Senior Back-End Engineer I: Member-Facing Products

Helm Health

10d•$150,000 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Frontend team. Despite the team name, this is a backend role — you'll build and maintain the services that power our member-facing web products, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver fast, reliable experiences for health plan members. You'll own backend services end-to-end, from API design through production support.

Requirements

4+ years building, owning, and maintaining backend services
Go proficiency
TypeScript proficiency
Experience with PostgreSQL and at least one NoSQL data store (Firestore preferred)
Docker/Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform
Experience with authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth, JWT, session management)
Experience with API security practices, including rate limiting, input validation, and security hardening

Nice To Haves

Experience building backends that serve consumer-facing web applications
Health insurance or claims processing experience
Terraform/Terraform Cloud
Python proficiency
Incident management and response experience
Start-up experience

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services that power member-facing web products
Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to define APIs, data contracts, and integration patterns.
Write performant queries and manage data across PostgreSQL and Firestore
Ensure services meet reliability and latency requirements for consumer-facing use cases
Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and incident response
Contribute to the on-call rotation for production systems