Senior Backend Engineer

Digital healthcare startup focused on pain prediction, prevention, and treatment platform serving 25,000 enterprise clients across three continents.
$50,516 - $70,945
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
501 - 1,000 Employees
5+ years of experience
Healthcare · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Backend Engineer

Sword Health, valued at $3 billion, is revolutionizing healthcare with their end-to-end platform for pain prediction, prevention, and treatment. With impressive metrics like 67% of members achieving pain-free life and 70% reduction in surgery intent, they're making significant impact across three continents. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll join a team of 900+ professionals working on cutting-edge technology that serves 25,000+ enterprise clients.

The role demands expertise in Golang/NodeJS and SQL databases, with opportunities to work on high-performance web applications, analytics dashboards, and data visualization tools. You'll collaborate closely with the clinical team to optimize system workflows while maintaining emphasis on software quality and performance monitoring.

The position offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, equity shares, unlimited vacation, and flexible remote work arrangements. The company's culture is built on core values like "do it for the patients" and "deliver more than expected," making it an ideal environment for passionate engineers who want to make a meaningful impact in healthcare technology.

Working at Sword Health means joining a rapidly growing startup recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2024. With backing from top venture firms and holding the majority of industry patents, you'll be part of a mission to free two billion people from pain while working with cutting-edge technology and talented professionals across the globe.

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Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer

  • Stay up to speed with web technologies, software architecture principles and design patterns
  • Understanding current lifestyle and development of new lifecycles with emphasis on software quality processes
  • Participate in training and building skills of other web developers
  • Continuous monitoring of performance on production environments
  • Create and run load tests, and analyze applications' performance
  • Develop professional web-based app with emphasis on rich interaction and responsive design
  • Develop analytics dashboards and web data visualization tools
  • Work closely with clinical team to determine ideal system workflow

Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer

Go
Node.js
Redis
  • 5+ years of experience with web development (Golang or/and NodeJS mandatory)
  • Knowledge of SQL language and managing SQL databases
  • Ability to write high-performance, reusable code
  • Knowledge of Software Engineering patterns with focus on Web Services development
  • Knowledge of caching software like Memcached or Redis
  • Knowledge of continuous integration / deployment process and tools
  • Excellent communication skills, problem solving and proactive attitude
  • Good level of written and technical English

Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Equity
Mental Health Assistance
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Meal allowance
  • Equity shares
  • Remote work allowance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Work from home
  • Unlimited vacation
  • Snacks and beverages
  • English class
  • Unlimited access to Learning Platform

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