Associate Software Engineer, Solace
College Grad 2026
3 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
Patient advocates for navigating healthcare
Open for applications
Patient advocates for navigating healthcare
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
3 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring humanity back to healthcare by empowering patients, improving outcomes, and restoring the promise of the US healthcare system.
Role
Who you are
- If you're the kind of person who wants to be thrown into the deep end and come out stronger, keep reading
- You are scrappy, resourceful, and eager to prove yourself
- You don't need all the answers—you need the drive to find them
- You're not afraid of ambiguity or hard problems; in fact, they excite you
- You take feedback like fuel, and you're looking for a place that will invest in making you exceptional, not comfortable
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)—graduating between December 2025 and June 2026
- Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Experience with at least one modern programming language (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, etc.). Bonus if you've worked with TypeScript, React, or Node.js
- Projects that show you can build real things—personal projects, hackathons, internships, open source contributions. We care about what you've shipped, not just what you studied
- A hunger to learn and an ego small enough to admit when you don't know something
- Grit. You don't give up when things get hard. You Google, you ask questions, you figure it out
- Strong communication skills. You can explain your thinking, take feedback without defensiveness, and collaborate with people who aren't engineers
- Extreme bias toward action. You'd rather ship something imperfect and iterate than wait for perfect
- Applicants must be based in the United States
What the job involves
- Are you a new grad who wants to build something that matters from day one? At Solace, you won't be relegated to small bug fixes or endless onboarding—you'll ship real features to real users within your first weeks
- This isn't a hand-holding job. You'll be challenged daily, expected to move fast, learn faster, and take ownership of your work like a seasoned engineer
- You'll join a spectacularly talented team who will push you to grow, but you'll also be expected to think independently, ask the right questions, and own your work from design through deployment
- You will commit code daily
- You will make mistakes
- You will learn from them and get better every single day
- Ship production code in your first week—real features that impact real users
- Build across the stack, from database queries to API endpoints to UI components, learning the full lifecycle of software development
- Take ownership of features end-to-end. You'll be accountable for what you build, and you'll feel the weight and pride of that responsibility
- Work directly with senior engineers, product managers, and designers. You'll have mentorship, but you'll also be expected to drive your own work forward
- Debug production issues, refactor messy code, and improve systems—not glamorous, but essential, and you'll learn more from this than any bootcamp could teach you
- Move fast and iterate. We deploy continuously, and you'll see your code in production within hours, not weeks
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and product planning. Your voice matters here, even on day one
- You'll be working in our modern tech stack and will gain hands-on experience with:
- Typescript across all our applications
- NestJS API with TypeORM
- Postgres and Redis
- React with our custom UI library built on shadcn
- Tailwind CSS
Our take
The US healthcare system is complex and difficult to navigate. This leaves many patients overwhelmed with paperwork and insurance claims, and struggling against limited provider availability.
Solace has set out to tackle this issue, by connecting patients with expert healthcare advocates. These professionals, including former doctors and nurses, offer support and guide patients through their healthcare challenges.
With substantial funding to its name, Solace is in a position to expand its services, grow its network of advocates, and enhance coverage across Medicaid and private insurance plans. Alongside a partnership with Medicare, Solace aims to make healthcare advocacy more accessible and continue empowering patients with expert support.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2025
$60m
SERIES B
Aug 2024
$14m
SERIES A
Total funding: $74m
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Jeremy Gurewitz
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a VP at Literati and Imperfect Foods. Prior to that, they were a Senior Manager of Growth at Man Crates and an Associate Portfolio Manager at Lord Abbett & Co.
Sara Sargent
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously the Head of Brand at Synthesis and Literati. They were also an Independent Creative & Brand Strategist as well as the Lead Content Editor at MV3 Marketing.
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