Senior Software Engineer, Backend | Audit Product Team

Machinify; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote US

Medical Insurance

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with match

Unlimited PTO

Wellness benefits

Flexible environment

Job summary

Machinify is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for its Audit product team. You will set technical direction for backend services, design scalable systems, and collaborate with AI coding agents to deliver high-quality software.

You have 8+ years in backend development, strong Java/Scala or Rust, and experience with distributed cloud deployments. You will write clear technical design documents and mentor teammates as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend development experience.
• Proven experience designing and shipping customer-facing web applications.
• Strong background in Java or Scala; Rust preferred.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for backend development and architecture.
• Review and guide AI-assisted code generation while maintaining quality.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, secure web applications.
• Design systems that integrate ML techniques for large data volumes.

Skills

Java

Scala

Rust

Distributed systems

Cloud services

Technical design

Cross-functional

Leadership

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

Linux

Git

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Job description

Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 85 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 270 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We're constantly reimagining what's possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.

We're hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Audit product team!

Our Culture @ Machinify

We embrace complex challenges with curiosity, having genuine interest and drive to understand the hard problems at hand and how to move the needle forward. Our engineers empower each other to take action, learn deeply about our customers' needs and unlock innovation with a strong sense of product ownership. We build with our users in mind, thoughtfully shipping outcomes, not just features. The technology we build shapes real healthcare decisions, demanding a high bar for engineering excellence and what we ship carries real weight. We pressure-test new AI tools, shape how they're used, and set the example for what disciplined, AI-driven engineering looks like fast, but always under structured human oversight.

The Role

In this role, you'll set technical direction for backend development, leverage your deep programming expertise to design and build scalable, reliable web application systems - working alongside AI coding agents as a core part of how you deliver, directing and reviewing their output while holding the bar on quality. The ideal candidate has strong experience in application design and system architecture, along with a proven ability to drive adoption of new languages, tools, and agentic development practices across a team

What You'll Do

• Deepen your understanding of the healthcare claims and payments domain


• Developer Coach/Multiplier - An experienced Java, Scala and/or Rust developer who not only builds production-grade services, but also contributes to setting standards, mentors others, and elevates the team's overall programming maturity.


• Backend voice in cross-team planning and the glue in cross-functional execution


• Contribute to new product development of complex in-browser applications, taking advantage of your holistic view to ensure our application is extensible, scalable, and secure


• Balance customer-facing features and technical debt cleanup to keep the software suite sustainable


• Architect and implement complex applications that apply ML techniques to large volumes of data, simplifying labor-intensive processes through good user experience


• Design systems that work together to deliver a good-performing, reliable application


• Bring agentic engineering practices into the team's day-to-day work and help the team adopt them effectively

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience spread across backend programming (additional full-stack experienced highly desired)


• Proven experience designing and shipping customer-facing web application products, you've built features that serve external users and you're energized by that kind of work!


• Meaningful experience with Java or Scala; Rust highly desired


• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems that run reliably on cloud-services at scale (high throughput, high availability)


• The ability to write a Technical Design Document (TDD) that a staff peer trusts and a product lead can understand - turning ambiguous product intent into concrete backend design


• A product and user-driven mindset. You connect your technical decisions to the people using what you build, and you care about the outcome, not just the implementation


• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with your engineering peers, senior PM, ML/DS partners, and leadership. You care more about the system landing than about being right.


• A pragmatic default paired with a strong systems instinct - you look for root causes, not symptoms.


• Hands-on experience with agentic engineering tools and workflows in a real production setting.


• Experience reading and understanding complex code, owning code quality and improving it


• Critical thinking and problem solving skills working in a high growth environment where stakes are high


• Comfort with complexity and curiosity to define the path forward, not wait for one


• Nice to have - Provides technical leadership on Rust best practices - idioms, safety, and performance as the team scales its adoption across greenfield projects


• BS or MS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

What We Offer

• Workfrom anywhere in the US!Machinifyis digital-first.


• Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings


• FSA/HSA


• Tuition reimbursement


• Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match


• Unlimited PTO


• Additionalhealth and wellness benefits and perks


• Flexible and trusting environment where you'll feel empowered to do your best work

How We Evaluate Talent

Our interview process is designed to evaluate candidates across our engineering career ladder. The level, title, and compensation range we’re able to offer are determined by your overall performance and the competencies you demonstrate throughout the process which allows us to place each candidate at the level that best reflects their experience and abilities!

The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications,etc. We are hiring for different levels, and our Recruiting team will let you know if you qualify for a different role/range. Salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes meaningful equity, excellent healthcare, flexible time off, and other benefits and perks.

Pay Range: $200,000-230,000 ~

Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know. See our Candidate Privacy Notice at: https://www.machinify.com/candidate-privacy-notice/