Position Summary
As the Senior Product Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of complex features across the full stack — from patient-facing therapeutic experiences to internal tools and data infrastructure. You will manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, mentor junior engineers, and influence technical decisions that shape how Big Health's products are built and scaled. This role requires both strong technical execution and the judgment to make sound architectural trade-offs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of complex product features across React, React Native, Next.js, Python, Django, and GraphQL — from technical design through production deployment.
- Own end-to-end delivery of projects that span frontend, backend, and data layers, making sound trade-offs between speed, quality, and maintainability.
- Architect and improve core product systems — therapeutic delivery, patient engagement, outcome measurement, and clinical data pipelines — designing for reliability, accessibility, and scale.
- Mentor IC1 and IC2 engineers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and technical guidance, raising the quality bar across the team.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical planning, authoring design documents and participating in the RFC process.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Clinical teams to understand patient needs, clinical requirements, and outcome metrics — and translate them into engineering solutions that ship value.
- Proactively monitor and improve system reliability using Datadog, Sentry, and PostHog, and lead incident response when production issues affect patient access.
- Leverage AI-augmented development workflows (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot) for code generation, testing, and code review — and help establish team practices for effective AI tool use.
- Achieve Practitioner-level certifications across core competency domains and Advanced certification in your primary track (frontend or backend).
Required Skills and Experience
- Required
- 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to lead feature delivery across frontend and backend systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with hands-on experience building production applications using React and Django (or equivalent frameworks)
- Solid understanding of API design (REST and GraphQL), relational database modeling (PostgreSQL), and distributed system fundamentals
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and deliver reliably against project timelines
- Experience designing systems that balance performance, accessibility, and maintainability
- Comfort working independently in AI-augmented workflows — using AI tools to accelerate development while critically evaluating output for correctness, security, and maintainability
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
- Preferred
- Experience building patient-facing health applications or software in regulated environments (FDA, HIPAA)
- Familiarity with React Native, Expo, or cross-platform mobile development
- Exposure to healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7) or clinical data systems
- Experience with AWS, Supabase, Vercel, and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Track record of mentoring junior engineers and improving team engineering practices
- Experience establishing team patterns for AI-assisted development, including evaluating and iterating on AI-generated architectural suggestions
Skills Required
- 3-6 years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience leading feature delivery across frontend and backend systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript
- Production application development using React and Django or equivalent frameworks
- Understanding of REST and GraphQL API design
- Experience with relational database modeling and PostgreSQL
- Understanding of distributed system fundamentals
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and deliver against project timelines
- Experience designing systems balancing performance, accessibility, and maintainability
- Experience using AI tools in software development and critically evaluating their output
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience building patient-facing health applications or software in regulated environments
- Familiarity with React Native, Expo, or cross-platform mobile development
- Exposure to FHIR, HL7, or clinical data systems
- Experience with AWS, Supabase, Vercel, and infrastructure as code
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and improving engineering practices
- Experience establishing AI-assisted development team practices
Big Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Big Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Big Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as a standout, with employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for employees plus access to the company’s mental health products. The package also includes additional mental health benefits, reinforcing a strong health-and-wellbeing component.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off appears comparatively generous, including a set vacation allotment, sick time, multiple holidays, and a year-end company closure. This combination supports meaningful downtime beyond a basic PTO-only policy.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as available in both major geographies, with a 401(k) match in the U.S. and a pension arrangement in the U.K. This indicates the total rewards design extends beyond near-term cash compensation.
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