Staff Software Engineer, Marketplace Insurance

Your Impact on our Mission

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Marketplace Insurance team, you'll help answer two critical questions patients face: *Which providers can I see in-network?* and *How much will it cost?*

You'll tackle complex technical challenges, simplifying an intricate domain that involves vast datasets spanning thousands of insurers and millions of patients into seamless, user-friendly experiences. You'll provide technical leadership, guide design decisions, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Own Zocdoc's expansion of Insurance features and cost transparency, including roadmapping, prototyping, and leading 0 - 1 projects spanning across the technology stack.
• Partner with business and product stakeholders to chart course and decide what to build.
• Analyze and decompose complex product challenges to drive sound design decisions.
• Work hands-on shipping production code using C#, React, and AWS to millions of users.
• Collaborate within an agile team of engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists.
• Mentor fellow engineers and supercharge throughput through robust coding standards, automated workflows, and continuous improvement.
• Leverage cutting-edge GenAI tools and technology to create multiplier effects across the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of expertise in building and scaling high-performance, distributed backend systems.
• Proven track record shipping code for complex, user-facing products across multiple areas of the technology stack.
• Strong product-owner mindset with a focus on user needs and business impact.
• Demonstrated system design skills for high availability, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation.
• Experience improving developer velocity through coding, testing, deployment, and observability best practices.
• Experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices.
• Strong communication skills to lead technical discussions and present to cross-functional audiences.
• Experience evaluating and integrating with third-party vendors and data providers.