Senior Full-Stack Engineer I: Claims Monitoring & Management

About Helm Health

The Role

Team Context

Responsibilities

• Design and build tools that give health plan administrators real-time visibility into claims status, processing outcomes, and exception handling
• Develop responsive, accessible frontend interfaces in React/Next.js
• Build and maintain backend services that power claims monitoring dashboards and management workflows
• Integrate with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Redis
• Work with product and design to define monitoring views, alerting workflows, and claims management actions.
• Collaborate with the Claims Engine team to ensure monitoring surfaces are accurate and provide timely data.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions.

Requirements

• 4+ years building and maintaining modern TypeScript frontend applications
• First-hand experience architecting solutions in React or Next.js
• Experience with PostgreSQL and at least one analytical data store (BigQuery preferred)
• Comfort working across the stack — you'll own features end-to-end
• Docker/Kubernetes
• Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Qualifications

• Go experience (or similar strongly-typed compiled languages)
• Tailwind CSS
• Experience with web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 or higher)
• Data visualization or reporting product experience
• Redis experience
• SQL proficiency beyond basic queries
• Health insurance or claims processing experience
• Terraform/Terraform Cloud
• Start-up experience

Characteristics

• Self-directed and able to take ambiguous product requirements and turn them into shipped software
• Mission-driven — motivated by making healthcare simpler and more transparent
• Willing to ask questions and admit what you don't know
• Strong product instincts — you think about what users need, not just what the spec says
• Strong communicator who can translate between technical and non-technical audiences, especially as you bridge product, design, and engineering

Internal Tools/Technology

• Cursor / Linear / GitHub / Notion / Whimsical
• Slack / Google Workspace / Zoom
• Sentry
• Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini — we are an AI-forward engineering team
• macOS / Linux

Compensation

Benefits/Offerings

• Equity
• Unlimited PTO (mandatory 12 days)
• Computer + home office stipend
• 401(k) + matching
• Health and dental insurance
• Autonomy and tons of room for career growth

Occasional Travel