Staff Software Engineer, Caching
Judi Health · Denver
$200,800–$251,000
Jul 15, 2026
Denver
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level infrastructure role focused on designing and operating the caching layer that underpins a complex healthcare platform handling claims, eligibility, and prior authorizations. The work centers on cache consistency, invalidation architecture, and performance contracts across high-throughput, multi-tenant workflows — with claims adjudication as an early priority. The role also involves setting organization-wide caching standards, mentoring senior engineers, and participating in 24/7 on-call coverage.
Staff level · 10+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $200,800–$251,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
Three salary bands are listed for the three office locations: NYC ($200,800–$251,000), Denver ($184,000–$230,000), and Charlotte ($167,200–$209,000). The NYC range is reported in the compensation fields as it is the highest/primary listed location.
The role is explicitly titled and framed as 'Staff Engineer' with org-wide, cross-team technical authority over caching standards and patterns — this genuinely supports the Staff band rather than Senior.
Redis, Valkey, Memcached, and ElastiCache are listed together as interchangeable options for the distributed caching requirement; Valkey is an open-source Redis fork and a true drop-in substitute.
Cache invalidation architecture, eviction policies, cluster topology, and multi-tenancy are all listed under Required Qualifications and treated as hard gates, even though they are capabilities rather than named products.
Rust/Go/C/C++ and Python appear only under Preferred Qualifications, as does AWS (framed as 'experience on AWS with managed caching…'), change data capture, and probabilistic data structures.
The posting does not require a specific degree; no degree language appears at all.
The role is hybrid (3 days in office across NYC, Denver, or Charlotte) — not fully remote.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cache invalidation architecture, on-call / incident response.
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