Drimva

Headway

Senior Backend Software Engineer

$183K–$278K

New York, NY +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2024

Location
New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Remote

About the job

Build and scale backend systems for Headway’s mental healthcare platform, including clinical data, insurance billing, patient services, and provider payments.

What you'll do

  • Design systems for clinical data and AI-powered clinical workflows, including transcript-to-note generation and summaries.
  • Scale insurance billing and claims systems, and build patient-focused backend services.
  • Develop reliable ledger systems for accurate provider payments, with idempotency and strict consistency.

Nice to have

  • Experience applying LLMs to workflows such as code generation, operational automation, or developer tooling.

Pay

$182,750 – $278,500 USD base salary

Tools

Python, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, Snowflake, AWS, Temporal, Datadog

AI focus

Build AI-powered clinical intelligence, such as session transcript-to-note generation and automated summaries; apply AI to billing and experiment with LLMs for operational automation and developer tooling.

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