Tech Lead, Core

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GoodRx is America’s healthcare marketplace. Each month, millions people visit goodrx.com to find reliable health information and discounts for their healthcare — and we’ve helped people save $30 billion since 2011. We provide prescription discounts that are accepted at more than 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S., as well as telehealth services including doctor visits and lab tests. Our services have been positively reviewed by Good Morning America, The New York Times, NBC News, AARP, and many others.


Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.


We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.


With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don’t necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. Please still get in touch - we’d love to connect and see if you could be good for the role!


About the Role:

GoodRx is looking for a Tech Lead to lead the engineering efforts for a Core Engineering team to support our top of funnel growth in prescription business.


As a Tech Lead, you will be responsible for helping team members with the technical aspects of their jobs and be the point of escalation for any technical challenges and help troubleshoot any problems that may arise. Apart from being hands-on with coding, you will also be responsible for driving end-to-end architectural design while maintaining alignment to deliver well rounded solutions along with promoting best practices and coding standards. You will also be coordinating with team members in daily or weekly ceremonies ensuring the right work is being prioritized that aligns with business growth and deadlines.


The ideal candidate should seek to inspire all the team members, be accountable and trustworthy, and be able to build lasting relationships with team members. 



Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with our cross functional Core team and the broader team of Product Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers to deliver compelling consumer products
  • Work closely with Product Manager and Product Delivery in prioritizing stories, sequencing stories based on technical dependencies, and help defining business and technical requirements 
  • Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems and highly scalable APIs that drive complex web applications
  • Write clean, fast, compatible, easy-to-use, testable Javascript to realize our ideas 
  • Instill a practice of “shift left” by writing automated tests and encouraging developers to take ownership of testing
  • Promote a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and code, writing documentation, and being on-call to support the health of our services 
  • Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions
  • Mentor junior and mid-level Engineers by providing technical guidance

Skills & Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of real product experience - you have shipped products used by thousands of users 
  • Experience with our tech stack - React, Typescript, and GraphQL
  • High degree of fluency in JavaScript - you are a strong coder and know how to write clean, effective code at scale 
  • Writing standards-compliant, accessible markup and styling using CSS preprocessors or css-in-js
  • Experience with using, designing and building GraphQL schema or RESTful APIs 
  • Familiarity with design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience with writing robust and maintainable unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and familiar with Javascript testing frameworks / libraries such as Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, etc
  • Experience with A/B testing platforms (Optimizely, Split, etc)
  • Optimizing site performance and monitoring speed metrics on critical paths
  • Experience with APM and visual performance monitoring (DataDog, SpeedCurve or others)
  • The desire and ability to learn new technologies
  • You want to work on software that is changing the world and you're passionate and obsessed about creating intuitive and scalable products
  • Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals - you may work closely with other non-technical folks to get things done. Collaboration is key

Extra Credit:

  • Experience coding with compliance in mind (HIPAA, PCI or others) 
  • Experience with at least one programming language other than Javascript
  • Experience building Design Systems with Storybook or similar
  • Experience with automatic building/deployment services like AWS, CodeFresh, Lifecycle, etc. 
  • Experience with Content Delivery Network (Cloudflare, Fastly or others)
  • Integrating with different analytics/events-based systems like Segment, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, etc.
  • Open source contributions

GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. The company offers the most comprehensive and accurate resource for affordable prescription medications in the U.S., gathering pricing information from thousands of pharmacies coast to coast, as well as a telehealth marketplace for online doctor visits and lab tests. Since 2011, Americans with and without health insurance have saved $30 billion using GoodRx and million consumers visit goodrx.com each month to find discounts and information related to their healthcare. GoodRx is the #1 most downloaded medical app on the iOS and Android app stores. For more information, visit www.goodrx.com.

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Technology we use

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An Insider's view of GoodRx

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

GoodRx hires team members we can trust and empower. With thoughtful hiring, we have assembled a team that is inherently self-motivated, driven and doesn't require (or want) micromanagement.

Reena

Vice President, People

What projects are you most excited about?

The GoodRx Above & Beyond Pharmacy Awards. Pharmacy professionals have been the unsung heroes of the pandemic. GoodRx understands how crucial pharmacists are to medication affordability and accessibility. The awards were a cross-functional effort and I'm proud of the work that the team pulled together to amplify the work of pharmacy professionals.

Ellie

Director, HCP Marketing

What does career growth look like on your team?

The Business Intelligence team guides strategy and provides data-driven insights across the entire organization enabling career growth to move at a very fast pace. Opportunities for ownership and impact are plentiful, so those who are intellectually curious and driven have been able to advance quickly in their careers at GoodRx!

Helen

Senior Director, Analytics

What are GoodRx Perks + Benefits

GoodRx Benefits Overview

At GoodRx, we recognize the important role benefits play in helping our employees and their families live healthy, productive lives and plan for the future. That’s why we’re proud to offer a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to advance their physical, financial, and emotional well-being. From robust medical, dental, and vision benefits and access to mental health resources to a matching 401k plan with access to financial advisors, GoodRx offers benefit options to help employees thrive at work, at home and in our community!

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
GoodRx partners with non-profits National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics for Medication Assistant programs and local organizations to organize Community Health Pop-up events
Open door policy
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Diversity employee resource groups
When hired, we present our new hires with a list of our Community Resource Groups where we have Core Groups that are open to those who identify as that CRG as well as an allies' group.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employees can contribute annually to their FSA and Dependent Care FSA
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
GoodRx partners with ModernHealth and provides free access to therapy, coaching, and a library of mental health resources
Financial & Retirement
401(K) matching
GoodRx 401(k) retirement plan matches up to 4%, with immediate vesting for matched contributions
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
GoodRx provides 4 months for the primary parent and 3 months for parent partners
Family medical leave
Vacation + Time Off
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
GoodRx has a fully stocked kitchen including unlimited snacks, beverages and an amazing onsite Barista!
Company-sponsored happy hours
Happy Hour every Thursday in our very own Speakeasy Bar!
Onsite office parking
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
GoodRx offers a subsidized membership to ClassPass or local gyms TriFit Club in Santa Monica and Fitness SF in San Francisco
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Virtual coaching services

Additional Perks + Benefits

Working at GoodRx means you can take pride in knowing that your work has a direct and meaningful impact on our users day to day lives. We are disrupting the healthcare space by making prescription drugs accessible and affordable to Americans.

Aside from a great office environment and "perks", the real benefit is working alongside an empowering leadership team, wickedly smart colleagues all while providing a service that helps its customers.

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