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Staff Software Engineer

Noom

Noom

Software Engineering
Princeton, NJ, USA
USD 234k-316k / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Noom is on a mission to help people live better, longer. We’re a consumer-led digital health company, connecting people to content, coaching, community, and clinicians, to build lasting habits and live healthier lives. We’re a high-growth organization powered by science, technology, and world-class talent. When you join Noom, on any team, whether fully-remote or in one of our offices, you’ll see the impact of your work on the world.


Our Engineering Team

At Noom, our Engineering team powers the technology behind our behavior change platform. From backend systems to mobile interfaces, we architect solutions that enable better health outcomes at scale. Within our Med org, engineers are instrumental in building compliant, scalable infrastructure that supports a wide range of healthcare integrations and services.

About the Role

As we continue to expand our healthcare offerings, we’re seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive scalable architecture and technical leadership across Noom Med. This role will actively contribute as an IC on one or more Med teams, helping improve the architecture of our integrations while setting a long-term vision for a compliant, performant, and innovative platform.

You Will

  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and HIPAA-compliant backend systems to support healthcare integrations.
  • Set architectural vision for Noom Med, ensuring alignment with broader engineering standards and long-term product scalability.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders—Engineering, Product, Operations, and external vendors—to drive initiatives forward.
  • Own and evolve critical integrations with healthcare partners, surfacing and prioritizing opportunities for future improvement.
  • Leverage experience with AI or strong interest in AI-driven development tools to enhance the team’s velocity and innovation.
  • Actively contribute to codebases (50%), drive architectural planning (25%), and provide technical leadership and mentorship (25%).


About You

If you’re interested in shaping the future of health by designing systems that enable scalable and compliant medical services, this role may be for you!


You Have

  • Proven experience operating at the Staff-level or equivalent in backend engineering roles, with at least 8 - 10+ years of experience
  • Deep proficiency in Java or Kotlin and experience with the Spring framework.
  • Familiarity with relational databases and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred, but any major provider accepted).
  • Demonstrated success in architecting scalable integrations with external systems, especially in the healthcare space.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence teams across an engineering function.
  • Interest or experience in AI-based tooling or development acceleration.

What Makes This Job Amazing

  • You’ll be helping millions of people lead healthier lives every day
  • You’ll experience huge learning & professional growth opportunities. Noom believes in supporting you; we’ll cover the cost of books, courses, conferences… you name it!
  • You’ll become part of our transparent, high-performing, and close-knit team
  • We guarantee you will learn a tremendous amount in a short time. For those who value and excel in transparent, high-intensity, and high-impact environments, there is significant opportunity for advancement.

Compensation Package

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $234,000-$316,000.
    • This range reflects the minimum and maximum salary target for the position for US-based candidates, at the time of posting. The actual salary offer is based on factors including relevant experience and training, assessment of functional skills and behavioral competencies, and location, among others.

  • Other elements of Noom’s Compensation Package
    • Noom offers a comprehensive and generous total rewards package. This may include a discretionary performance-based bonus, stock awards, healthcare (featuring a plan with premiums covered by Noom), paid holidays and paid leave (including Summer Fridays), 401k program, and various cash stipends and budgets for employees (wellness, tech, learning & development, etc).


Location


This position is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week (Wed & Thurs) on-site required in our Princeton, NJ office.


More About Noom

Noom is a leading whole-person health platform on a mission to help people live better, longer. We combine personalized medication with the science of behavior change and psychology, to help people build lasting habits and live longer, healthier lives. With nationally-recognized, holistic programs spanning weight, diabetes prevention, GLP-1 support, menopause, longevity, and more, we serve millions through health plans, employers, and direct-to-consumer offerings. As a trailblazer in the world of health and wellness, Noom makes healthy living easy, fun, and deeply rewarding.

Join us in shaping the future of health. Whether you're remote or in-office, you’ll be part of a passionate, mission-driven team working to make the world a healthier place—one habit at a time.

Noom is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, caste, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Noom is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.

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