Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Clinical Platform
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New York, NY, USA
USD 179k-212k / year + Equity
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient backend services and APIs.
- Define service boundaries, migration strategies, and rollout plans in collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders.
- Build and maintain dashboards and alerts to detect and respond to system issues proactively.
- Define and maintain SLIs/SLOs in collaboration with product, infra and other development teams.
- Continuously monitor performance bottlenecks and optimize system latency and throughput.
- Lead or contribute to engineering-wide initiatives to improve system quality, developer, provider, lab, or pharmacist experience.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
- Proficient in Python, relational databases, and frameworks like Django or FastAPI, with hands-on experience in metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning using tools like Datadog.
- 8+ years professional backend software development experience
- Deep understanding of distributed systems—data consistency, communication patterns, and service boundaries—backed by hands-on experience building and maintaining high-traffic production systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex technical roadmaps, with a proactive approach to refining ambiguous problems and driving solutions in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling alignment and momentum even amid uncertainty.
- Committed to technical excellence—mentoring engineers, upholding best practices in backend architecture and observability, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Bonus Skills
- Experience working with healthcare standards specifically HL7, or related diagnostic/lab reporting systems.
- Prior experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps (more on Dev) roles.
We’ve Got You Covered
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible PTO
- Wellbeing + Learning & Growth reimbursements
- Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits
- Pet insurance
- Student loan refinancing
- Virtual resources for mindfulness, counseling, and fitness
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