Zocdoc: Staff Software Engineer, Marketplace Insurance — New York, NY; USA Remote

About Zocdoc

Zocdoc develops technology that helps patients find and book healthcare appointments. Its employer introduction describes both a healthcare marketplace and infrastructure supporting access to care through other search and provider channels. The stated focus is the path from seeking care to obtaining an appointment. Its work includes making booking accessible beyond its own marketplace, connecting patient-facing discovery with the systems used by healthcare providers and other organisations to make available appointments easier to reach.

The position and its setting

Zocdoc lists Staff Software Engineer, Marketplace Insurance in New York, NY; USA Remote, under reference 8119631. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Technology
• Employer listing date: 20 August 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• Zocdoc's greatest asset is its people
• As a Staff Software Engineer on the Marketplace Insurance team, you'll help answer two of the most important questions patients face when seeking healthcare: Which providers can I see in-network? and How much will it cost?
• We empower patients to make informed healthcare decisions with confidence while driving a significant, high-visibility impact on Zocdoc's business
• You'll tackle complex technical challenges, simplifying an intricate domain that involves vast datasets
• Spanning thousands of insurers and millions of patients, into seamless, user-friendly experiences
• As a Staff Engineer on the team, you'll provide technical leadership, guide design decisions, and mentor engineers to drive best practices across the organization
• All while maintaining a focus on user experience and shipping features that delight the user
• Ownership of Zocdoc's expansion of Insurance features and cost transparency, including roadmapping, prototyping, and leading 0 - 1 projects that span across the technology stack
• Acting as a stakeholder in deciding what we build, and partnering with other business and product stakeholders to chart the course
• Analysis: and decomposing complex product challenges to drive sound design decisions
• Work: hands-on with your team and shipping production code using C#, React, and AWS to millions of users autonomously
• Collaboration: with our agile team of dedicated and brilliant engineers, product managers, designers and data scientists
• Mentoring fellow engineers, supercharging team throughput through robust coding standards, automated workflows, and a culture that embraces continuous improvement
• Continuously improving our ability to deliver quality solutions through evolving engineering process and technical capabilities
• Work: with cutting edge GenAI tools and technology to have a multiplier effect on the team

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Inspired by the opportunity to positively impact the healthcare experience for millions of patients
• Passionate about building highly scalable platforms and excited about developing new and innovative products
• Undaunted by the complexity of how the health insurance system works, and are motivated to simplify it for patients
• Product-driven with a relentless focus on user needs; you’re excited to partner closely with cross-functional teams, leading projects beginning from the early ideation phase
• A fervent champion of engineering fundamentals and enjoy driving adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability across organizations and teams
• A leader who mentors and grows teams, cultivates innovation, and drives cross-collaboration across multiple teams
• An entrepreneur with ownership who can thrive in an ambiguous and fast-changing environment
• 7+ years of significant expertise in building and scaling high-performance, distributed backend systems
• Successfully shipped code for a complex, user-facing product, with experience working across multiple areas of the technology stack
• Possess a product-owner mindset with a relentless focus on user needs and a demonstrated history of delivering features that drive significant business impact
• Demonstrated history of and well-rounded system design skills
• Designing systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation
• Improved developer productivity, efficiency, and velocity by setting up the best practices for coding, testing, deployment, and observability
• Successfully mentored other engineers in the past and have encouraged your peers to use engineering best practices
• Been an effective communicator capable of delving into technical details, leading technical discussions, and presenting solutions to diverse cross-functional audiences
• Experience evaluating and working with third-party vendors and data providers

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• NYC Base Salary Range: $180,000 — $270,000 USD
• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: New York, NY; USA Remote

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• Flexible, hybrid work environment at our convenient Soho location
• Unlimited Vacation
• 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
• Commuter Benefits
• 401(k) with employer funded match
• Corporate wellness program with Wellhub
• Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
• Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Catered lunch everyday along with beverages and snacks
• Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging
• Great Place to Work Certified

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Zocdoc

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Relevant skills

• C#
• AWS
• React
• AI
• insurance
• stakeholder management