Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer (Elixir) - Ethermed - Remote USA

Ethermed is dedicated to using AI and NLP to eliminate the human labor involved in all Prior Authorizations. We are acquiring funding, growing, and looking for world-class teammates to own, lead, build, and execute next generation solutions alongside us. This is a unique opportunity to create an immediate and lasting impact within the company and on US healthcare as we know it. Your work will touch hundreds of thousands of patients, providers, and administrators daily, and through your code we will truly be able to help change US healthcare.

About us

My name: Alisha Dixon
My position: Director of People/Talent
Company name: Ethermed
Company website: www.ethermed.ai
Company headquarters (country): PA - USA
Company info and history (how you’re using Elixir etc): Our tech stack is Elixir, Golang, Python, Github, k8s & Terraform on Azure Cloud. If you don’t have experience with everything in our tech stack still apply! We are willing to teach the right candidates and get them up to speed.

About the job

Job title: Principal Software Engineer
Job description: As a Principal Software Engineer at Ethermed, you will be instrumental in developing and scaling our event-driven healthcare automation platform. You’ll work across the full technology stack, from building robust microservices and integrating LLM-powered workflows to creating intuitive tooling that interacts with our modular back-end. This role requires a passion for tackling complex challenges, a knack for adapting open-source solutions, and the ability to contribute to a secure and compliant healthcare environment. If you thrive in a dynamic, remote-first engineering culture and are eager to shape the future of healthcare automation, we encourage you to apply!
Salary range: 140-240k (depending on level)
Qualifications or experience required: open to all levels
What the successful job applicant will be working on: The engineer will work on microservices (primarily in Python), contribute to LLM-integrated workflows, and build tooling that interfaces with our modular back-end. This role requires handling structured and unstructured clinical data (including images), adapting open-source components where needed, and working across the full lifecycle—from prototyping to scalable deployment on Azure.

Position on remote work

Remote job: yes
Remote restrictions: US
Remote leeway: No
Any other notes about your position on remote work: any state

About the interview process

We have an efficient hiring process that takes about a couple of weeks from when you apply to when you receive an offer!

  1. 15 minute intro call.
  2. 30 min meeting with HM
  3. Short take home project or example of code you’ve written.
  4. 30 min chat with the CTO

Further info

Why join Ethermed?

  • Be part of a groundbreaking mission: Help us transform healthcare by eliminating the manual labor involved in prior authorizations.

  • Work with a talented team: Collaborate with top-notch engineers, data scientists, and product managers.

  • Make a real impact: Your work will directly improve the lives of patients and providers.

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As someone who worked at CoverMyMeds (I started using Elixir there in 2016) and has a deep knowledge of both pharmaceutical Prior Auth and pharmaceutical reimbursement in general, I am extremely hesitant to see AI entering the prior auth space unless the company doing it is a PBC and has a plan to avoid partnering with pharmaceutical companies.

Any payment structure that either makes it easier to require a prior auth, or increases marginal revenue dependent of the medication or procedure being reviewed is going to lead a company down the same path CoverMyMeds experienced, where they are now the thing they initially set out to get rid of.

I hope you are all able to navigate this, but I would highly suggest adding more copy about how you plan to avoid that trap.

Also it looks like from the description it’s for primarily Python? I’d suggest adding a bit to describe where Elixir fits in and how/if that’s expected to change over time

All the best!

Edit: typos from thumbs :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Everything is written in Elixir. We were initially going to move everything to Python and Go because we have been finding it difficult to find solid Elixir people with healthcare experience!

We have a few ex CMM people and the prior with knowledge is super valuable. With that being said, I’d love to have a quick intro chat with you and we can discuss more.

Please drop me your number and if you’re free at all today I’ll reach out. Thanks!