Staff Backend Software Engineer | Red Cell Partners | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">About Us</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About LightBox</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Red Cell’s latest Healthcare Incubation is a provider-enablement platform committed to helping healthcare providers reduce transaction costs, operational friction, and misaligned payer incentives. The startup’s AI-powered solutions are designed to deliver innovative data integration, revenue integrity monitoring and analysis, predictive analytics, optimized service agreements, and intuitive user experiences so providers can improve financial results as well as the way they transact and partner with payers and other risk-bearing entities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Location: Washington, DC Metro Area, Remote</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Architect, design, build, maintain, and enhance robust data platform, backend infrastructure, and APIs used by us and our customers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and maintain ETL data pipelines involving homogenous and heterogenous data from external healthcare data sources and our internal databases</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop, scale, and optimize our machine learning infrastructure</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with cross-functional teams, partners, and customers to understand needs, offer insights, and tailor systems to meet these needs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Encourage and maintain a culture of innovation, creativity, and collaboration</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Support and contribute to code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Mentor the engineering team as the company grows providing guidance and coaching</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to move into formal engineering leadership as the company grows</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Requirements:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BS, MS, in computer science, software engineering, or a related field</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Typescript, with a strong ability to write clean, maintainable code.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proven experience in backend engineering with expertise in data structures, algorithms, and software design</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Authoritative in ETL optimization, designing, coding, and tuning big data processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expert in developing and optimizing systems for data processing and providing REST APIs for both inter-service communication and user-facing, latency-sensitive frontend applications.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering scalable and efficient solutions.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Exceptional written and verbal communication skills</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong desire to build impactful products</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Previous experience in leading an engineering team</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">15 + years of experience in software engineering and development</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Benefits:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees’ normal pay.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Unlimited PTO, with management approval with all Federal holidays observed.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Occasional travel to our offices in Washington D.C or alternative locations to collaborate with your team in person.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Optional 401K and FSA available.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work fully remote within the United States.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-RCP</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About LightBox</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Red Cell’s latest Healthcare Incubation is a provider-enablement platform committed to helping healthcare providers reduce transaction costs, operational friction, and misaligned payer incentives. The startup’s AI-powered solutions are designed to deliver innovative data integration, revenue integrity monitoring and analysis, predictive analytics, optimized service agreements, and intuitive user experiences so providers can improve financial results as well as the way they transact and partner with payers and other risk-bearing entities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Location: Washington, DC Metro Area, Remote</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Architect, design, build, maintain, and enhance robust data platform, backend infrastructure, and APIs used by us and our customers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and maintain ETL data pipelines involving homogenous and heterogenous data from external healthcare data sources and our internal databases</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop, scale, and optimize our machine learning infrastructure</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with cross-functional teams, partners, and customers to understand needs, offer insights, and tailor systems to meet these needs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Encourage and maintain a culture of innovation, creativity, and collaboration</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Support and contribute to code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Mentor the engineering team as the company grows providing guidance and coaching</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to move into formal engineering leadership as the company grows</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Requirements:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">BS, MS, in computer science, software engineering, or a related field</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Typescript, with a strong ability to write clean, maintainable code.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proven experience in backend engineering with expertise in data structures, algorithms, and software design</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Authoritative in ETL optimization, designing, coding, and tuning big data processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expert in developing and optimizing systems for data processing and providing REST APIs for both inter-service communication and user-facing, latency-sensitive frontend applications.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering scalable and efficient solutions.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Exceptional written and verbal communication skills</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong desire to build impactful products</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Previous experience in leading an engineering team</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">15 + years of experience in software engineering and development</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Benefits:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees’ normal pay.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Unlimited PTO, with management approval with all Federal holidays observed.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Occasional travel to our offices in Washington D.C or alternative locations to collaborate with your team in person.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Optional 401K and FSA available.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work fully remote within the United States.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-RCP</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.</p>