Senior Software Engineer (San Francisco hybrid)

About us

Pomelo Care is a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians engineers and problem solvers who are passionate about improving care for moms and babies. We are transforming outcomes for pregnant people and babies with evidence-based pregnancy and newborn care at scale. Our technology-driven care platform enables us to engage patients early conduct individualized risk assessments for poor pregnancy outcomes and deliver coordinated personalized virtual care throughout pregnancy NICU stays and the first postpartum year. We measure ourselves by reductions in preterm births NICU admissions c-sections and maternal mortality; we improve outcomes and reduce healthcare spend.

Our engineering team is the engine behind our innovative virtual care platform building AI-powered solutions that fundamentally transform care delivery and create exceptional experiences for both patients and clinicians. If youre passionate about using technology to effect real tangible good in the world wed love to meet you.

We operate as a remote-first company but there are a handful of us in San Francisco who like to come to the office to collaborate.

What youll do

As a Senior Software Engineer you will take a leading role in designing building and scaling the technology that underpins Pomelos success. You will be a technical leader and a mentor to others. On any given day you may:

• Write clean elegant code to ship new features and keep our platform humming
• Lead the design and development of robust scalable systems that enable our clinical team to deliver personalized data-driven care
• Push the boundaries of our new AI-powered tools building agents that make clinicians drastically more efficient and effective
• Enhance our mobile experience ensuring parents and families feel connected and supported throughout their journey
• Mentor other engineers providing technical guidance and thoughtful code reviews and generally fostering a culture of engineering excellence
• Collaborate with product and clinical leadership to influence the technical roadmap and ensure we are tackling the most impactful problems

Who you are

Youre a seasoned product-minded engineer who is comfortable with ambiguity and proactively identifies opportunities that have a big impact on the business. You would rather talk to a customer than be handed a spec and you have a proven ability to translate user needs into high-quality technical particular you:

• Have 5 years of experience shipping high-quality scalable software systems
• Have a high level of proficiency in system and relational database design and one or more languages like Java C# Kotlin Python Go etc.
• Have experience developing applications with modern front-end frameworks like React or
• Are passionate about staying on the cutting-edge of agentic tooling to significantly accelerate delivery and amplify engineering impact
• Have a track record of delivering elegant and maintainable solutions to complex problems that matter

Well be super excited if you:

• Have prior experience in AI/ML natural language processing or building agent-based systems
• Have previously worked in a fast-paced product-oriented environment

Why you should join our team

By joining Pomelo you will help shape the future of a fast-moving well-funded and mission-driven startup that always puts the patient first. You will learn grow and be challenged -- and have fun with your team while doing strive to create an environment where employees from all backgrounds are respected. We also offer:

• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Generous equity compensation
• Unlimited vacation
• Membership in the First Round Network (a curated and confidential community with events guides thousands of Q&A questions and opportunities for 1-1 mentorship)

At Pomelo we are committed to hiring the best team to improve outcomes for all mothers and babies regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of problems we face and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds including but not limited to race age sexual orientation gender identity and expression national origin religion disability and veteran status.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our companys size and industry and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity benefits and other opportunities at Pomelo accordance with New York City Colorado California and other applicable laws Pomelo Care is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors including qualifications for the role experience level skillset geography and balancing internal equity. Given that this role is open to candidates of different skill levels determining a salary range is challenging. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $190000 to $220000. We expect most candidates to fall in the middle of the range.

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