Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is representing an early-stage healthcare technology startup focused on rebuilding health insurance infrastructure. They are seeking a Product Engineer to build and scale backend systems that enhance healthcare claims and operational workflows.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale backend systems and data pipelines that support healthcare claims, payments, and operational workflows
- Design automation systems for provider notifications, support workflows, and internal operational tooling
- Develop scalable APIs and infrastructure that improve reliability and operational efficiency across healthcare systems
- Collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, and business teams to translate complex workflows into robust technical systems
- Rapidly prototype solutions and evolve them into maintainable, production-grade systems
- Help define the long-term architecture and evolution of the company’s data platform
- Work directly on systems that impact providers, patients, and internal operational teams in real-world healthcare environments
- Contribute to technical design discussions, backend architecture decisions, and engineering best practices
Skills
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (4+ years for exceptional candidates)
- Strong Python backend engineering experience with production systems ownership
- Experience designing and maintaining ETL workflows, data pipelines, or scalable backend systems
- Strong systems thinking and ability to work through ambiguity in complex domains
- Clear communicator capable of explaining technical tradeoffs and business impact
- Comfortable working closely with operational and non-technical stakeholders
- Interest in healthcare and willingness to navigate regulated, operationally complex environments
- Startup experience, particularly within early-stage or high-growth environments
- Experience with Flask, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and PostgreSQL
- Exposure to healthcare systems, claims infrastructure, EHR integrations, or healthcare vendor tooling
- Experience working with large, messy, or operationally sensitive datasets
- Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows or intelligent automation systems
Benefits
- Equity / stock options included
- Fully remote U.S.-based role with high autonomy and ownership
- Flexible / unlimited PTO
- Multiple annual company onsite events and team gatherings
- Opportunity to work on infrastructure that directly improves patient and provider experiences
- Early-stage environment with strong product ownership and meaningful technical influence
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