Software Engineer – Full Stack Full Time NEW

Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility serving the functional medicine markets, we are proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength lies in four core values—People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we deliver a uniquely integrated approach to healthcare through vertical supply chain integration, advanced technology, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. From manufacturing to distribution to quality control, our teams work collaboratively to push boundaries, improve patient outcomes, and redefine medication accessibility.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new job, it means becoming part of a mission to transform healthcare. We empower our employees to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact every day. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions are celebrated.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, transformative environment where innovation meets purpose, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s revolutionize healthcare together.

Position Summary:

The Software Engineer delivers meaningful business impact by building and maintaining scalable backend systems that support pharmacy operations, manufacturing, logistics, and regulatory compliance across Empower’s 503A/503B environment. Contributing to system design and technical execution within a defined domain, this role helps mission-critical platforms grow reliably and sustainably. AI serves as a force multiplier—accelerating engineering velocity, elevating system observability, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the platform. This role requires solid technical foundations: engineers who apply strong problem-solving skills with disciplined execution, who learn quickly in ambiguous environments, and who contribute to a high-performing team culture.

Responsibilities:

Architecture and Enterprise Integration

• Systems Ownership: Contribute to system design within pharmacy operations, manufacturing, and logistics domains; use AI-assisted tools to model dependencies, understand load patterns, and validate implementation decisions before committing engineering resources.
• Governance Standards: Follow and contribute to architectural standards governing how services communicate and evolve; participate in design reviews to reduce systemic risk in Empower’s highly regulated 503A/503B environment.
• Platform Interoperability: Support integration across internal services and external regulatory systems using established data contracts and API versioning protocols; leverage AI tooling to detect integration drift and assist in service onboarding.

System Performance and Reliability

• Scale Engineering: Build and optimize performant, reliable backend systems for pharmacy and logistics workloads; apply AI-augmented capacity planning techniques to maintain acceptable performance under varying demand without over-provisioning infrastructure.
• Resilience Architecture: Implement fault-tolerant systems with observability layers—distributed tracing, structured logging, and anomaly detection—that surface degradation early; collaborate with SRE teams to support incident response and reduce recovery time.
• Performance Optimization: Conduct performance analysis identifying bottlenecks at the database, network, and application tiers; use AI-assisted profiling to prioritize fixes and deliver measurable improvements in latency and throughput.

Engineering Leadership and Enablement

• Technical Mentorship: Participate in and receive structured code reviews and pair programming sessions; actively develop design literacy and code quality, and support the growth of fellow engineers through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Platform Velocity: Contribute to shared platform capabilities—CI/CD pipelines, reusable libraries, infrastructure-as-code—that standardize delivery; leverage AI-powered code generation and automated testing tools to improve personal and team output.
• Strategic Influence: Contribute to technical discussions and help inform roadmap priorities within your team; translate operational complexity and regulatory requirements into clear technical proposals that align with team and stakeholder goals.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with distributed systems, backend architecture, and microservices design in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in frontend technologies including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript within production environments.
• Proficiency in the Java/Spring Boot ecosystem and optionally Python or C# within production environments.
• Proficiency in GraphQL and/or Node.js-based development for distributed platform integration.
• Understanding of performance optimization, system reliability, and observability practices.
• Ability to contribute to systems that meet regulatory, security, and data integrity requirements.

Experience and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production backend systems in professional environments.
• Demonstrated experience delivering backend systems that are performant, reliable, and maintainable, with a growing ability to operate in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team, share technical knowledge with peers, and contribute constructively to engineering discussions and reviews.
• Familiarity with or exposure to regulated industries where auditability, data traceability, and compliance-aware system design are important considerations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds trust through customer-centric solutions
• Strategic AI: Guides responsible AI adoption and adaptation
• Optimizes Work Processes: Drives efficiency with continuous improvement
• Collaborates: Partners effectively to achieve shared goals
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources efficiently
• Manages Complexity: Simplifies and solves complex challenges
• Ensures Accountability: Delivers on commitments with integrity
• Situational Adaptability: Adjusts approach to shifting conditions
• Communicates Effectively: Tailors messages to diverse audiences

Values:

• People: Empowering people defines who we are
• Quality: Excellence in every product, every time
• Service: Serving others is our highest purpose
• Innovation: Advancing care through technology and discovery

Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness:

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/

Physical Requirements:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.