Senior Software Engineer, Growth

About us

At Pomelo Care we are redefining the healthcare journey for women and children. As the leading virtual medical practice in our field we provide a continuous circle of supportfrom the first steps of family building and the complexities of pregnancy to the nuances of postpartum pediatric and midlife care. We arent just a clinic; we are a multidisciplinary engine of clinicians engineers and problem-solvers dedicated to closing the gaps in traditional care. By leveraging a high-touch technology-driven platform we identify risks early and deliver deeply personalized 24/7 virtual care. We are here to prove that better data and patient-centered care lead to better outcomes raising the standard of care for families nationwide.

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

We are a remote-first company with offices in New York and San Francisco. Our New York office has a strong in-person culture with regular collaboration and our San Francisco office is available for those who enjoy working together in person.

Why This Role Matters

We are just scratching the surface of how to use advancements in AI to attract new patients and keep them retained throughout their care journey. The Growth team steers how patients see Pomelo when they first hear about us and how we stay connected with them over time. There is real wide-open opportunity to try novel approaches using LLMs to craft messaging optimize likelihood of responses and automate call campaigns with voice AI. Youll work directly with our data team to find meaningful insights on patient engagement patterns and turn them into systems that work at scale.

What Youll Do

• Prototype and build features to improve our patient outreach and automated re-engagement platform
• Test and iterate on voice agents to streamline patient onboarding
• Improve our AI-generated messaging framework and expand into new communication modalities
• Own large product areas end-to-end with the opportunity to build net-new products from scratch
• Partner with data science to analyze engagement patterns and turn insights into product improvements

Problems Youll Dig Into

• How do we effectively and efficiently pitch our message to prospective patients
• How can we leverage new advancements in voice AI to reach patients at scale
• When patients stop engaging how do we best reach them across app SMS email and voice channels
• How do we use LLMs to personalize messaging and optimize response rates
• Why do certain patients stay engaged and others churn

Tech Stack

React Kotlin Python Dagster dbt SQL. Voice AI models and LLMs for messaging and outreach.

Who You Are

• You have a strong foundation in computer science typically from a bachelors or masters degree or equivalent professional experience
• You have experience building and shipping high-quality software ideally in growth engagement or outreach-oriented products
• Youre comfortable working across the full stack and moving between frontend backend and data tooling
• Youre excited about applying AI and LLMs to real product problems not just experimenting with them
• Youre keeping up with trends in LLM coding agents to multiply your engineering impact
• You enjoy rapid experimentation and are comfortable with ambiguity

Well be especially excited if you:

• Have experience building outreach messaging or communication systems at scale
• Have worked with voice AI conversational agents or similar technologies
• Have experience with data pipelines analytics or experimentation frameworks
• Have previously worked in a fast-paced product-oriented environment

Why You Should Join

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 it. We 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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