Allara is a comprehensive women’s health provider that specializes in expert, longitudinal care that supports women through every life stage. Trusted by thousands of women nationwide, Allara makes expert healthcare accessible by connecting patients with multidisciplinary care teams that have a deep understanding of hormonal, metabolic, and reproductive care. Allara provides ongoing support for hormonal conditions like PCOS, chronic conditions like insulin resistance, and life stages like perimenopause, helping patients see improved health outcomes. As one of the fastest-growing women’s health platforms in the U.S., Allara is bridging long-overlooked gaps in healthcare for women.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build features that directly impact how women access and experience healthcare. You'll be developing and shipping functionality across our event-driven platform—from patient-facing applications and AI-powered health tools to integrations with healthcare systems. Working alongside experienced engineers, you'll contribute to building scalable systems while growing your skills in distributed architecture, healthcare technology, and best practices. This is an opportunity to write meaningful code, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and make a tangible difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of women.
Location: Hybrid (NYC). We value in-person collaboration and aim for at least three days per week in our NYC office, with flexibility as needed.
Your Impact
Build and ship features across the full stack that enhance patient experience and enable personalized care delivery
Contribute to the development of event-driven systems, including AI/ML-powered health guidance tools and healthcare integrations
Write clean, maintainable code following established engineering standards and best practices
Collaborate with product, design, clinical, and data teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet user needs
Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to maintain code quality
Support the reliability and performance of production systems through monitoring, debugging, and incremental improvements
Required Qualifications
5-10 years of software engineering experience building and shipping production applications
Strong programming skills in modern languages such as Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar
Experience with full-stack development, including frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar) and backend services
Understanding of RESTful APIs, databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Self-motivated with a growth mindset and eagerness to learn new technologies and domains
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, or stream processing
Exposure to healthcare technology, HIPAA compliance requirements, or regulated industries
Familiarity with Next.js, TypeScript, or AWS services
Prior experience at a startup or fast-paced environment
What Allara Offers
Compensation & Career Growth
$175,000 - $205,000 with opportunities for advancement
Equity
Professional development & employee learning programs
Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to: candidate experience, location, education, certifications, and skill set. In addition to base salary, our total compensation package includes equity, comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision), generous paid time off, and additional wellness and professional development perks.
Work Environment & Flexibility
3-day hybrid in NYC
Unlimited PTO & 11 company holidays
Health & Wellness
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Long- and short-term disability coverage
Annual employee wellness stipend
Family & Future Planning
401(k) plan
Parental leave & family planning support benefits
Additional Perks
Company-issued laptop
Annual work-from-home stipend
Commuter benefits (if applicable)
A collaborative, mission-driven culture focused on improving patient care
At Allara, we believe in celebrating everything that makes us human and are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We embrace diversity and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we can serve our members. We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against candidates or patients based on race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- 5-10 years of software engineering experience building and shipping production applications
- Strong programming skills in modern languages such as Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar
- Full-stack development experience, including frontend frameworks such as React or Next.js and backend services
- Understanding of RESTful APIs, SQL and/or NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms; AWS preferred
- Ability to collaborate in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-motivation, growth mindset, and eagerness to learn new technologies and domains
- Experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, or stream processing
- Exposure to healthcare technology, HIPAA compliance requirements, or regulated industries
- Familiarity with Next.js, TypeScript, or AWS services
- Prior experience at a startup or fast-paced environment
What We Do
Allara is a virtual care platform for women living with hormonal, metabolic, and gynecological conditions like PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and thyroid disorders. These conditions affect millions of women, yet they remain under-diagnosed and under-treated. The typical patient spends years bouncing between disconnected specialists, repeating her story, and leaving without a clear plan. We exist to fix that broken experience. Allara brings OB/GYNs, Endocrinologists, Nurse Practitioners, and Registered Dietitians onto one connected care team. Instead of treating a single symptom in isolation, our clinicians look at the whole picture, from labs and medication to nutrition and lifestyle, and build a coordinated, evidence-based plan for each member. Care is delivered virtually, on the member's schedule, with the kind of continuity that traditional healthcare rarely offers for these conditions. Making that possible takes serious technology and clinical infrastructure. Our team builds and scales the systems behind the entire member journey: care delivery and messaging, scheduling, clinical and provider workflows, data pipelines, and the member-facing experience. Every part of the product connects directly to how well we can treat people. We treat women's health as the serious, science-backed field it has always deserved to be, and we're growing quickly in a market that legacy healthcare has overlooked for decades. It's a rare combination: a large, meaningful problem, real momentum, and a team small enough that your work is visible and matters.
Why Work With Us
We're a small, fast-moving team where engineers own real systems end to end and ship quickly. Modern stack, meaty problems, and a short line from your work to patient outcomes. If you want to build in a space finally getting the investment it deserves, this is the place.
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