# Junior Software Engineer

**Company**: Waymark
**Location**: US - Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $85,000 - $137,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/waymark/jobs/4711827005?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_03ebc4e0-2b2

## Description

## About the Role

At Waymark, software engineers build products that enable care delivery teams to support people with Medicaid benefits. As a Junior Software Engineer, you'll be paired with a senior engineer who will mentor you as you build real features and fixes from day one. You'll write code, participate in code reviews, and learn how our systems fit together.

## Responsibilities

- Ship features and fixes to our messaging platform, built in Elixir

- Work through bug tickets across our stack (React, TypeScript, Elixir)

- Set up a local development environment that mirrors production

- Participate in sprint planning and refinement, managing your work in Jira

- Contribute to code reviews on GitHub and keep your team informed in standups

- Collaborate with senior engineers, product, and design on upcoming feature planning

- Work with PostgreSQL as part of our production data layer

## Qualifications

- Some experience building software , through professional work, internships, bootcamps, or substantial personal projects

- Familiarity with at least one modern web application framework (e.g. React, Next.js, Phoenix, or similar)

- Familiarity with Git and version control workflows

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with functional programming

- Familiarity with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

- Interest in healthcare technology and improving health outcomes

- Comfort working in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup environment

## Benefits

- Stock Options: Opportunity to invest in the company’s growth

- Work-from-Home Stipend: A dedicated stipend for your first year to help set up your home office

- Medical, Vision, and Dental Coverage: Comprehensive plans to keep you and your family healthy

- Life Insurance: Basic life insurance to give you peace of mind

- Paid Time Off: 20 vacation days, accrued over the year, plus 11 paid holidays

- Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents after six months of employment, and 8 weeks of bonding leave for non-birthing parents

- Retirement Savings: Access to a 401(k) plan with a company contribution, subject to a vesting schedule

- Commuter Benefits: Convenient options to support your commute needs

- Professional Development Stipend: A dedicated stipend supports professional development and growth

## Skills

### Required
- Elixir
- React
- TypeScript
- Git
- PostgreSQL

### Nice to have
- functional programming
- testing frameworks
- CI/CD pipelines

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