Senior Backend Engineer, Claims Reconciliation

Behavioral Health Tech, Inc.; Alma (AR); Remote; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in mental health technology is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Claims Reconciliation team. This role focuses on building backend solutions using modern web technologies such as Python and Django to support mental health providers. Join a remote-first team that values effective communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement while shaping Alma's technological landscape.

Benefits

Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)

401K plan

Monthly therapy and wellness stipends

Co-working space membership stipend

Work-from-home stipend

Pet discount program

Financial wellness benefits

One-time home office stipend

Comprehensive parental leave plans

Flexible PTO

Paid holidays and voluntary days

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven history of working across the stack.
• Experience leading medium to large-size projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop maintainable backend features using Python and Django.
• Manage complex projects in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote quality practices.

Skills

Automated testing

Web technologies

Accessibility compliance

Security compliance

Customer-centered development

Mentorship

Project management

Communication

Observability

Version control (Git)

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer, Claims Reconciliation

Alma is seeking a mission-driven Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. The Claims Reconciliation team is responsible for the actions after a claim is submitted and a response is received from insurance. In this role, you will be building features that solve real problems for mental health providers. The ideal candidate is able to recognize that successful software development requires communication, experimentation, and iteration.

On this scaling team, you will have a strong hand in defining Alma's features, services, and architecture. The ideal person for this role loves to collaborate with other teams to design and build amazing digital experiences.

What You’ll Do:

• (50%) Work on the backend, supporting complex initiatives to design, develop, and implement maintainable and scalable product features using modern web technologies (Python, Django, MySQL).
• (30%) Own and plan complex projects with stakeholders, operation leads, product managers, and designers and guide execution and delivery
• (15%) Own team quality practices and push for improvements
• (5%) Mentor other team members in thinking about the big picture, long term support plans, and building scalable and maintainable code

Who You Are:

• You have 4-7 years of experience as an engineer with a proven history of working across the stack and building products at scale.
• You have extensive experience with web technologies. We are language agnostic in our interviews but require experience with one or more common web frameworks.
• You have a strong understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• You’ve implemented automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• You've got an understanding of observability and monitoring best practices.
• You have a proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• You enjoy customer-centered software development and collaborating closely with a team of engineers, designers, and product managers.
• You possess a desire to experiment, (succeed or fail), and use research and data, where appropriate, to make data-driven decisions.
• You have experience working with junior engineers and providing mentorship to them as they work to improve/uplevel their skills
• You have experience leading medium to large size projects, including problem architecture/solutioning, breaking work into actionable tasks, and tracking progress to code completion delivery
• You understand how to accurately communicate expectations with stakeholders

Benefits:

• We’re a remote-first company
• Health insurance plans through Aetna (medical and dental) and MetLife (vision), including FSA and HSA plans
• 401K plan (ADP)
• Monthly therapy and wellness stipends
• Monthly co-working space membership stipend
• Monthly work-from-home stipend
• Financial wellness benefits through Northstar
• Pet discount program through United Pet Care
• Financial perks and rewards through BenefitHub
• EAP access through Aetna
• One-time home office stipend to set up your home office
• Comprehensive parental leave plans
• 11 paid holidays, 1 Alma Mental Health Day, and 1 Alma Volunteering Day
• Flexible PTO

Salary Band: $150,200 - $214,400

Alma’s compensation philosophy is driven by our company value of building equity. To best ensure pay equity, we typically bring in new hires near the middle of our listed salary bands. The recruiter you work with can provide more details on our philosophy.

All Alma jobs are listed on our careers page. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for any sensitive financial or identification information throughout the recruiting process. Any communication during the recruitment process, including interview requests or job offers, will come directly from a recruiting team member with a helloalma.com email address.