Software Engineer
New York, New York
Engineering /
Full Time /
Hybrid
About Us:
Torch is a rapidly growing start-up (5x last year) that has raised over $30 million from top VCs including Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis and FJ Labs. Torch’s mission is to improve the lives of healthcare providers by simplifying supply ordering, providing transparent pricing, and modernizing the outdated ordering process. Torch is targeting the $100+ billion office-based healthcare supply industry, starting with dental practices. Our innovative e-commerce software platform streamlines healthcare professionals’ procurement process and helps them secure the best prices.
Our founding team has experience from Blackstone, SmartAsset, Dropbox, and Datadog, from schools including Harvard, MIT, and UVA. We’re a close‑knit team that enjoys working together every day to solve real‑world problems. We are working to create better solutions to help healthcare professionals succeed, and are looking for people like you to help bring them to life!
Your Contribution:
We are looking for engineers excited to build major features and enhancements to our product, and who have a passion for intuitive user interfaces and efficient workflows. As a software engineer working in product at Torch, you will help create delightful experiences for our customers in close collaboration with stakeholders on the engineering, product, and operations teams. You will take a significant role in owning features and will collaborate closely with the CTO and other leaders to land changes that meaningfully affect the course of the business.
What we are looking for:
- 1+ year of experience in a professional engineering environment
- Comfort with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and a frontend framework such as React or Vue
- A strong interest in building impactful, user-facing products
- Some familiarity with a web server framework like Express, Flask, or Rails
- A positive attitude and willingness to learn
Ideal candidates will also have:
- Studied or worked professionally in visual or user experience design
- Worked in the healthcare industry, especially in a start-up office environment
- Owned the end-to-end development of a significant product feature
Why Torch:
- Collaborative, supportive, and high performing culture
- Health Benefits: medical and dental coverage with Aetna, One Medical
- 401k benefits with Slavic
- Unlimited and flexible paid time-off
- Maternity and Paternity leave
- Commuter benefits
- Fully stocked pantry and fridge
- An employee-driven culture with happy hours, team events, and other initiatives to celebrate our many successes
- Salary Range $120k - $160k
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
