Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Beam was founded in 2012 by three engineers who saw the opportunity to modernize the dental benefits industry using technology. Today, Beam Benefits is available in 40+ states and has expanded beyond dental. Beam is now simplifying and modernizing a robust suite of ancillary employee benefits through an intuitive digital platform, self-service tools, AI-powered pricing, and support from Beam’s helpful representatives. This winning combination allows us to deliver a simple, smart, and wellness-focused experience for brokers, employers, and members.

Responsibilities

• Lead Code Delivery: Architect and write high-quality production code for complex, user-facing workflows, maintaining a heavy hands-on presence in the codebase.
• Champion AI Efficiency: Serve as a power user of AI tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Augment to radically increase delivery speed and generate robust automated tests.
• Define System Integrity: Set the standard for validating, refactoring, and simplifying AI-generated output to ensure the long-term reliability and maintainability of our systems.
• Apply Senior Engineering Judgment: Exercise high autonomy and thoughtful judgment when tackling mission-critical tasks and complex feature sets.

Who We're Looking For

• Experience: 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Technical Stack: Expert-level hands-on coding ability in a modern web stack (primarily React and Ruby on Rails, though we value transferable seniority from other frameworks).
• AI Fluency: Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.) to improve development workflows, such as code generation, test creation, refactoring, or documentation.
• Integration Expertise: Proven ability to integrate third-party APIs and AI-powered services into production systems.
• Foundational Skills: Mastery of testing, debugging, and operating within cloud-based environments.

Pay

The pay range for this role is: 115,000 - 145,000 USD per year (Remote (United States))

Schedule

Engineering

Benefits

Remote (United States)