Key skills
TypeScriptReactNode.jsFunctional ProgrammingObject-Oriented ProgrammingAI-assisted Development ToolsDistributed Systems DesignScalable SystemsSecure SystemsPostgreSQLNon-relational DatabasesMicroservicesEvent-Driven SystemsLarge Language ModelsAILLMClaudeAgenticGitHubMentoring
About this role
Rula is a remote-first company dedicated to improving mental healthcare. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Patient Matching team, focusing on building systems that help patients find the right healthcare provider.
Responsibilities:
- Join Rula’s Patient Matching team to drive meaningful impact across the patient funnel
- Build and evolve the systems behind provider search, ranking, availability, eligibility, and booking experiences
- Bring order to ambiguity, design durable systems, and deliver software that directly impacts how patients experience care
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of building and scaling web applications in a production environment
- Deep expertise in modern full-stack technologies—ideally TypeScript, React, and Node.js—along with a strong grasp of functional and object-oriented programming
- Proficiency in leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery velocity, automate boilerplate, and enhance code quality
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement complex, distributed systems that are scalable, maintainable, and secure
- Proven experience leading high-priority technical projects from conception to delivery, including the ability to navigate trade-offs and align stakeholders
- A passion for fostering a high-performing engineering culture through code reviews, technical documentation, and mentoring junior engineers
- Hands-on experience developing or integrating LLM-based features or agentic workflows into production applications
- Advanced knowledge of database design and performance tuning for both relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational data stores
- Previous experience thriving in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where you've helped scale an engineering organization
- Experience transitioning from monolithic architectures to microservices or event-driven systems