Senior Software Engineer, Backend

A leading digital health provider seeks a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join its remote team and help advance healthcare through technology. You’ll influence key technical decisions, collaborate across disciplines, and build impactful products for chronic-condition management. The organization offers a supportive, flexible, and growth-focused environment - ideal for those passionate about resilient backend systems and AI-driven solutions.

Key Responsibilities

In the capacity of Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will assume a central role in designing and implementing robust backend architectures that underpin essential digital health services. Your daily responsibilities will encompass close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable solutions that scale efficiently whilst upholding stringent security standards. You will exercise considerable influence over technical decisions from inception through deployment, ensuring each contribution enhances user experience. By integrating AI tools into workflows and nurturing less experienced engineers through mentorship, you will elevate the team's overall proficiency while advancing key projects. Your proactive engagement in addressing operational challenges—such as participating in on-call rotations—will safeguard platform stability for end users. This position affords you the opportunity for professional growth within an environment that prizes curiosity, empathy, and collaborative problem-solving.

• Collaborate extensively with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to architect and develop scalable backend systems supporting both mobile and web applications for digital healthcare delivery.
• Produce high-quality, maintainable code with an emphasis on stability by conducting meticulous code reviews and formulating comprehensive unit and integration tests.
• Dedicate considerable time to hands-on coding whilst also providing mentorship to junior engineers by guiding them through intricate programming challenges and design deliberations.
• Integrate artificial intelligence tools into the software development lifecycle, utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to augment system capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Oversee large-scale projects by anticipating infrastructure requirements, proposing sophisticated AI solutions to complex problems, and ensuring architectural integrity throughout the process.
• Work in concert with AI specialists to embed intelligent features into existing platforms, drawing upon their expertise as necessary for seamless integration.
• Influence the strategic direction of technology adoption within the team by advocating for new advancements and best practices in backend engineering.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to address production issues expeditiously, ensuring system reliability and resolving critical incidents as they arise.
• Contribute meaningfully to continuous improvement initiatives concerning DevOps processes, deployment pipelines, monitoring systems, and cloud infrastructure management.
• Engage regularly in knowledge-sharing sessions with peers to foster collective learning and promote innovation throughout the engineering group.
  
  

Key Requirements

To excel as a Senior Backend Software Engineer within this organization's purpose-driven environment, you will bring substantial technical acumen refined over years of delivering impactful software solutions. Your background encompasses significant experience architecting backend systems using modern languages such as Ruby/Ruby on Rails, whilst collaborating effectively with frontend teams employing frameworks like React or Vue. You are adept at designing secure APIs supported by robust relational databases, including PostgreSQL or MySQL. Your familiarity with cloud platforms (notably AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools ensures seamless operations from development through production. Beyond technical expertise, your inquisitiveness motivates you to remain informed about emerging trends—particularly within AI—and integrate these advancements judiciously into your workflow. You are recognized for your empathetic approach: attentively listening to stakeholders; supporting colleagues through mentorship; communicating clearly; and cultivating an atmosphere where all voices are valued. Your commitment extends beyond individual accomplishment—you thrive when contributing collectively towards meaningful objectives.

• Possess no fewer than seven years’ experience producing readable, thoroughly tested code in production environments using contemporary programming languages such as Ruby/Ruby on Rails.
• Demonstrate proficiency in frontend frameworks, including React or Vue, for effective full-stack collaboration when required.
• Exhibit hands-on experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL for designing secure and scalable data models.
• Show proven ability in crafting maintainable APIs that prioritize security alongside long-term sustainability.
• Display familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for efficient software releases.
• Understand large language models (LLMs), generative AI best practices, and practical utilization of AI development tools such as Cursor or Copilot.
• Have experience managing cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) together with containerization technologies like Kubernetes or Docker for streamlined deployments.
• Maintain knowledge of logging, monitoring, and telemetry systems essential for sustaining application health in production settings.
• Hold a solid grasp of DevOps principles, including automation, configuration management, and incident response protocols.
• Exemplify excellent communication skills—both verbal and written—with a history of effective collaboration across diverse teams.
  
  

What Sets This Company Apart

• This organization distinguishes itself as a trailblazer in digital healthcare transformation by merging evidence-based clinical insights with advanced technology—including connected devices and AI-powered tools to deliver personalized care at scale.
  
  

What's Next

If interested in this position, please contact Jamie King at Jamie.King@robertwalters.com