Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Backend): Building backend systems that power patient acquisition, engagement, and care delivery with an accent on checkout, payments, prescriptions, identity and health data. Focus on designing and implementing scalable, high-performance solutions across both front-end and back-end systems.

Location: US Remote. Outlined above is a reasonable estimate of H&H’s compensation range for this role for US-based candidates. If you're based outside of the US, your recruiter will be able to provide you with an estimated salary range for your location.

Salary: $210K – $240K

Company

hirify.global is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health.

What you will do

• Influence the design and architecture of scalable and performant full-stack solutions that meet product requirements and enhance user experience.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards.
• Participate in product discovery sessions to assess feasibility, explore user needs, define product features, and validate ideas with prototypes and experiments.
• Drive group-wide architectural improvements, with a focus on eliminating redundancy, complexity, and lowering overall technical debt.
• Implement observability practices across the platform, including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Analyze performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and drive optimization efforts.

Requirements

• 8+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code and working with diverse teams on aggressive timelines.
• Experience designing API gateways, BFF patterns, or service mesh architectures serving mobile and web clients.
• Fluent with agentic coding practices and tools, including Claude, Codex etc.
• Proven experience in building scalable cloud applications and services using technologies including Kotlin, NestJS, AWS, PostgreSQL, Auth0, Datadog, GraphQL, Redis.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles.
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave.
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution.
• Offsite team retreats.