Senior/Lead Software Engineer

 Senior / Lead Software Engineer

COPE Health Solutions is seeking a Senior or Lead Software Engineer to join our mission-driven team building secure, high-performance web applications in the healthcare domain. Our core stack includes a mix of Java and .Net on the backend and React on the frontend, and we’re looking for someone who can bring technical expertise, leadership, and strong collaboration skills to a growing team. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who’s comfortable owning features end-to-end, mentoring others, and helping define best practices in a highly regulated and quality-focused environment.

FLSA Status

Exempt

Salary Range

$140,000- $160,000

Reports To

Engineering Manager / VP of Engineering

Direct Reports

None

Location

Remote (Candidates in the Pacific Time Zone preferred)

Travel

Occasional

Work Type

Regular

Schedule

Full Time

Position Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java (Spring Boot or similar frameworks).
• Collaborate with frontend developers working in React to build seamless, responsive, and accessible web applications.
• Drive architectural decisions and contribute to long-term technical strategy in coordination with product and infrastructure leads.
• Work closely with QA, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure software is secure, testable, performant, and compliant with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, HiTrust).
• Lead technical planning, code reviews, and mentoring sessions with junior and mid-level engineers.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and advocate for coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Own the full software development lifecycle — from design and implementation to deployment and monitoring.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing infrastructure in collaboration with DevOps.
• Assist in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, informatics, management information systems or STEM discipline strongly preferred

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot preferred) for backend development.
• Solid experience building and integrating RESTful APIs, backend services, and working with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server).
• Frontend experience with React.js or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices: Git, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, infrastructure-as-code, etc.
• Experience working in regulated environments, preferably healthcare (e.g., HIPAA, HiTrust, SOC 2).
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional distributed teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, and performance considerations in web-based applications.

Preferred:

• Experience with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (preferably Azure).
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, X12).
• Exposure to identity and access management (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SSO).
• Experience mentoring or line-managing other engineers.
• Hand on experience leveraging AI tools to improve efficiencies in the engineering process.
• Experience with .Net APIs a definite advantage.

Benefits:

As a firm passionate about health care, we’re deeply committed to the health and wellness of our own team members. We offer comprehensive, affordable insurance plans for our team and their families, and a host of other unique benefits, such as