Staff Backend Software Engineer

Oscar Health

New York, United States Posted October 22, 2026

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Remote Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$192,000 - $252,000

Job Description

Join our distributed team as a Staff Backend Software Engineer, where you will lead the design and development of enhancements to our next-generation claims and payment processing systems. You will work on a broad problem space, applying AI to solve complex problems and building scalable and reliable systems. You will report to the Director of Software Engineering and be responsible for leading technical projects, mentoring engineers, and driving outcomes for organization-wide projects.

  • Lead the design and development of enhancements to claims and payment processing systems, focusing on scalability and reliability.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on business and technical domains, leading the planning, execution, and release of complex technical projects.
  • Mentor engineers and engineering teams, improving technology, applying best practices, and setting overall team direction.
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical contributions, improving the quality of what your teams create
  • 5+ years of experience with practical application of CS concepts within their team
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical teams including mentoring and training more junior engineers
  • 5+ years of experience as a leader of cross-pod or cross-company deliverables
  • 5+ years of experience setting and enforcing the standard for writing stable, correct, and maintainable code
Required Skills
software development mentoring mentoring engineers
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