Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Commerce Platform

at Heidi Health

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Commerce Platform
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Python, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing backend features for Heidi, an AI Care Partner in healthcare. Innovating in backend and user-facing products to enhance care delivery and revenue growth.

Responsibilities

• Build the revenue engine: Own features across our billing platform, payments integration (Stripe), and entitlements service—directly impacting how Heidi monetizes and scales
• Ship user-facing products: Deliver end-to-end on payment plans, seat management, and subscription UX for individuals and organisations—making self-serve purchasing seamless
• Drive growth through product: Build upsell flows and upgrade prompts that connect users to plans matching their needs, turning product usage into revenue
• Work across the stack: Develop both frontend experiences (React/TypeScript) and backend services (Python)—we need engineers who can own a feature from API to UI
• Grow with a small, high-impact team: Join early and help shape the team—collaborating closely with cross-functional partners as Commerce scales

Requirements

• Strong full-stack or backend experience (Python & TypeScript preferred)
• Track record of leading feature delivery independently—scoping, building, and shipping
• Pragmatic engineering mindset: bias toward done over perfect, iterative over big-bang
• Experience building user-facing features involving permissions, sharing, or multi-user workflows
• Effective collaborator who communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-moving priorities in a growth-stage environment
• Genuine interest in healthcare and improving how clinical teams deliver care

Benefits

• Flexible work with 3 days a week in the office.
• Additional paid day off for your birthday and wellness days
• Special corporate rates at Anytime Fitness for Melbourne, Sydney tbc
• A generous personal development budget of $500 per annum
• Learn from some of the best engineers and creatives, joining a diverse team
• Become an owner, with shares (equity) in the company, if Heidi wins, we all win
• The rare chance to create a global impact as you immerse yourself in one of Australia’s leading healthtech startups
• If you have an impact quickly, the opportunity to fast track your startup career!