Senior Backend Engineer

Solace

3d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Solace is a Series C startup founded in 2022, aiming to simplify the complex U.S. healthcare system by connecting patients with expert advocates and providing tools for better decision-making and outcomes. The company is backed by prominent investors and is growing rapidly. Solace is looking for driven individuals who are passionate about redefining healthcare and are seeking to do impactful work alongside a dedicated team.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will join a highly skilled engineering team and be responsible for owning product workflows from design to deployment. The role requires an experienced engineer who can identify issues, architect high-quality solutions, and work on ambiguous problems. The ideal candidate is curious, takes pride in their work, possesses excellent communication skills, is receptive to feedback, and thrives in an environment with a high degree of ownership, unhindered by large organizational structures.

Requirements

• Experience working in a start-up environment.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in backend development with some frontend exposure.
• Strong fundamentals in API design, database architecture, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in Typescript/Node and backend frameworks.
• Comfort with React and frontend technologies—you can jump in and contribute when needed, even if it's not your primary focus.
• An intuitive understanding of what it takes to create performant, scalable systems that power delightful user experiences.
• Strong communication skills that help you influence product direction and help collaborative visions come to life.
• Extreme bias toward action and execution. You get antsy if you're not writing code, improving the codebase, and vigilantly enhancing the systems that represent the big-thinking work.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable services and APIs to drive existing and new features for web applications.
• Architect and maintain robust backend systems, database models, and infrastructure that power our platform.
• Analyze product requirements and produce high-quality, production-ready code with a focus on system reliability and performance.
• Maintain the health of our systems and codebase, refactor and make improvements, and keep our systems robust and resilient.
• Jump into frontend code when needed to support the team and ship features end-to-end.
• Take full ownership of your work, and take responsibility and accountability for every last detail, every step of the way.
• Work with other engineers and cross-functional partners in product and design to build a world-class product and lead new initiatives to improve our user experience.
• Write clear specs to ensure product/code quality for stress-free deployment.
• Drive large releases to production on a continuous deployment cadence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed