# Software Engineer
**Company:** [Latent](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/latent)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Salary:** $200K-$285K
**Skills:** TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Temporal, Kubernetes, Helm
**Posted:** 2026-04-28
> Builds backend systems for healthcare AI platform, focusing on data pipelines, distributed systems, EHR integrations, and AI model operationalization. Requires strong TypeScript backend experience and distributed systems expertise.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Work On

- **Backend Systems & Infrastructure**: Design and build high-performance, reliable systems that process and serve large-scale clinical data.
- **Data Pipelines & Distributed Systems**: Build and operate systems that handle high-volume, asynchronous workloads using tools like Kafka and Temporal.
- **Healthcare Integrations**: Build and maintain robust integrations with Electronic Health Records and other external systems.
- **Core Product Logic**: Implement complex workflows across areas like Prior Authorizations and Patient Interactions.
- **AI Integration**: Integrate and operationalize both in-house clinical AI models and external models in production systems.
- **End-to-End Delivery**: When needed, work across APIs and frontend layers to ship complete, user-facing features.

## What We Look for in a Great Engineer

**Ownership**: You don’t hand off problems. You own them end to end, from understanding the problem to shipping production systems.  
**Bias for Action**: You won’t wait for someone else to solve a problem you’re in a position to solve.  
**Automation Mindset**: You’re always looking for ways to move faster by automating repetitive or manual work.  
**Complexity Management**: You’re good at building simple, durable abstractions over messy, real-world systems.  
**Product Focus**: You’re comfortable working close to the product, talking to users, shaping requirements, and iterating quickly.

## Technical Qualifications

- Strong experience building backend systems in **TypeScript**
- Experience working with distributed systems and data infrastructure such as **PostgreSQL**, **Redis**, **Kafka**, **Temporal**, or similar technologies
- Proven ability to design systems and manage complexity in production environments

**Bonus**
- Experience with **Kubernetes** and infrastructure tooling such as **Helm**
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