Job Details

We are seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to join our growing team. This role is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Senior Platform Software Engineer, you will have relevant experience with both front-end and back-end coding languages, software development architecture and design patterns, development frameworks and third?party libraries. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in DevOps and automation coupled with excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and translate business requirements into scalable and efficient solutions. Success in this role requires tight collaboration with product and design teams and intimate knowledge of the business processes. This individual must be creative, collaborative, organized, and adaptable.

At First Dollar, we believe in empowering engineers to build a smarter health benefits platform one where human expertise is amplified, not replaced, by AI tools. We seek engineers who have demonstrated experience using AI responsibly to accelerate their development workflow, improve code quality, and solve complex problems more efficiently.

Our engineering team is built on the principle of humans over code. We are a tight?knit group of lifelong learners in a constant quest to be a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Come join us!

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, Web apps) in accordance with established standards.
• Work closely with design and product teams to ship delightful, engaging products using React, TypeScript, NodeJS, and GraphQL and related technologies.
• Mentor and coach team members through code reviews, thorough documentation, and technical guidance.
• Contribute to and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Foster an environment where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are embraced and valued.
• Participate in peer?reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Collaborate with other software developers, product managers and software architects to plan, design, and build software.
• Ensure that non?functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when designing and delivering solutions.
• Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation.
• Leverage AI as a tool, not a replacement Candidates are expected to understand that AI is a power productivity multiplier while maintaining engineering judgment, and ensuring AI generated code meets quality standards.
• Full code ownership mandatory Must understand, explain, and support all AI?assisted code as if written from scratch.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues and bugs in applications.
• Create design diagrams and technical documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.