Senior Backend Engineer: Health Data Platform & APIs

Wayfindi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayfindi is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and ship core platform systems that power health data flow. You will design real-time systems, scale streaming data, and build APIs that enable developers to utilize health data effectively.

With a focus on speed and autonomy, you'll work across the entire stack, ensuring high performance and security. If you are passionate about health data and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production backend engineering experience.
• Deep API design experience with external developers.
• Proficient in Python and/or Go.
• Strong with distributed systems and data pipelines.
• Security-first thinking and compliance with regulations.
• Ability to work autonomously and with high velocity.

Responsibilities

• Own and ship core platform systems for health data.
• Design and extend the systems for data ingestion.
• Scale real-time streaming infrastructure for live data.
• Build the authentication layer for developers and suppliers.
• Maintain high uptime and reliability of the platform.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design

Distributed systems

Proficiency in Python or Go

Database expertise

Cloud-native mindset

Security-first thinking

Autonomous and fast

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

AWS

GCP

Job description

Wayfindi is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and ship core platform systems that power health data flow. You will design real-time systems, scale streaming data, and build APIs that enable developers to utilize health data effectively.

With a focus on speed and autonomy, you'll work across the entire stack, ensuring high performance and security. If you are passionate about health data and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you!