Senior Backend Engineer – Python/Django, SaaS, Remote

Veeva Systems, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and basiclife

Flexible PTO and company paid holidays

Retirement programs

1% charitable giving program

Job summary

Veeva Systems is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Veeva Ostro platform to design and deliver scalable backend services powering a SaaS product for life sciences. You will balance rapid delivery with clean architecture and strong testing to ensure reliability.

You will architect APIs, collaborate cross-functionally, optimize performance, and evaluate emerging technologies, while contributing to uptime and code health.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for SaaS products.
• Deep expertise in Python and Django.
• Strong experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro’s SaaS platform.
• Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features.
• Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping.
• Champion quality through peer reviews and unit testing.
• Optimize application and database performance to handle growth.
• Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime.

Skills

Python

Django

PostgreSQL

Communication skills

REST APIs

Git

Tools

Git

Job description

Veeva Systems is seeking a Backend Engineer for its Veeva Ostro platform to design and deliver scalable backend services powering a SaaS product for life sciences. You will balance rapid delivery with clean architecture and strong testing to ensure reliability.

You will architect APIs, collaborate cross-functionally, optimize performance, and evaluate emerging technologies, while contributing to uptime and code health.