Senior Software Engineer

HireQ Talent; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HireQ Talent is partnering with a fast-growing Health Tech company to recruit a Senior Software Engineer. The role focuses on designing scalable APIs and backend services for a globally used healthcare platform, with significant influence on architecture and technical direction.

You'll work across product, engineering and infrastructure teams, balancing scalability, security and customer value while delivering production-ready features and robust software.

Qualifications

• Proficient Python software engineering in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing & Building scalable backend services and high-performance APIs.
• Deliver features from concept through to production.
• Build and enhance cloud-native applications.
• Integrate external healthcare and third-party systems.
• Write clean, secure, thoroughly tested code.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle.
• Influence platform architecture and long-term technical strategy.
• Improve scalability, resilience and system performance.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, QA and DevOps teams.
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge across the team.

Skills

Python

APIs

PostgreSQL

Docker

Third-party integrations

Automated tests

Software scale

Backend design

Tools

FastAPI

Pydantic

SQLAlchemy

Alembic

OpenAPI

Job description

This one helps healthcare organisations work smarter, deliver better outcomes, and ultimately improve lives.

HireQ Talent is partnering with one of the fastest-growing Health Tech companies in the market. Their platform is transforming how healthcare providers operate across Europe and North America, and they're now looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the next stage of growth.

If you're passionate about building scalable systems, influencing technical direction, and solving complex engineering challenges, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact while working alongside some exceptional engineers.

Why This Role Stands Out

Meaningful technology with real-world impact

Fully remote working anywhere in the US

Up to $150,000 salary plus excellent benefits

Join a high-growth, international technology business

Shape architecture and technical strategy

Strong investment in learning, development and progression

High levels of autonomy, trust and ownership

The Opportunity

This isn't a role where you'll spend your days delivering tickets from a backlog.

You'll be trusted to influence the direction of a sophisticated healthcare platform used by organisations around the world. From designing scalable APIs and backend services to shaping architecture and improving platform performance, you'll play a key role in how the technology evolves.

You'll work across product, engineering and infrastructure teams, helping to solve complex technical problems while balancing scalability, reliability, security and customer value.

You'll have a voice. Your ideas will matter. And you'll see the impact of your decisions at scale.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing & Building
• Develop scalable backend services and high-performance APIs
• Deliver features from concept through to production
• Build and enhance cloud-native applications
• Integrate external healthcare and third-party systems
• Write clean, secure, thoroughly tested code
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
• Driving Technical Excellence
• Influence platform architecture and long-term technical strategy
• Improve scalability, resilience and system performance
• Help reduce technical debt and simplify complex systems
• Establish and promote engineering best practices
• Contribute to critical technology and architectural decisions
• Supporting the Engineering Team
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA and DevOps teams
• Participate in design reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge across the team
• Champion continuous improvement and engineering quality
• Help create a culture of innovation, ownership and excellence
• What We’re Looking For

You don't need to tick every box, but you'll likely bring strong experience in the following areas:

Core Experience

Python software engineering in production environments

Designing and developing robust APIs

PostgreSQL and database optimisation

Docker and containerised deployment

API integrations and third-party services

Automated testing and quality-focused development

Building software products that serve real customers at scale

Technology You'll Be Working With

Python

FastAPI

Pydantic

SQLAlchemy

Alembic

Docker

OpenAPI

Distributed Systems

Monitoring & Observability Platforms

Authentication & Authorisation Frameworks

Bonus Points If You Have Experience With

React and modern frontend technologies

Healthcare, MedTech or regulated environments

Globally distributed cloud platforms

Scaling software for international users

Your Impact in the First 12 Months

By the end of your first year, you'll have:

Delivered platform enhancements used by customers worldwide

Influenced key architectural and engineering decisions

Improved scalability, performance and platform reliability

Established yourself as a trusted technical leader

Played a significant role in the next phase of growth for a market-leading HealthTech platform

What's In It For You?

Salary: Up to $150,000

Location: Fully Remote (USA)

Benefits: Comprehensive package with strong learning and development investment

Culture: Collaborative, ambitious and engineering-first

Mission: Build technology that directly improves healthcare outcomes globally

Interested?

If you're a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing technical direction, and building products with genuine purpose, we'd love to hear from you.