# Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Web Products

**Company:** [Machinify](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/machinify)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Java, Scala, Rust, Distributed Systems, cloud computing, Machine Learning, web applications, System Architecture, technical design documents, agentic engineering tools
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Sets technical direction and builds scalable, reliable backend systems for customer-facing healthcare payment and audit products. The role requires 10+ years of backend experience, strong Java or Scala expertise, distributed-systems experience, and the ability to mentor engineers and guide agentic development practices.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop deep understanding of the healthcare claims and payments domain.
- Build production-grade backend services using Java, Scala, and/or Rust.
- Set backend development standards, mentor engineers, and raise the team’s programming maturity.
- Represent backend engineering in cross-team planning and cross-functional execution.
- Contribute to complex in-browser applications, ensuring they are extensible, scalable, and secure.
- Balance customer-facing features with technical debt reduction.
- Architect and implement applications that apply machine learning techniques to large volumes of data.
- Design reliable, high-performance systems that operate together effectively.
- Introduce and improve agentic engineering practices and workflows.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, ML/data science, and leadership partners.
- Write technical design documents that translate ambiguous product intent into concrete backend designs.
- Read, understand, and improve complex code while maintaining high quality.

## Requirements
- **10+ years** of experience in backend programming; additional full-stack experience is highly desirable.
- Experience designing and shipping customer-facing web application products.
- Meaningful experience with **Java** or **Scala**; **Rust** experience is highly desirable.
- Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems on cloud services at scale.
- Strong systems architecture, design, programming, communication, collaboration, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Product- and user-driven mindset with a focus on outcomes.
- Hands-on experience with agentic engineering tools and workflows in production.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

## Nice to Have
- Technical leadership in Rust best practices, including idioms, safety, and performance.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Pay range: **$200,000–$250,000**.
- Meaningful equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- FSA/HSA.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Additional health, wellness, and other benefits and perks.
- Flexible, trusting work environment.

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