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# Staff Software Engineer, Eligibility & Benefits at Parachute Health

- **Company:** Parachute Health
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/parachutehealth/jobs/5286549007

## Job description

Parachute Health is transforming post-acute care as the leading digital ordering platform for medical equipment and supplies. We connect major health systems, health plans, and suppliers to help patients get the life-saving products they need at home. Since launching, we've connected 300,000+ clinicians and 3,000+ supplier locations across all 50 states and helped 15M+ patients. What started as a DME ePrescribing tool has become the order management platform of choice for home medical equipment.

Join our team and make a difference in patient care.

## About the Role

Parachute Health is hiring a Staff Engineer to join our Eligibility & Benefits team. We build the systems that ensures every durable medical equipment (DME) order has verified coverage before it ships. In this role, you’ll tackle real-time payer eligibility checks and architect solutions to parse messy, inconsistent insurance data, directly cutting claim denials and eliminating manual overhead for DME providers.

## Responsibilities

- Develop in an agile environment, including TDD and flexible pair programming.
- Work every day with Product and Design to scope features, weigh tradeoffs, and turn workflows into software that’s simple to use and holds up in production.
- Direct key technical decisions related to application and data model design.
- Maintain stable and performant application stacks.
- Ship quality code that moves the business. Deliver readable, well-tested, maintainable code tied to clear outcomes for clinicians, suppliers, and patients.
- Understanding of data structures, TDD, and software engineering design patterns and principles.
- Ability to lead a team in making technical decisions.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring timely resolution of critical system issues, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our system reliability and availability.
- Use AI developer tools to work smarter. Adopt and help evaluate AI coding assistants and automation that speed up delivery, catch defects earlier, and cut repetitive work.
- Own integrations with payers and clearinghouses, including retries, failure modes, and keeping data current.
- Design how payer and plan data gets mapped, measure how accurate it is against what suppliers actually bill, and get it better.
- Partner with Product, Ops, and supplier stakeholders, and write the technical narrative that gets the org aligned.

## Requirements

- Minimum of 7 years of experience in a production environment with Ruby on Rails or other open source languages (e.g., Python, Golang, JavaScript)
- Staff-level engineering experience, including technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineers
- Revenue cycle experience in at least one of: eligibility and benefits, claims, billing, or prior authorization
- Must reside in the U.S.

## Nice to Have

- Familiar with AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, etc).
- Exposure to X12 EDI: 270/271, 837/835, 278
- Clearinghouses or revenue cycle vendors: Availity, Change Healthcare/Optum, Waystar, Stedi, Experian Health

## Benefits

- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Comprehensive plans with options for low-to-no-cost premiums.
- Employer HSA Contribution: Company-funded contributions to your Health Savings Account.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Equity Incentive Plan
- Annual Company-Wide Bonus: Opportunity for up to 15% bonus based on company performance.
- Remote-First Culture: We are remote-first with a dedicated NYC office and reimbursement options for co-working spaces.
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Summer Fridays: 5 additional Fridays off during the summer (separate from PTO).
- Home Office and Wellness Stipend
- Monthly Internet Stipend
- Annual Learning and Development Stipend

Base Salary Band (based on experience and level)

$200,000 - $260,000

To ensure you’re leveled accurately, all new engineers participate in a 90-day review. This allows us to calibrate your initial interview results with your actual work, ensuring your title and compensation align with your impact and our engineering rubric.

California job applicants may access the Notice of Collection of Personal Information and Privacy Policy with information and rights required by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) the link [here](https://www.parachutehealth.com/cpra).

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

This role is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and for the duration of employment. The Company does not sponsor employment authorization for this position.

## About Parachute Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Parachute Health provides a digital network connecting healthcare providers, suppliers, and health plans to streamline the ordering and fulfillment of home medical equipment (DME/HME).
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, with $15.4M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: David Gelbard (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Healthcare technology / Digital health / Home medical equipment (DME/HME) infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B – healthcare providers (clinicians, health systems), DME/HME suppliers, and health plans (payers)
- **Mission or purpose**: To build a world where all patients have a soft landing at home, driven by transparency, accountability, and reliable communication in the transition from hospital to home.

## Products & Services
- **[Parachute Platform](https://www.parachutehealth.com/)**: A SaaS platform that enables ePrescribing for medical equipment, supplies, and services. Features include digital ordering with clean, complete orders upfront, AI-powered fax intake, real-time order tracking, communication between providers and suppliers, and patient delivery confirmation. Integrates with EMRs and ERPs.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$3.5M** (as of latest available data) and total funding of **$15.4M** across 3 rounds (Series A $5.5M in 2018, Series B $9.5M in 2018, plus venture rounds) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parachute-health)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Dan Ahrens, Harley Miller (Series B lead). Partners include major health systems and suppliers (e.g., Edgepark, Medtronic Diabetes, PointClickCare, American Medical Group Association) [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parachute-health)
- **Growth Signals**: Network includes **300,000+ healthcare providers** and **3,000+ supplier locations** across all 50 U.S. states. Headcount grew **38% YoY** to **256 employees**. Active job postings increased 60% year-over-year [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parachute-health), [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/parachutehealth)

## Competitive Advantages
- Largest digital network for home medical equipment in the U.S., connecting a critical mass of prescribers and suppliers
- Replaces fax and phone-based workflows with a shared digital platform, reducing error rates (83% error rate in traditional ordering) and speeding up delivery
- AI-powered fax intake and document request capabilities
- Real-time order visibility for all stakeholders (providers, suppliers, patients, payors)
- Integrated into major EMRs and ERPs, lowering friction for clinicians

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding network reach and supplier locations
- Deepening integrations with health systems and payors (e.g., prior authorization workflows, PointClickCare integration)
- Enhancing AI capabilities for intake and clinical intelligence
- Scaling the platform to support millions of patients annually

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 3.9/5 on employer review sites, with strong scores for work-life balance (4.2), compensation (4.4), and career growth (4.2). Employees describe the CEO as “awesome and truly cares about the people and the mission” [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Parachute-Health)
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Most roles are remote within the U.S., with some office-based positions in New York, NY. Engineering roles are fully remote [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/parachutehealth)
- **Notable Perks**: Competitive salaries (e.g., Software Engineer II ~$145,600/yr, Senior Data Analyst ~$98,980/yr). The company is mission-driven, focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare fragmentation
- **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on modern tech stacks, AI/ML, and building infrastructure for healthcare. Open roles include Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Manager (AI), and Applied AI roles

## Sources
1. [parachutehealth.com](https://www.parachutehealth.com/)
2. [parachutehealth.com/about](https://www.parachutehealth.com/about/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/parachute-health](https://www.linkedin.com/company/parachute-health)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/parachutehealth](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/parachutehealth)
5. [indeed.com/cmp/Parachute-Health](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Parachute-Health)

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