Software Engineer-eCommerce

Join us in creating a better way!

At eHealth, our mission is to expertly guide consumers through their health insurance and related options when, where, and how they prefer. We’re creating a better way – one that’s transparent and trustworthy for both our consumers externally and our employees internally. 

Move your career forward while connecting countless people to the life- changing, quality care they deserve. Our diverse team of innovators supports one another in solving some of the toughest challenges. We’re always on the lookout for creative opportunities to do right by our customers, and each other. Together, we’re creating a better way to work, united by our common passion to make a difference.

At eHealth, our mission is to expertly guide our customers through their health insurance needs, providing personalized and affordable plans. Through our proprietary marketplace, we offer quality Medicare insurance options which includes Medicare Advantage, Supplement, and Prescription Drug, Individual, Family, Small Business, and Ancillary from 200 carriers nationwide. Our vision is to be the nation's leading source for health insurance and related products.

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the eCommerce team. In this role, you will spearhead the architecture, design and development of our next-generation eCommerce platform, ensuring a seamless user experience across all channels and different devices. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll establish best practices for front-end and back-end development, leveraging concepts like the backend-for-frontend pattern and component libraries. Your contributions will span various product areas, including eCommerce shopping, enrollment, SEO, and marketing landing pages, driving our mission to deliver consistent, intuitive, performant, and high-quality experiences at scale.

How you will make an impact:

You have proven industry experience in software design and development. You are a solution-centric, results-oriented, and experienced Software Engineer. You want to “build what’s right, not what’s easy.” You will work with other engineers in a collaborative environment to improve the overall quality while achieving timely delivery of solutions. You are ambitious, talented, and driven to make the team and project successful.

Responsibilities:

• Hands on implementation of end-to-end eCommerce solutions, ensuring seamless experience across various customer touch points and devices.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineers to deliver high-quality solutions, including robust unit, integration, and functional tests and code reviews.
• Engage with leaders and team members across Engineering, Product Management, UX Design, Analytics, and Marketing to provide valuable insights on user-centric and technically feasible solutions.
• Contribute to the software engineering standards and evaluate technology options to ensure optimal performance and scalability of applications.
• Thrive in a dynamic environment characterized by rapid iterations, continuous learning, and a passion for overcoming obstacles.
• Demonstrate eHealth’s values in your behaviors, practices, and decisions.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or similar field
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in fast-paced full-stack product development environments.
• Expertise in one of modern Javascript front-end development technologies like Vue.js, React.js, Next.js, and Nuxt.js, emphasizing reusable component design and mobile-friendly user interfaces with CSS techniques such as grids, flexbox, and breakpoints and standards such as ES6, ES5 .

• Experience with backend service design, development and testing using NodeJS and/or Java SpringBoot
• Experience working with Product Managers and UX designers to understand the requirements and translate the FIGMA UI designs into implementations.
• Experience in working with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB).
• Understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful services and cloud-native software development.
• Experience in working with GIT, Jenkins, AWS/GCP, CI/CD.
• Experience in working with feature flagging, A/B testing (Adobe, Target, Optimizely), distributed tracing, Server Side Rendering, Performance improvement and testing for full-stack eCommerce application is a plus.
• Knowledge of web page performance optimization and relevant metrics is a plus.
• Experience with CMS such as WordPress or Gatsby is a plus.

Prefer candidates that reside in Pacific Standard Time PST or Central Standar Time CST. There will be extended evening hours due to regular meetings with our Xiamen Team.   Team members are expected to be available throughout each day for video collaboration meetings and chats.

Please include a link to your LinkedIn profile, Github, and/or portfolio of

your work that you’d like to share with the hiring team. Profiles with these

will be prioritized.

PLEASE NO AGENCIES. We are NOT able to hire contractors through a 3rd party.

We are ONLY considering direct, full-time employment with eHealth in the US.

What we offer (benefits):

• Generous benefits include medical, dental and vision beginning on your first day of employment
• 401K with matching
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee stock purchase program
• 12 company paid holidays and flexible time off (PTO for non-exempt)

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The base pay range reflects the anticipated pay range for this position. The actual base pay offered will depend on various factors including individual skills, experience, performance, qualifications, the department budget, and the location where work is performed. Base pay is one component of eHealth’s total rewards package, which also includes an annual performance bonus, plus an array of benefits designed to support employees’ personal and professional wellness. For more information on our total rewards offerings, please visit our career site.

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Base Pay Range -$104,600 - $130,700

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eHealth is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. The foundation of these policies is our commitment to treat everyone fairly and equally and to have a bias-free work environment.

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