Founding Software Engineer (Backend/Infra)

💼 The Role We are looking for a mission-driven, full-stack software engineer with 4+ years of professional experience to join Loula as a full-time founding software engineer. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about their work making a positive impact and who's excited about having autonomy and ownership at an early-stage startup. You'll be joining a small team of founding engineers, where you'll not only drive the product forward but also help shape Loula's culture and future. 🚀 What You'll Do Implement software architecture: Design and develop the foundational architecture of Loula's software systems. Lead product development: Drive the development of Loula’s platform, including front-end and back-end components. Define the product roadmap: Collaborate closely with the founding team and Loula customers to draft, develop, and refine a robust product roadmap. Talk to customers: Conduct user interviews, shadow users, and implement feedback to continuously improve the product. Technical Leadership: Take ownership of a portion of the tech stack and ensure the systems are simple, extensible, and scalable. 🌱 You are An experienced full-stack software engineer who’s built products from the ground up. Bonus points if you've worked in startups, worked on early-stage products through launch, led a technical team, and/or worked in digital health before. Energized by a user-centric product development approach. You love talking to customers to understand their needs, how they think, and how they use the product to inform the the product roadmap. Independent and proactive. You are able to work independently and without explicit direction to make well-informed decisions and deploy key projects without sacrificing quality. Mission driven. Working with health insurance isn't the most glamorous path, but you are deeply driven by our mission to improve health outcomes for new families by empowering the professionals who care for them. You bring an ownership mentality, collaborative approach, and positivity and optimism to the work. 🛠️ Your Experience You have 4+ years of software engineering experience , building scalable systems from the ground up. Ideally you've built in the healthcare space before, but we're open to adjacent backgrounds if you're genuinely excited about the space. Specifically, you've: Built products from the ground up at early-stage startups or you've been a member of an early founding team at a startup. Prioritized, scoped, and planned new products and features in collaboration with product management, user research, and design teams. Collaborated cross-functionally with sales, operations, and customer success teams to build internal tools and make product improvements. 💻 Tech Stack Frontend: React, Vercel Backend : Typescript, NestJS, Drizzle ORM CI/CD: Docker/Dockerhub, Github actions Database: Postgres Hosting provider: AWS, Aptible Internal tooling: Retool 💟 Benefits $140k+ annual salary Generous equity package Medical, dental, and vision coverage - FSA & HSA options Access to One Medical, Talkiatry, Peloton, Kindbody, and more Short & Long term disability insurance, Life insurance Unlimited PTO Team fun! Dinners, activities, retreats 📍 Location California or New York preferred but remote is welcome. Loula is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.