About the role

  • Backend Engineer architecting scalable systems for ingesting and managing diverse health data sources. Working on real-time data, AI insights, and personalized care pathways to transform healthcare delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend services that ingest, transform, and persist diverse health data (wearable sensor streams, EHRs, user inputs). Build APIs and data pipelines for real-time and batch processing, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance
  • Integrate with external systems and protocols including FHIR APIs, BLE-based devices, Apple HealthKit, and Google Fit.
  • Ensure backend services are designed for high availability, reliability, and low latency, especially for real-time clinical decision support
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure HIPAA-compliant handling of PHI/PII data.
  • Work cross-functionally with product, clinical, and AI teams to align backend capabilities with user-facing experiences and clinical workflows
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and data quality monitoring
  • Support and mentor teammates across engineering functions, especially around secure coding and data access best practices

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related
  • 5+ years of experience delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation
  • Full-stack experience, including building dashboards, admin tools, or data visualizations with React/Next.js, Tailwind, etc
  • Proven software architecture experience, patterns of large, high-scale applications
  • Experience integrating 3rd-party health platforms and APIs, including EHRs, remote monitoring tools, or insurance data exchanges
  • Background in working with data warehousing, analytics platforms, or data lakes for longitudinal health data
  • Exposure to clinical workflows, remote patient monitoring, or population health management systems
  • Familiarity with data governance, data provenance, and auditing frameworks for regulated environments
  • Passion for writing clean, maintainable, and testable code
  • Excellent programming and computer science fundamentals, and a deep love for technology
  • Ability to adapt and learn new skills coupled with a resourceful, can-do attitudeOutstanding attention to detailProficient experience with Git, Github, Jira or similar project enablement tools.

Job title

Backend Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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