Novellia
Senior Backend Engineer
$150K–$200K
Remote · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in backend development; minimum of 2 years in a startup environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent.
About the job
Build and maintain scalable backend services and data pipelines that process healthcare data and support AI-powered features and insights.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services and pipelines for large volumes of healthcare data, including integrating and optimizing LLM components.
- Own features end to end and collaborate with frontend, data, AI, product, and design teams.
- Implement observability and software development best practices for reliable services and deployments.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent.
- 5+ years of backend development experience building scalable, distributed systems; minimum of 2 years in a startup environment.
- Proficiency in one or more of Python, Node.js, or Java; understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Experience with cloud platforms, relational databases, backend system design, data processing, analytics, and observability.
Nice to have
- Experience with message queues, data streaming platforms, vector databases, LLM applications, RAG, or AI-driven similarity search.
- Familiarity with FHIR and healthcare interoperability standards.
Pay
$150K – $200K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Node.js, Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, LangChain, LlamaIndex
AI focus
Integrate and optimize LLMs and other AI components for healthcare data insights; preferred experience includes LLM applications, RAG, and AI-driven similarity search.
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