcare experience for millions of patients

Passionate about building highly scalable platforms and excited about developing new and innovative products

Undaunted by the complexity of how the health insurance system works, and are motivated to simplify it for patients

Product-driven with a relentless focus on user needs; you’re excited to partner closely with cross-functional teams, leading projects beginning from the early ideation phase

A fervent champion of engineering fundamentals and enjoy driving adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability across organizations and teams

A leader who mentors and grows teams, cultivates innovation, and drives cross-collaboration across multiple teams

An entrepreneur with strong ownership who can thrive in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment

Your day to day is…

Ownership of Zocdoc's expansion of Insurance features and cost transparency, including roadmapping, prototyping, and leading 0 - 1 projects that span across the technology stack

Acting as a stakeholder in deciding what we build, and partnering with other business and product stakeholders to chart the course

Analyzing and decomposing complex product challenges to drive sound design decisions

Working hands-on with your team and shipping production code using C#, React, and AWS to millions of users autonomously

Collaborating with our agile team of dedicated and brilliant engineers, product managers, designers and data scientists

Mentoring fellow engineers, supercharging team throughput through robust coding standards, automated workflows, and a culture that embraces continuous improvement

Continuously improving our ability to deliver quality solutions through evolving engineering process and technical capabilities

Working with cutting edge GenAI tools and technology to have a multiplier effect on the team

You'll be successful in this role if you have…

7+ years of significant expertise in building and scaling high-performance, distributed backend systems

Successfully shipped code for a complex, user-facing product, with experience working across multiple areas of the technology stack

Possess a strong product-owner mindset with a relentless focus on user needs and a demonstrated history of delivering features that drive significant business impact

Demonstrated history of solid and well-rounded system design skills. Designing systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation

Improved developer productivity, efficiency, and velocity by setting up the best practices for coding, testing, deployment, and observability

Successfully mentored other engineers in the past and have encouraged your peers to use engineering best practices

Been an effective communicator capable of delving into technical details, leading technical discussions, and presenting solutions to diverse cross-functional audiences

Experience evaluating and working with third-party vendors and data providers

Benefits:

Flexible, hybrid work environment at our convenient Soho location

Unlimited Vacation

100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)

Commuter Benefits

401(k) with employer funded match

Corporate wellness program with Wellhub

Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)

Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement

Cell phone reimbursement

Catered lunch everyday along with beverages and snacks

Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging

Great Place to Work Certified

Zocdoc is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Salary ranges are determined through alignment with market data. Base salary offered is determined by a number of factors including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and skills. Certain positions are also eligible for variable pay and/or equity; your recruiter will discuss the full compensation package details.

NYC Base Salary Range

$180,000—$270,000 USD