What we are looking for
We are looking for a Staff or Principal Software Engineer to lead the engineering of our On-Demand module, the part of the Works platform that lets hospitals fill open shifts with their own workforce. You will own the module end to end, from ingesting demand out of hospital workforce-management systems through shift matching, incentive pricing, and the mobile experience nurses use to claim shifts, and you will work as a pair with the On-Demand Product Manager to shape what we build and why.
The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience, including several years owning production Ruby on Rails and React systems at Staff level or above, deep experience with third-party integrations, and a record of setting engineering standards other teams adopt. Beyond technical depth, we value ownership of outcomes, the ability to design out recurring failures, mentoring that grows the engineers around you, and clear communication with product, business, and leadership.
This position is remote, however, applicants must be based in Brazil and fluent in both English and Portuguese.
Who you are
- Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes, not tasks, and you stay with a problem until it is structurally fixed.
- Architect who operates. You design systems and then live with them in production, and that shapes how you design.
- Multiplier. You measure your impact by how much faster and better the engineers around you become.
- Strategic thinker. You weigh trends, constraints, and business goals to decide what to build, defer, or rework, and you can explain the decision to anyone.
- Collaborative and proactive. You build alignment across teams without authority and you bring ideas before being asked.
- Works with honesty and integrity. You earn trust with internal and external stakeholders and do what is right, not just what is expedient.
You have
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including several years at Staff level or above owning production Ruby on Rails and React systems.
- Proven ownership of multi-service or multi-team architecture, including integrations with third-party enterprise systems.
- Strong operational excellence: observability, on-call, performance, testing, CI/CD, and a habit of designing out recurring failures.
- Experience setting standards or patterns adopted beyond your own team, and mentoring engineers to the next level.
- Solid command of Postgres, GraphQL, background job pipelines, testing frameworks, and Git.
- Fluency with AI-assisted development and the judgment to coach others on it.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Portuguese.
- Experience working with English environments is preferred.
- Previous start-up experience is a plus.
- Healthcare, scheduling, or marketplace domain experience is a plus. Previous start-up experience is a plus. Experience working with US companies is preferred.