Junior Forward Deployed Engineer

About Bask Health

Bask Health is a software platform that enables entrepreneurs, doctors, and healthcare businesses to launch, manage, and grow direct-to-consumer telehealth businesses.

Our platform brings together patient experiences, clinical workflows, pharmacy operations, and commerce tools in one place.

We're an entrepreneurial, product-focused engineering team that values ownership, technical excellence, and building software that solves real problems. Engineers work closely with product teams and company leadership, take features from idea to production, and have a direct role in shaping the platform.

Engineering at Bask is AI-first and builder-led. We use tools like Cursor and Claude Code throughout development while maintaining high standards for reliability, testing, and software quality.

About the Role

We're looking for a Junior Forward Deployed Engineer to help build, implement, and maintain technical solutions across Bask Health's platform.

This is an early-career engineering position for someone who enjoys coding, solving problems, and understanding how software supports real businesses. You'll work alongside experienced engineers and collaborate with product and customer-facing teams to help deliver technical solutions for merchants and internal operations.

Your projects may involve developing API integrations, improving merchant onboarding workflows, troubleshooting application issues, building internal tools, and contributing to frontend or backend functionality.

You'll gain experience working with modern web technologies, production applications, databases, and cloud services. You'll also learn how to investigate technical requirements, evaluate implementation approaches, and turn business problems into working software.

This is a hands-on development role, not a traditional customer support position. You'll write code, contribute to production features, participate in code reviews, and gradually take ownership of increasingly complex engineering tasks.

We're looking for someone who has strong technical fundamentals, asks thoughtful questions, learns quickly, and takes initiative when working through unfamiliar problems.

What You'll Do

• Assist with building and maintaining technical solutions across Bask Health's platform.
• Work alongside experienced engineers to implement merchant-facing and internal application functionality.
• Develop frontend and backend features using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, or comparable technologies.
• Help build and maintain integrations between Bask's platform and third-party services.
• Work with REST APIs, webhooks, and application data to support connected workflows.
• Assist with technical implementations and merchant onboarding requirements.
• Build small features and improvements that simplify platform configuration.
• Help develop internal tools that support engineering and operational teams.
• Investigate and troubleshoot bugs affecting application functionality.
• Assist with debugging API requests, data flows, and integration issues.
• Work with SQL databases to retrieve, update, and validate application data.
• Write reusable functions, components, and application logic.
• Help implement validation, error handling, and reliable application behavior.
• Support the development of automated workflows and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers to understand technical requirements and implementation plans.
• Participate in technical discussions and contribute ideas for solving problems.
• Write clean, readable, and maintainable code.
• Develop unit tests and assist with testing application functionality.
• Participate in code reviews and apply feedback from experienced engineers.
• Help document technical implementations, integrations, and troubleshooting steps.
• Learn and follow established engineering standards and development practices.
• Assist with investigating production issues under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers and customer-facing teams to understand user needs.
• Help identify recurring technical issues and opportunities for reusable solutions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools while validating generated code and maintaining software quality.
• Build familiarity with Bask's platform architecture and development workflows.
• Gradually take ownership of assigned engineering tasks from implementation through testing and deployment.

Requirements

• Foundational knowledge of software engineering through professional experience, internships, academic projects, bootcamps, or independent development.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with modern web application development.
• Basic experience with React or a comparable frontend framework.
• Basic understanding of Node.js or another backend development environment.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and responsive web development.
• Understanding of REST APIs and client-server communication.
• Basic knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Familiarity with Git and version control.
• Ability to write readable, organized, and maintainable code.
• Understanding of fundamental programming concepts and data structures.
• Familiarity with debugging and troubleshooting software issues.
• Basic understanding of asynchronous programming.
• Willingness to learn backend services, APIs, and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with software testing concepts.
• Understanding of basic application security principles.
• Ability to follow technical documentation and implementation instructions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail when working with code and application data.
• Ability to ask questions and seek guidance when appropriate.
• Willingness to receive feedback and improve engineering skills.
• Ability to communicate technical progress and challenges clearly.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage assigned tasks.
• Interest in working on real-world business and customer problems.
• Comfort collaborating with a remote engineering team.

Nice to Have

• Previous software engineering internship or junior development experience.
• Experience building personal projects or contributing to open-source software.
• Experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Node.js backend development.
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs.
• Familiarity with webhooks and third-party service integrations.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database.
• Familiarity with Prisma, Drizzle ORM, or comparable database tools.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Familiarity with serverless applications or cloud functions.
• Experience building internal tools or simple workflow automations.
• Familiarity with GitHub pull requests and code review workflows.
• Experience writing unit or integration tests.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Experience building small full-stack applications.
• Interest in e-commerce, SaaS, or merchant-facing software.
• Familiarity with Shopify or other e-commerce platforms.
• Interest in healthcare technology or telehealth applications.
• Experience collaborating with designers, product managers, or external stakeholders.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.