Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend/platform engineer to build and maintain scalable services, integrations, and tooling. You will own platform projects end-to-end, collaborating with clinical and product teams to deliver reliable solutions.

Proficiency in TypeScript, Node, Redis, and cloud platforms is required, with healthcare data experience a strong plus. The role focuses on API design, data modeling, scalable integration patterns, and contributing to performance, observability, and

Qualifications

• ~5+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend or platform systems in production environments.
• Track record of owning and shipping services, integrations, or infrastructure in a modern stack.
• Experience building and maintaining integrations with external systems and third-party APIs.
• Comfortable working in evolving domains and making complex tradeoffs.
• Strong backend skills, including API and schema design, data modeling, and resilient system integrations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-quality platform services across backend, integrations, and shared tooling.
• Own platform projects end to end, from design through launch, adoption, and iteration.
• Partner with Clinical Experience, Member Experience, Care Delivery, and product engineering teams to deliver platform solutions.
• Shape integration patterns, caching strategies, shared services, architecture, reliability, observability, and data-informed delivery.
• Build and maintain shared libraries, SDKs, internal APIs, documentation, and adoption examples.

Skills

Backend System Design

API Design

TypeScript Proficiency

Redis Caching

Healthcare Integration Experience

Data Modeling

Cloud Platform Experience

Node

Integration Patterns

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform

Athena EMR

Job description

• Build and maintain high-quality platform services across backend, integrations, and shared tooling
• Own platform projects end to end, from design through launch, adoption, and iteration
• Partner with Clinical Experience, Member Experience, Care Delivery, and product engineering teams to deliver platform solutions
• Shape integration patterns, caching strategies, shared services, architecture, reliability, observability, and data-informed delivery
• Build and maintain shared libraries, SDKs, internal APIs, documentation, and adoption examples
• Design APIs, data models, and integration patterns supporting the core domain
• Design, implement, and maintain Athena EMR integrations for scalable clinical data synchronization
• Design caching strategies and invalidation patterns to improve performance and reduce external API dependencies
• Define graceful failure modes, timeouts, and efficient queries; participate in design reviews and RFCs
• Write unit and integration tests and instrument services with monitoring and analytics
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and issues through resolution
• Uphold engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers through pairing and knowledge sharing
• Report to the Senior Director of Engineering
• Travel to other Atria locations as needed

Requirements

• ~5+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend or platform systems in production environments
• Track record of owning and shipping services, integrations, or infrastructure in a modern stack
• Experience building and maintaining integrations with external systems and third-party APIs
• Comfortable working in evolving domains and making complex tradeoffs
• Strong backend skills, including API and schema design, data modeling, and resilient system integrations
• Proficiency with TypeScript and Node
• Experience with Redis caching and MySQL or PostgreSQL relational databases
• Experience with at least one cloud provider; Google Cloud Platform is ideally preferred
• Systems design fundamentals covering reliability, performance, and security
• Ability to debug across logs, traces, metrics, and data
• Ownership, clear written and meeting communication, openness to feedback, and continuous-improvement mindset
• Comfortable working with clinicians, operations, and other non-technical partners
• Nice-to-have: healthcare, digital health, or regulated-domain experience, including HIPAA, PHI, or SOC 2
• Nice-to-have: exposure to EHRs, wearable integrations, or health data platforms
• Nice-to-have: developer-facing tooling, SDKs, or internal platform experience

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in backend system design, API and schema development, and integration with external systems, particularly in healthcare environments. Proficient in TypeScript, Node, and cloud platforms, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and engineering best practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend System Design
• API Design
• TypeScript Proficiency
• Redis Caching
• Healthcare Integration Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• API Design
• Data Modeling
• Integration Patterns
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Performance Optimization
• Debugging
• Schema Design
• Resilient System Integrations
• Cloud Platform Experience

Soft Skills

• Ownership
• Clear Communication
• Openness to Feedback
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare
• Digital Health
• HIPAA
• PHI
• SOC 2
• EHRs
• Health Data Platforms

Tools & Technologies

• TypeScript
• Node
• Redis
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Google Cloud Platform
• Athena EMR