Senior Full Stack Engineer

<p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>About August Health</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">At August Health, our mission is to empower the essential work of caring for our elders.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We achieve this by providing a modern operating platform and electronic health record (EHR) that enables senior living operators to deliver high-quality care with confidence.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Caregivers are the heart of senior living communities, embodying care, compassion, and well-being. Yet, they face increasing challenges—higher resident acuity, complex workflows, and staffing shortages. At August Health, we build tools that simplify their tasks, eliminate inefficiencies, and provide the insights they need to focus on what truly matters—caring for residents.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">At August, we strive to live our values each day, in every interaction with our customers and with each other.</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Be responsible</strong> – leave things better than you found them</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Take ownership</strong> – be decisive and take action</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Be ambitious</strong> – build something great</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Keep an open mindset</strong> – communicate candidly and welcome new ideas</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Be humble</strong> – celebrate each others’ successes and learn from our mistakes</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Stay positive</strong> – assume best intent</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>About the Role</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're looking for an experienced full stack developer to join us, preferably someone with several years of experience building and shipping complex, consumer-facing applications.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our frontend:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our core technologies are React & TypeScript</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">We have 2 offline enabled PWAs using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://dexie.org/">IndexedDB via DexieJS</a> & <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://developer.chrome.com/docs/workbox">Google Workbox</a></p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are leaning into the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://effect.website/">Effect ecosystem</a></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our backend:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our core technologies are Scala, Play Framework, and PostgreSQL</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deployed on AWS via Kubernetes</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>We don’t expect you to have deep experience with all of the above, but we absolutely expect you to have deep experience with some of the above.</strong><br></p><h2>About You</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">7+ years professional experience as a software engineer</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working in engineering organizations and familiarity with product focused software development cycles</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability to thrive in a startup environment that’s full of ambiguity - experience balancing tradeoffs to make complex decisions where there is no ‘right’ answer</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Good communication and personal skills; ability to interact and work well with the team</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Interest in development of company culture and its reflection in our engineering practices</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ability & desire to mentor other engineers</p></li></ul><h1><strong>About our team</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our team brings together deep expertise in technology, healthcare, and company-building. We’ve led teams at Apple, Google, Landmark Health, and Adobe, co-founded and exited multiple companies, shipped products used by hundreds of millions of users, and managed clinical teams caring for thousands of patients.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, we are partnering with some of the largest senior care organizations in the U.S. to transform the future of senior living.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We offer market-competitive compensation based on experience and ability, including significant equity option grants. Our benefits prioritize your well-being with 100% company-paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage, along with company contributions to your HSA. We help you plan for the future with a 2% 401(k) match, and support your physical and mental health through services like Rightway Health Advocacy and Spring Health Mental Wellness. Beyond traditional benefits, we offer a flexible time off policy, 100% paid family leave, and all-expenses-paid, in-person company offsites twice a year.<br></p>

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