Senior Backend Software Engineer IV

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer IV based in the United States.

In this role, you will help shape the core backend systems powering a modern healthcare platform that delivers personalized, AI-enabled care at scale. You will design and evolve the APIs, services, and data infrastructure that support millions of user interactions across web and mobile applications. This is a senior-level engineering position with significant ownership of architecture, performance, and scalability decisions. You will work in a highly collaborative environment alongside product, data, and frontend teams to build secure, reliable, and intelligent systems. The role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership, mentoring, and system design. You will also play a key role in modernizing data architecture and enabling AI-driven product capabilities.

• Lead the design and evolution of backend architecture, including microservices and scalable APIs that power member-facing applications across web and mobile platforms.
• Build and maintain high-performance systems using Python and Django, ensuring clean, testable, and production-ready code at scale.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL data models and queries while integrating operational and analytical data sources such as BigQuery and dbt.
• Own cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, leveraging Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and ensuring system reliability and scalability.
• Implement event-driven and asynchronous systems using tools such as Celery and Pub/Sub to support workflows, notifications, and real-time features.
• Define and monitor system reliability metrics (SLAs, SLOs, SLIs), and lead incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term fixes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Engineering, AI, Product, and Frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features and data-driven user experiences.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices including code quality, testing, documentation, and system design standards.

Requirements:

This role requires extensive backend engineering experience, strong system design capability, and deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. Candidates should bring a strong track record of building and scaling production-grade services in fast-paced environments.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leadership on complex backend initiatives.
• Strong expertise in Python and Django, with experience maintaining large-scale production systems.
• Advanced system design skills with experience building distributed, scalable backend architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including infrastructure provisioning and optimization.
• Proven experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, relational database design, and SQL optimization.
• Experience working with BigQuery and dbt, including integrating analytical data into application backends.
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building or supporting event-driven systems and asynchronous processing workflows.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Preferred: experience in healthcare, regulated environments (HIPAA/SOC2), or AI/ML-enabled systems.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package aligned with senior-level engineering roles
• Remote-first work environment within the United States
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Opportunities to work on AI-enabled healthcare products at scale
• Career growth in a high-impact, senior technical leadership role
• Exposure to modern data stack technologies (BigQuery, dbt, GCP)
• Collaborative engineering culture with strong emphasis on mentorship and learning
• Inclusive work environment with a focus on diversity and equal opportunity