Software Engineer

This is a high-impact individual contributor role on our platform team, building large-scale data pipelines and distributed systems that power Sidecar Health's core product. You'll take full ownership of complex, ambiguous problems from architecture through production - designing, shipping, and running the systems you build. If you're a strong senior engineer who thrives on end-to-end ownership and wants your work to matter in healthcare, this is the role for you. MUST BE BASED IN CALIFORNIA

What You'll Do

• Design and own high-throughput, distributed data pipelines and platform infrastructure from concept through production
• Decompose large, ambiguous initiatives into structured, executable plans that the team can move on in parallel
• Write production-grade Python - strongly typed, well-structured, and built to last - not scripts or notebooks
• Optimize SQL at scale: query tuning, data modeling, and understanding execution plans
• Architect across boundaries - defining contracts between frontend, backend services, and infrastructure
• Be a technical resource and mentor for junior engineers, and partner directly with leadership on roadmap and technical decisions
• Instrument systems for observability - knowing what to monitor, not just how to read a dashboard, The Senior Data Integration Software Engineer designs and develops data integration solutions, supporting finance systems and ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Responsibilities include leading initiatives, analyzing data processes, coordinating testing, and supporting production environments., The Senior Data Integration Software Engineer will design and develop scalable data integration solutions, maintain the finance environment, analyze data, and support testing cycles, ensuring high availability and performance of data pipelines. Top Skills: Aws Services (LambdaData Processing FrameworksEtl ToolsGluePythonRedshift)S3SQL

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With a business-friendly climate and research universities like CU Boulder and Colorado State, Colorado has made a name for itself as a startup ecosystem. The state boasts a skilled workforce and high quality of life thanks to its affordable housing, vibrant cultural scene and unparalleled opportunities for outdoor recreation. Colorado is also home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, helping cement its status as a hub for renewable energy innovation.

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• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with full ownership of production systems
• Strong proficiency in Python (mypy, Pydantic, proper abstractions) and SQL at scale
• Deep experience building and operating distributed data pipelines and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on AWS experience: Lambda, SQS, IAM, CloudWatch, and cost-aware design
• Docker as a first-class practice
• Habitual, fluent use of AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) as part of your daily workflow
• Observability experience with Datadog or equivalent
• Familiarity with FastAPI, Django, SQLAlchemy, Celery, or Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CDK) is a strong plus
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

This is a startup. We move fast. We prioritize impact over polish. We expect:

• Bias for action - ship, learn, iterate
• Ownership - you design it, build it, run it
• Pragmatism - solve real problems, not theoretical ones
• Resilience - ambiguity comes with the territory

Healthcare is complex and broken. The work matters.

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary, bonus opportunity, and equity package
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• A 401k retirement plan
• Paid vacation and company holidays
• Opportunity to make an impact at a rapidly growing mission-driven company transforming healthcare in the U.S.

Sidecar Health is redefining health insurance. Our mission is to make excellent healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone. We know that to accomplish this lofty mission, we need driven people who will make things happen. The passionate people who make up Sidecar Health's team come from all over, with backgrounds as tech leaders, policy makers, healthcare professionals, and beyond. And they all have one thing in common-the desire to fix a broken system and make it more personalized, affordable, and transparent. If you want to use your talents to transform healthcare in the United States, come join us!