Staff Full Stack Engineer at Teladoc Health in Girlstown USA, TX

Summary: Teladoc Health is a leader in virtual care, dedicated to transforming how better health happens. They are seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the architecture, design, development, and support of full stack applications, while establishing engineering standards and driving architectural improvements. Responsibilities: - Lead the architecture, design, development, and support of full stack applications using Ruby on Rails on the backend and ReactJS on the frontend - Establish, implement, and uphold engineering standards related to code quality, maintainability, linting, secure coding, and performance across applications built on the Ruby technology stack - Drive application modernization initiatives, including decomposition of legacy monolithic systems into microservices-oriented architectures where appropriate - Contribute to cloud-native solution design and operational maturity across environments hosted in Azure/AWS involving Kubernettes, CI/CD Tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions - Build and enhance unit, integration, and automated test coverage using RSpec and other relevant tools to ensure application stability and quality - Participate in technical roadmap planning, solution reviews, and architecture decisions to ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and aligned to business goals Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or related field - 12+ years of professional software engineering experience - 8+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications using Ruby on Rails and NodeJS/ReactJS - 7+ years designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications on AWS or Azure - 5+ years architecting and implementing microservices and building REST and/or GraphQL APIs, including authentication/authorization frameworks such as OAuth2, OIDC, JWT - Demonstrated experience leading 2–4 cross-team engineering initiatives, such as modernization programs, monolith-to-microservices decomposition, platform upgrades, or major resiliency improvements - Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues, including performance tuning, scalability challenges, and root cause analysis - Experience working with Kubernetes for container orchestration (deployments, scaling, configs, observability) - Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent Preferred Qualifications: - Master's degree in a related field - Experience creating internal platforms/self-service capabilities that improve developer experience and delivery throughput - Leading/Mentoring team members on best practices and explaining technical concepts - Knowledge of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability in high-scale production systems - Familiarity with platform development in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated environments Required Skills: Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, ReactJS, Cloud-native applications Important Skills: Microservices architecture, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines Nice-to-Have Skills: Performance tuning, Scalability challenges, Root cause analysis, System reliability, Mentoring team members Benefits: Performance bonus, Flexible Vacation Policy, 80 hours of Paid Sick, Safe, and Caregiver Leave annually