Founding Software Engineer

May 12th, 2025

Full Stack Software Engineer

Work in a startup environment with potential to grow with the company

The Role

We are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer who is excited to take ownership of our tech stack, build new features from scratch, and drive the development of our integration infrastructure. As the senior engineer on the team, you’ll play a key role in shaping our product, optimizing performance, and scaling our technology to support real-world healthcare environments.

Job Details

$100k salary
Generous equity package commensurate with first employee / founding engineer status
Applicants must have work authorization and be located in the USA
Remote or in-office (State College, PA)
Potential for health insurance coverage

What You’ll Do

Lead the full development cycle, from concept and design to developing, testing, and deploying scalable full-stack applications.
Build and optimize integrations with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems.
Improve existing code and troubleshoot critical issues with a fast turnaround.
Implement responsive and user-friendly interfaces for our healthcare applications.
Work closely with the product team to translate vision into reality.
Lead engineering efforts with the opportunity to hire and build a team.
Develop clear and comprehensive technical documentation and user guides for software products, APIs, and system architectures.
Work within the existing HIPAA compliant framework, which may include web and mobile technologies and integration within clinical workflows.
Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices to ensure high-quality products.
Current technologies used include React.JS, TypeScript, Node, and Firebase.

Who You Are

3+ years of full-stack development experience in a startup or fast-paced environment.
Comfortable in a dynamic environment, where adaptability and initiative are key.
Strong work ethic, works autonomously and in various roles to support development tasks.
Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript frameworks. We currently use React+Redux and have begun transitioning our code to TypeScript.
Comfortable with backend technologies and databases. We currently use Node.js framework built on a Firestore database.
Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud, for deploying applications, and an interest in helping us shape our long-term platform architecture.
Able to handle the full software lifecycle—from gathering requirements to production deployment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both technical and non-technical topics.
Must be comfortable with taking risks and have a strong determination for success.

Nice to Have / Willing to Learn

Familiarity with EHR systems and FHIR/HL7 standards or other healthcare technologies.
Understanding of DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD).
Experience with UI/UX design or working closely with designers.
Interested in growing into a leadership role as the team expands.
Social impact-driven.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a brief introduction to jobs@literaseed.io. Please include examples of your previous work (e.g., GitHub profile, portfolio, links to apps you’ve built, etc.) and tell us why you’re excited to join our startup! Please attach your resume as a PDF with the filename format: [YourLastName_FirstName_JobTitle].

Why it Matters

In the U.S., one in five U.S. residents (67 million) speak a non-English language as their primary language. Additionally, one in three people (120 million) have low health literacy, which disproportionately affects both low-income households and racial and ethnic minority groups. LiteraSeed is focusing on a major, overlooked problem in the U.S. healthcare system that is also globally translatable.

Mission

At LiteraSeed, we believe nobody should be denied high-quality healthcare due to a communication barrier. As a small, fast-moving team, we value creativity, independence, and a strong drive to solve meaningful problems.

About Us

LiteraSeed is a bootstrapped, National Science Foundation-funded startup developing cutting-edge digital health solutions to improve patient-provider communication. Our language agnostic, visual-based platform helps patients with low literacy and low health literacy effectively capture and share symptoms with their doctors, ultimately improving healthcare outcomes. We are currently piloting our product with Arizona’s largest safety-net healthcare system and will soon be integrating into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

Why Join Us

Competitive salary and equity options.
Flexible work environment.
Opportunity to have a major impact on product direction.
Chance to work in an exciting, growing field that makes a real difference in healthcare.