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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Zocdoc, Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $270,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Fault Tolerance, ReactJS, System Availability, Generative AI, Backend, Production Code, Marketplace - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a7c27095-0a28-4a73-bdf6-c6729e2cb607 ## About the Role * 7+ years of significant expertise in building and scaling high-performance, distributed backend systems * Successfully shipped code for a complex, user-facing product, with experience working across multiple areas of the technology stack * Possess a strong product-owner mindset with a relentless focus on user needs and a demonstrated history of delivering features that drive significant business impact * Demonstrated history of solid and well-rounded system design skills. Designing systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation * Improved developer productivity, efficiency, and velocity by setting up the best practices for coding, testing, deployment, and observability * Successfully mentored other engineers in the past and have encouraged your peers to use engineering best practices * Been an effective communicator capable of delving into technical details, leading technical discussions, and presenting solutions to diverse cross-functional audiences * Experience evaluating and working with third-party vendors and data providers ## Description Zocdoc's greatest asset is its people. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Marketplace Insurance team, you'll help answer two of the most important questions patients face when seeking healthcare: Which providers can I see in-network? and How much will it cost? We empower patients to make informed healthcare decisions with confidence while driving a significant, high-visibility impact on Zocdoc's business. 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. As a Staff Engineer on the team, you'll provide technical leadership, guide design decisions, and mentor engineers to drive best practices across the organization. All while maintaining a strong focus on user experience and shipping features that delight the user. You'll enjoy this role if you are... * Inspired by the opportunity to positively impact the healthcare experience for millions of patients * Passionate about building highly scalable platforms and excited about developing new and innovative products * Undaunted by the complexity of how the health insurance system works, and are motivated to simplify it for patients * Product-driven with a relentless focus on user needs; you're excited to partner closely with cross-functional teams, leading projects beginning from the early ideation phase * A fervent champion of engineering fundamentals and enjoy driving adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability across organizations and teams * A leader who mentors and grows teams, cultivates innovation, and drives cross-collaboration across multiple teams * An entrepreneur with strong ownership who can thrive in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment Your day to day is... * Ownership of Zocdoc's expansion of Insurance features and cost transparency, including roadmapping, prototyping, and leading 0 - 1 projects that span across the technology stack * Acting as a stakeholder in deciding what we build, and partnering with other business and product stakeholders to chart the course * Analyzing and decomposing complex product challenges to drive sound design decisions * Working hands-on with your team and shipping production code using C#, React, and AWS to millions of users autonomously * Collaborating with our agile team of dedicated and brilliant engineers, product managers, designers and data scientists * Mentoring fellow engineers, supercharging team throughput through robust coding standards, automated workflows, and a culture that embraces continuous improvement * Continuously improving our ability to deliver quality solutions through evolving engineering process and technical capabilities * Working with cutting edge GenAI tools and technology to have a multiplier effect on the team ## Related Videos - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) - [Launching a marketplace on-time: A lesson in taking shortcuts using spreadsheets!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/477-launching-a-marketplace-on-time-a-lesson-in-taking-shortcuts-using-spreadsheets) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Throwing off the burdens of scale in engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/608-throwing-off-the-burdens-of-scale-in-engineering) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)