This is a Fully Remote Job
1. About Our Client:
The organization operates in healthcare intelligence, focusing on the payment continuum to provide value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients nationwide. It serves over 85 health plans, including many top 20 plans, covering more than 270 million lives. The organization combines a configurable, AI-powered platform with industry expertise to address complex healthcare financial challenges and reduce costs.
2. About the Opportunity:
The
Sr/Staff Software Engineer, Backend | Web Products
role is responsible for setting technical direction and building scalable, reliable backend systems within the Pay and Audit product teams. This position influences key product and engineering decisions, collaborates cross-functionally, and leverages AI tools to advance software development aimed at significantly impacting healthcare payment processes.
3. Responsibilities:
Develop deep understanding of healthcare claims and payments domain
Mentor and elevate team programming standards and maturity
Serve as backend representative in cross-team planning and execution
Contribute to developing complex, extensible, scalable, and secure in-browser applications
Balance feature development with technical debt management
Architect and implement applications applying machine learning to large datasets
Design reliable, high-performance interconnected systems
Integrate and promote agentic engineering practices in daily work
4. Requirements:
10+ years of backend programming experience; full-stack experience preferred
Proven experience designing and delivering customer-facing web application products
Proficiency in Java or Scala; Rust highly desired
Experience with building and operating distributed cloud-based systems at scale
Ability to write clear Technical Design Documents bridging product intent and backend design
Product- and user-focused mindset connecting technical decisions to user outcomes
Strong collaboration skills across engineering, product, data science, and leadership
Practical problem-solving with systems-level thinking
Hands-on experience with agentic engineering tools in production
Ability to read, understand, and improve complex codebases
Comfortable managing complexity and driving solutions proactively
Preferred: Technical leadership in Rust best practices
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
5. Pay Range and Compensation Package:
The pay range and compensation package for this role will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and other relevant factors.
6. Benefits & Perks:
Work from anywhere in the US with a digital-first environment
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
Tuition reimbursement
Competitive salary and 401(k) with company match
Unlimited paid time off
Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
Flexible and trusting work environment empowering high performance
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.
Note:
TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.