Junior Backend Engineer - AI-First Telehealth Platform

Bask Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bask Health in New York, NY is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team and help build, maintain, and improve the backend systems powering our telehealth platform.

You'll work on APIs, databases, and backend services using TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS/SST. This hands-on role is ideal for someone with a foundation in backend development who wants to strengthen skills while contributing to production software.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Node.js and backend development.
• Experience building or contributing to an API, backend service, or server-side application.
• Basic understanding of SQL databases, relational data models, and database queries.
• Familiarity with REST APIs or similar API technologies.
• Ability to write readable, organized code and explain how it works.
• Willingness to learn cloud infrastructure, serverless development, and production deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain backend features for Bask's telehealth platform.
• Develop APIs, backend services, and application logic using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Work with SQL databases to retrieve, update, and organize data.
• Help implement functionality supporting patient records, clinical workflows, pharmacy operations, and merchant tools.
• Build and maintain integrations between internal services and third-party APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure APIs and backend services support product requirements.
• Work with product managers and engineers to break requirements into tasks.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

REST APIs

Git

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

SQL databases

AWS/SST

Prisma/Drizzle

tRPC

Cursor/Claude Code

REST API development

Git

Job description

Bask Health in New York, NY is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team and help build, maintain, and improve the backend systems powering our telehealth platform.

You'll work on APIs, databases, and backend services using TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS/SST. This hands-on role is ideal for someone with a foundation in backend development who wants to strengthen skills while contributing to production software.