Senior Backend Software Engineer

Ksana Health

Oregon

Remote

USD 117,000 - 143,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Ksana Health is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs for our SaaS products. You will collaborate with business and product stakeholders to translate requirements into robust architectures while mentoring junior developers.

You will work in an Agile environment, implement CI/CD practices, and leverage Azure, AWS, GraphQL, and Postgres to deliver high-quality software. The role is remote with emphasis on health equity.

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
6-8 years of technical experience including hands-on programming and technical design.
Significant backend SaaS experience.
Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Knowledge of Azure and AWS cloud services.
Experience with SQL databases and RESTful APIs.
Willingness to mentor junior developers.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to understand requirements and design secure, scalable solutions.
Contribute to high-level architecture, documentation, and data schema designs.
Develop and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs for SaaS products.
Participate in code reviews, troubleshoot issues, and guide team adherence to best practices.
Work in an Agile environment and mentor software engineers and data scientists.
Ensure effective cross-team communication to meet business goals.

Skills

Backend development

SaaS experience

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

TypeScript

Databricks

Job description

About Ksana Health

At Ksana Health, we are committed to providing personalized digital mental health tools that help people live better lives. We are passionate about reducing the friction, stigma, and expense associated with the current century-old model of mental health treatment. Ksana Health is committed to "Health Equity" - both in treating mental health on par with physical health and also by helping underserved populations receive effective and affordable care.

Our innovative research and mental health care solutions are digitally transforming how mental health care is delivered, making it continuous and seamless across all levels. Through best-in-class passive and continuous remote monitoring, individualized insights, and digital therapeutics we are making care more accessible, scalable, and effective.

Functional Responsibilities

Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to understand business requirements and contribute to the design of secure, and scalable solutions.
Contribute to the design of high-level architecture, technical documentation, and data schema designs.
Develop and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems and APIs for our SaaS products.
Participate in code reviews, troubleshoot technical issues, and provide technical guidance to ensure adherence to architectural principles and best practices.
Collaborate on end-to-end software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
Utilize best practice coding standards, development methodologies to ensure high-quality deliverables.
Contribute to planning meetings and collaborate with software engineers and data scientists for backlog refinement and cross-team cooperation.
Successfully operate within an Agile environment, mentoring, motivating, and collaborating with internal software development engineers and outsourced resources.
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between the engineering team and other departments, to meet business goals.
Can effectively work and collaborate in a remote / distributed environment at an exciting, fast-paced digital health tech startup.

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
6-8 years of technical experience including hands-on programming and technical design
Significant experience as a Backend Developer, with a focus on SaaS.
Familiarity with CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps best practices
Knowledge and experience with Azure and Azure services and enterprise data lake solutions.
Experience with database management systems
Experience with AWS, Typescript, GraphQL SQL, Postgres, Databricks are preferred.
Understanding of general software and system design, RESTful APIs, Web tech fundamentals, and coding standards.
Willingness to provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers as needed.

Nice to Have

Understanding of cybersecurity and privacy policy standards and best practices for maintaining SOC 2 certification and HIPAA compliance.
Knowledge of health care and digital health technology data is preferred for this role.
Familiarity with ReactJS

Life at Ksana Health

We have amazing people who are mission driven and are backed by a great team of investors who share our vision. We are growing and, as an early-stage hire, you will play a key role in helping us build our future and shape our culture. Your health is important to us and Ksana pays the full health, dental and vision premiums for you and your family. We strive to provide a world-class employee experience and as we refine and enhance our benefit offerings, we will continue to work with our employees to help us get it right. What we currently offer:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Ksana Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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