Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

Lyric, formerly ClaimsXten, is a leading healthcare technology company, committed to simplifying the business of care. Over 30 years of experience, dedicated teams, and top technology help deliver more than $14 billion of annual savings to our many loyal and valued customers—including 9 of the top 10 payers across the country. Lyric's solutions leverage the power of machine learning, AI, and predictive analytics to empower health plan payers with pathways to increased accuracy and efficiency, while maximizing value and savings. Lyric's strong relationships as a trusted ally to customers resulted in recognition from KLAS as "true partner" and "excellent value for investment," with a top score for overall customer satisfaction and A+ likelihood to recommend in their October 2023 Payment Integrity and Accuracy Report. Discover more at Lyric.ai.

The Staff Software Engineer drives the design and implementation of mission-critical systems across our platform. As a high-level individual contributor, this position leads architectural decisions, influences engineering standards, and mentors fellow engineers while remaining hands-on in building scalable, high-performance software.

This role is hybrid, with 3 days in the HYD office.

Essential Job Responsibilities & Key Performance Outcomes

• Architect and implement core services, systems, and APIs with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Serve as a technical leader across multiple projects, providing guidance on system design, coding best practices, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and RFCs.
• Investigate and resolve critical issues in production systems, ensuring reliability and uptime.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks across teams.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in their technical careers.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of eight (8) years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems.
• Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full-stack languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, TypeScript).
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API designs, databases (SQL and NoSQL), as well as cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience in a high-growth tech company or fast-paced startup environment.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub), or microservice patterns.
• Background in platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability.
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications.