Senior Backend Engineer II - eCommerce (Python)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and must not require current or future employer visa sponsorship.

Salary: $175,000–$190,000 base salary annually, depending on experience and geographic location.

Company

hirify.global provides proactive healthcare through fast, safe, non-invasive whole-body MRI scans and an integrated hardware, software, and AI platform.

What you will do

• Build and maintain scalable Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL backend services for the online booking platform.
• Design APIs for checkout, payments, scheduling, customer accounts, and order management.
• Integrate Stripe, CommerceTools, Salesforce, Voucherify, and other business-critical systems.
• Design resilient distributed systems with robust error handling, monitoring, and observability using Datadog.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, and reliability for high-volume transactional workloads.
• Write automated tests, mentor engineers, participate in architecture discussions, and collaborate with Product, Design, and engineering teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience with Python.
• Strong experience building REST APIs with FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Deep knowledge of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization.
• Experience with distributed systems, external API integrations, cloud platforms such as AWS, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience with pytest, automated test suites, and monitoring or observability platforms such as Datadog.
• United States work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience with headless commerce platforms such as CommerceTools and payment providers such as Stripe or Affirm.
• Experience with SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, and asynchronous Python development.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Docker, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with scheduling platforms, subscription systems, healthcare applications, or highly regulated industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on proactive healthcare and patient impact.
• Flexible vacation policy and weekly team gatherings.
• Free whole-body scans for team members.
• Health, dental, vision, and mental health coverage.
• Commuter benefits and a 401(k) retirement savings plan without company matching contributions.
• Growth opportunities and a culture centered on ownership, experimentation, and collaboration.