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Sr. Software Engineer (Backend)
$170K–$190K
US - Remote · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years as a software engineer; 3+ years in backend distributed systems; 3+ years with microservice architectures.
- Education
- Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Leads the design and delivery of scalable backend systems that power patient and provider experiences, while guiding engineering practices and architectural decisions.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable, performant backend solutions; improve system reliability, security, and performance.
- Mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and coordinate integrations across engineering teams.
- Improve observability, workflows, and engineering standards; analyze performance and maintain technical documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years as a software engineer shipping production code.
- 3+ years in backend distributed system design, development, and delivery, and 3+ years with microservice architectures.
- Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience hosting microservices on Kubernetes and AWS, and with CI/CD processes including unit and end-to-end integration tests.
Nice to have
- Healthcare tech, wearables, or connected device data experience.
- PostgreSQL experience; familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, React Native, NextJS).
Pay
$170K – $190K USD base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, React Native
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