Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Senior backend engineer on the ROI Pod building and modernizing large-scale data infrastructure, automation systems, and pipelines that power ROI measurement and reporting. Collaborates with data scientists and product managers; mentors junior engineers.
About the job
What You’ll Accomplish
- Deliver large projects that introduce new product capabilities, often acting as a maintainer for key code repositories.
- Modernize existing pipelines to scale our proven products with company growth.
- Break down complex problems into manageable tasks, ensuring steady and predictable delivery while identifying and resolving root causes of incidents.
- Collaborate with your team to roadmap and execute ambitious technical strategies, balancing short-term and long-term trade-offs.
- Mentor and support junior engineers, providing thoughtful code reviews and real-time pairing.
- Integrate and leverage AI technologies to automate processes and enhance product features, contributing to Hinge Health’s AI-driven care platform.
- Proactively improve the maintainability, availability, and performance of the team’s features, and contribute to the team’s overall architecture and developer tooling.
- Communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical partners, and document solutions for future reference.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
- 5+ years of non-internship full time professional software development experience
- Experience delivering large software projects or features in a production environment
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with agentic coding and AI tooling for coding assistance
- Experience mentoring or onboarding junior engineers
- Familiarity with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or scalable architectures
- Experience with healthcare technology or regulated environments
- Experience with Agile development practices
Tech Stack & Practices
Production systems rely on React Native, React, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, Docker, Rails, AWS, Postgres, Redis, Apollo, and Redux. Continuous deployment DevOps culture with trunk-based CI/CD. Security/compliance posture includes HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and CCPA.
Skills
Python, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, Nestjs, GraphQL, Docker, AWS, Postgres, Redis, React, Rails
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