Senior Backend Software Engineer

Posted 6 months agoViewed

📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: $140,000 - $200,000 per year

🔍 Industry: Mental Health Care

🏢 Company: Headway👥 201-500💰 $125,000,000 Series C over 1 year agoMental Health Care

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: AWSPythonKafkaSoftware ArchitectureStrategyFastAPIPostgresRedisReactSpark

Experience working on systems that power businesses and support modern web applications.
Strong understanding of at least one programming language and comfortability with others.
Experience in shaping work to achieve company and team goals.
Ability to flex into new technical and non-technical areas as projects require.
Commitment to team growth and supporting the development of team members.
Designed software architecture at the systems level.
Led the shaping of technical requirements, roadmaps, and strategies.
Mentored teams of engineers and provided technical guidance.
Evaluated new technologies and decisions regarding building vs buying.
Participated in recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding engineers.

Building systems for financial processing and bookkeeping that support independent mental health providers.
Handling claims management and insurance processing for predictability and ease for patients and providers.
Creating internal tools for non-technical teams that improve operations and service quality.
Developing a best-in-class therapist practice management platform.
Enhancing the patient search and matching experience to help patients find the right therapist.

Posted 2 months ago

📍 US

🧭 Full-Time

💸 120000.0 - 150000.0 USD per year

🔍 Aviation technology

🔧 Requirements

Proven experience (~10 years) as a Backend Software Engineer or similar role.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or bootcamp equivalent.
Experience in writing highly secure web applications and core AWS technologies.
Experience in designing RESTful APIs.
Experience with PostgreSQL schema design, SQL query optimization, and Prisma.
Experience with AWS and DevOps tools.
Proficiency in Express and Node.js.
Exposure to distributed system cache, event-based systems, Kafka, Zookeeper, pub/sub, and third-party system integrations.

💡 Responsibilities

Act as a senior backend engineer, reporting directly to the VP of Engineering.
Design RESTful APIs for Private Jet Charter solutions.
Maintain and scale AWS infrastructure.
Design and implement database schemas, optimize queries, and ensure data integrity.
Develop, test, and maintain server-side applications using Node.js.
Create automated tests for business needs and regression testing.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project requirements.
Work with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements.
Mentor and coach junior backend developers.
Provide production support during critical times outside normal hours.

AWSNode.jsPostgreSQLSQLRegression testingRESTful APIsDevOps

Posted 2 months ago

Posted 4 months ago

📍 San Francisco, CA

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Company: Mem👥 11-50💰 $23,500,000 Series A over 2 years agoProductivity Tools Information Technology

🔧 Requirements

Have prior experience in complex engineering environments.
Self-starter capable of independent problem-solving.
Open to using state-of-the-art tools.
Well-versed in systems thinking.
Detail-oriented and capable of handling projects from conception to completion.
Thrive in ambiguous and innovative problem-solving situations.
Tech stack includes Django, Python, OpenAPI, Postgres, Redis, and cloud platforms.

💡 Responsibilities

Report directly to the CEO and collaborate with the team to architect and build backend systems.
Build backend for user-facing features that provide personal knowledge assistance.
Solve backend issues such as data processing, real-time recommendations, and information retrieval.
Develop and implement APIs and backend services.
Design and maintain scalable and reliable systems.
Enhance observability and monitoring for operational efficiency.

DockerPythonArtificial IntelligenceDjangoElasticSearchPostgresRedisCI/CD

Posted 4 months ago