GoodRx is the leading prescription savings platform in the U.S. Trusted by more than 25 million consumers and 750,000 healthcare professionals annually, GoodRx provides access to savings and affordability options for generic and brand-name medications at more than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide, as well as comprehensive healthcare research and information. Since 2011, GoodRx has helped consumers save nearly $75 billion on the cost of their prescriptions.
Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.
About The Role
In this position, you will play an important role in building new backend services that power our Subscriptions products. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including product managers, data analysts, and fellow engineers, to design and deliver scalable solutions that directly impact our customers. Your contributions will support our team's efforts to modernize our technical architecture, ensuring a smooth evolution from legacy systems to more flexible, maintainable services.
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You will have the opportunity to work on mission-critical services and APIs that directly impact our customers' experience. We value deep ownership, continuous learning, and a balanced approach between technical craftsmanship and speed-to-market. Join our team to help drive innovation while growing your expertise in both Go and Python.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain new Golang microservices while supporting existing Python systems
- Support the transition away from the legacy Python monolith, ensuring continuity and minimal disruption
- Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback to foster technical excellence
- Write clear technical documentation and create architecture diagrams to support knowledge sharing and operational transparency
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Make data-driven engineering decisions to bolster service reliability and performance.
- Cultivate a culture of excellence and participate in the team's on-call rotation to ensure a high level of service availability
- Mentor and learn from other engineers, lead engineering discussions, and champion best practices
- Enhance and evolve engineering practices, processes, and standards across the team.
- Embrace a collaborative and growth-oriented approach to overcoming technical challenges
- Support Growth-focused experimentation through exposure to tactics and tooling like Optimizely
- Leverage analytics tooling and data platforms such as Segment, Amplitude, or Looker to drive insights and inform product and technical decisions
Skills and Qualifications:
- 3+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer with strong expertise in Go
- Proficiency in developing cloud-based services using Golang
- Solid working knowledge of Python to maintain and gradually phase out legacy systems.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining cloud services (AWS or GCP preferred)
- Strong understanding of relational databases, schema design, and query optimization.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and modern microservice architectures
- Background in production-level operations, including monitoring, logging, and alerting (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch)
- Proficient debugging and troubleshooting skills for complex production issues
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in Agile environments, employing TDD, unit testing, and CI/CD best practices
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a remote-first setting
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have:
- Prior experience working on large-scale system decompositions or migrations from monolithic systems to microservices
- Familiarity with API design patterns such as GraphQL, gRPC, and RESTful services
- Exposure to event-driven architectures, particularly with technologies like Apache Kafka
- Experience with DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code tooling, such as Terraform
Engineering teams are responsible for supporting appropriate security controls, including management, operational, and technical controls in addition to general GoodRx best practices, such as reading and adhering to the security policies and procedures, being vigilant and observant of potential security threats, etc.
At GoodRx, pay ranges are determined based on work locations and may vary based on where the successful candidate is hired. The pay ranges below are shown as a guideline, and the successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and other relevant business and organizational factors. These pay zones may be modified in the future. Please contact your recruiter for additional information.
San Francisco and Seattle Offices:
$161,000.00 - $257,000.00
New York Office:
$147,000.00 - $235,000.00
Santa Monica Office:
$134,000.00 - $214,000.00
Other Office Locations:
$121,000.00 - $193,000.00
GoodRx also offers additional compensation programs such as annual cash bonuses and annual equity grants for most positions as well as generous benefits. Our great benefits offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with a company match, an ESPP, unlimited vacation, 13 paid holidays, and 72 hours of sick leave. GoodRx also offers additional benefits like mental wellness and financial wellness programs, fertility benefits, generous parental leave, pet insurance, supplemental life insurance for you and your dependents, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, and more!
We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.
With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don't necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. Please still get in touch - we'd love to connect and see if you could be good for the role!
GoodRx is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to us at accommodations@goodrx.com.
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @goodrx.com or goodrx@myworkday.com addresses.
GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. The company offers the most comprehensive and accurate resource for affordable prescription medications in the U.S., gathering pricing information from thousands of pharmacies coast to coast, as well as a tele-health marketplace for online doctor visits and lab tests. Since 2011, Americans with and without health insurance have saved $60 billion using GoodRx and million consumers visit goodrx.com each month to find discounts and information related to their healthcare. GoodRx is the #1 most downloaded medical app on the iOS and Android app stores. For more information, visit www.goodrx.com.