Software Engineer

CoverMyMeds is seeking a Software Engineer to support backend-heavy development for systems that automate prior authorization workflows and EHR integrations. This role focuses on building scalable reliable services that process highvolume asynchronous transactions critical to medication access.

Youll work closely with product and engineering partners to design build and maintain APIs and background processing systems with opportunities to contribute across the stack as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design build test and maintain backend services and APIs primarily using Ruby (Ruby on Rails).

• Develop and support background processing and asynchronous workflows supporting highthroughput systems.

• Collaborate with product managers designers and engineers to translate business needs into technical solutions.

• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions to improve system quality and scalability.

• Troubleshoot production issues identify root causes and implement well-tested fixes.

• Write clean maintainable well-documented code and contribute to technical documentation and runbooks.

• Apply software development best practices including version control CI/CD and automated testing.

Priority will be given to candidates who reside in the Columbus OHmetropolitanarea. This role will allow for remote work.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role presently or in the future.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4 years of relevant experience.

Critical Skills & Qualifications

These are required to be successful in the role:

• 4 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Strong backend development experience inRubyor another modern backend language (Java Python or C#) with the ability to ramp quickly in Ruby.

• Hands-on experience building and maintainingAPIs.

• Experience withasynchronous/background job processingsystems.

• Solid experience withrelational databases(e.g. PostgreSQL MSSQL).

• Familiarity with engineering best practices (Git CI/CD automated testing code reviews).

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently within a collaborative team environment.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills

These will help candidates stand out but are not required:

• Ruby on Rails experience.

• Experience withSidekiqor similar background job frameworks.

• Exposure toevent-driven architecturesor messaging platforms (e.g. Kafka).

• Familiarity withhealthcare integration standardssuch as FHIR SCRIPT or EHR data sources.

• Experience working on highly regulated or high-availability systems.

• Frontend experience (e.g. React) though the role is primarily backend-focused.

• Background as a well-rounded or full-stack engineer.