Backend Engineer

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer who’s passionate about building scalable systems, owns their work end-to-end, and thrives in a fast-moving, product-driven environment. You’ll play a critical role in designing and evolving the backend that powers our health tech applications - used by real patients and clinicians every day.

You’ll collaborate across disciplines - from product and design to mobile and web - to deliver meaningful features that are performant, secure, and maintainable.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable backend systems using Python, Flask, and SQLAlchemy.
• Design and optimize relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) for reliability and performance.
• Build and evolve well-structured RESTful APIs for both Web and Mobile clients.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile teams to define clean, maintainable API contracts.
• Manage and scale infrastructure on AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, Secrets Manager, etc.).
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability (logs, metrics, alerts).
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code — and uphold high standards through code reviews and documentation.
• Investigate production issues, perform root cause analysis, and improve system resilience.
  
  

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Advantage: Proficient in Python tech stack.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP/Azure in production environments.
• Deep knowledge of API best practices: versioning, pagination, caching, rate-limiting, error handling.
• Experience working closely with Front-End teams to design intuitive and performant APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD fundamentals and a test-driven mindset (unit, integration, performance).
• Experience with vibe coding using LLM’s
• Proven ability to debug, monitor, and maintain systems in production.
• Strong communication skills — clear, collaborative, and proactive
• Code ownership mindset: you build it, you ship it, you support it.