Senior Backend Engineer, RCM AI

Athelas; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Athelas, located in San Francisco, is seeking a talented Backend Engineer to join their Revenue Cycle Management team. The position involves contributing to advanced billing platforms and developing health-tech products aimed at transforming healthcare. Ideal candidates should have over 4 years of experience in software development, particularly with strong Python skills. A compensation range of $170K – $240K is offered, reflecting the impactful nature of the role.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of full-time professional software development industry experience.
• Excitement to work in a high-impact field with a builder attitude.
• Attention to detail around user experience and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the most advanced billing platform in the country.
• Build end-to-end products to revolutionize revenue cycle management.
• Work across the entire software stack and directly with customers.

Skills

Backend Programming Skills (Python)

Experience in quick shipping environments

General Understanding of Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Software reliability engineering

Strong leadership skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Python

Flask

Django

FastAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

At Commure, our mission is to simplify healthcare. We have bold ambitions to reimagine the healthcare experience, setting a new standard for how care is delivered and experienced across the industry. Our growing suite of AI solutions spans ambient AI clinical documentation, provider copilots, autonomous coding, revenue cycle management and more – all designed for providers & administrators to focus on what matters most: providing care.

Healthcare is a $4.5 trillion industry with more than $500 billion spent annually on administrative costs, and Commure is at the heart of transforming it. We power over 500,000 clinicians across hundreds of care sites nationwide – more than $10 billion flows through our systems and we support over 100 million patient interactions. With new product launches on the horizon, expansion into additional care segments, and a bold vision to tackle healthcare's most pressing challenges, our ambition is to move from upstart innovator to the industry standard over the next few years.

Commure was recently named to Fortune’s Future 50 list for 2025 and is backed by world-class investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia, Y Combinator, Lux, Human Capital, 8VC, Greenoaks Capital, Elad Gil, and more. Commure has achieved over 300% year-over-year growth for the past two years and this is only the beginning. Healthcare's moment for AI-powered transformation is here, and we're building the technology to power it. Come join us in shaping the future of healthcare.

About the Role

At Commure, our Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) team is at the forefront of revolutionizing healthcare technology by building innovative digital systems that empower healthcare providers with accurate, efficient, and real‑time access to patient data. We're looking for talented Backend Engineers to help us build our health‑tech products. If you love working on important, exciting problems in healthcare and love shipping quickly, come join us!

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the most advanced billing platform in the country
• Build end‑to‑end products to revolutionize revenue cycle management for providers and administrators
• Be a part of a tremendously fast‑paced team that celebrates fast execution and decisions
• Work across the entire software stack
• Work with a stack that includes Python, Flask, Django, FastAPI and other frameworks
• Work directly with customers to solve their issues daily

What You Have

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent extensive experience
• 4+ years of full‑time professional software development industry experience
• Strong Backend Programming Skills (must be comfortable with Python)
• Experience in environments where you have to ship quickly. We move fast.
• General Understanding of Containers and Cloud (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excitement to work in a high‑impact field with a builder attitude!
• Experience building production environments
  • Alerting and reporting
  • Metrics tracking
  • Software reliability engineering
  • Great product sense
• Attention to detail around user experience and customer needs
• Extremely motivated to grow
• Strong leadership skills

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer

Commure is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We are open to all backgrounds and levels of experience, and believe that great people can always find a place. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Compensation

Compensation Range: $170K – $240K