Staff Software Engineer

Lyric is an AI-first, platform-based healthcare technology company, committed to simplifying the business of care by preventing inaccurate payments and reducing overall waste in the healthcare ecosystem, enabling more efficient use of resources to reduce the cost of care for payers, providers, and patients. Lyric, formerly ClaimsXten, is a market leader with 35 years of pre-pay editing expertise, dedicated teams, and top technology. Lyric is proud to be recognized as 2025 Best in KLAS for Pre-Payment Accuracy and Integrity and is HI-TRUST and SOC2 certified, and a recipient of the 2025 CandE Award for Candidate Experience. Interested in shaping the future of healthcare with AI? Explore opportunities at lyric.ai/careers and drive innovation with #YouToThePowerOfAI.

As a Staff Software Engineer , you’ll play a central role in designing and developing new systems that will shape the future of our AI-driven platform. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role — ideal for engineers who want to combine deep technical expertise with leadership influence.

You’ll work closely with global engineering leaders, contribute to architectural decisions that define product direction, and mentor a talented local team as we expand our innovation footprint in India.

This is a hybrid position , requiring 3 days per week in our Hyderabad office .

What You’ll Do

Drive Product and Platform Innovation

• Architect and build new, large-scale services and APIs from the ground up, enabling the next generation of AI-powered features.
• Shape technical strategy and design systems for scalability, performance, and reliability across global environments.
• Partner with global teams across Product, AI, and Infrastructure to deliver high-quality solutions that push technology boundaries.

Lead with Technical Excellence

• Serve as a technical leader and hands-on contributor , setting the bar for clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Lead design and code reviews, introduce engineering best practices, and ensure consistency across teams.
• Solve complex production challenges, driving root cause analysis and performance improvements.

Mentor and Influence

• Coach and mentor engineers in Hyderabad and globally, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Provide guidance on architectural decisions, scalability patterns, and modern development methodologies.
• Act as a trusted technical voice in product discussions and roadmap planning.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of software engineering experience , with a strong background in system design and large-scale distributed systems .
• Proficiency in backend or full-stack development using Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript .
• Deep understanding of microservices, API design, data modeling , and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines , container orchestration (Kubernetes) , and observability frameworks .
• Proven track record of technical leadership — driving projects, influencing design direction, and mentoring others.

Bonus Points

• Experience building new products or platforms in high-growth or AI-driven companies .
• Familiarity with event-driven systems , streaming platforms (Kafka, Pub/Sub), and modern DevOps/SRE practices .
• Contributions to open-source projects, technical communities, or thought leadership through blogs or talks.

Why Lyric?

• Build something new: Contribute to new product development in a company at the forefront of AI innovation .
• Global visibility: Collaborate directly with international product and engineering teams — your work will have global impact .
• Leadership and growth: Influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and grow with a company that values innovation, ownership, and excellence.
• Modern tech environment: Work on cutting-edge systems with autonomy, speed, and access to the latest cloud and AI tools.
• Impact Focused: Contribute to the architecture community driving Lyric’s technology strategy and direction.