Backend Engineer
Company hidden until unlock
- Work model
- Onsite
- Location
- San Francisco
- Posted
- 5d ago
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ABOUT THE ROLE Join a six-person engineering team building AI-native backend infrastructure for a healthtech company automating administrative clinical workflows. This role sits at the core of the product — powering agentic systems that handle clinical information for millions of patients and enable rapid customer onboarding, the company's primary growth lever. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Architect and deploy AI-native backend systems that process high-volume data via API. - Build reliable, secure agentic infrastructure capable of handling sensitive clinical information at scale. - Shape product iterations end-to-end by integrating direct customer feedback into development. - Own critical backend infrastructure and drive its technical evolution. - Scale systems and architecture to support rapid customer onboarding and company growth. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 0–1 years of professional backend software development experience. - 5+ years of overall software engineering experience building and delivering production systems. - Proficiency in Python (required) and at least one systems programming language such as C, C++, Rust, or Go. - Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or a similar tool (required). - Experience designing and implementing scalable backend systems or infrastructure. - Familiarity with distributed systems concepts (consensus, replication, fault tolerance). - Experience with database systems or data storage technologies. - Understanding of prompt engineering. - Strong GitHub contribution profile with a history of active, meaningful commits. - Experience with performance optimization and profiling. - Currently employed at an established company. - Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and/or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus. - Experience with open source contributions is a plus. - Passion for building impactful products in healthcare. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: $120,000 – $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, CA.