Thatch
Software Engineer: Backend
$161K–$230K
Remote (US) +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Feb 7, 2026
- Location
- Remote (US)
San Francisco, California, United States
Remote (US) - Experience
- Experience building and maintaining backend systems in production; no number of years specified.
About the job
Designs and operates backend systems for healthcare benefits, including enrollments, payments, payroll, financial flows, and partner integrations.
What you'll do
- Build backend systems and data models supporting benefits management and financial transactions.
- Integrate with payroll providers, banks, insurance carriers, and other partners; improve automation, monitoring, and observability.
- Own production reliability, debugging, and maintainability while collaborating across teams.
What they ask for
- Experience building and maintaining backend systems in production.
- Track record shipping systems with complex business and operational implications.
- Strong reasoning about data models, workflows, and edge cases; comfort with ambiguity and cross-functional tradeoffs.
- Experience mentoring engineers or setting technical direction.
Nice to have
- Healthcare, finance, or other complex or regulated domains.
- HR, payroll, payments, or partner-facing systems.
Pay
$161,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ruby on Rails, React, TailwindCSS, Python, backend JavaScript
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