Thrive Backend Engineer

Blaze Talent • New York, NY

2d • $185,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a Senior Backend/Infrastructure Engineer (5–8+ years) to own backend architecture across our member engagement platform, web onboarding flows, and the integration layer connecting health plan partners and internal systems. Our stack: JavaScript/TypeScript on AWS, Next.js, Supabase, Snowflake, and Postgres. You'll also help deploy pragmatic AI agents across the member experience. As one of our first in-house senior engineers, you'll shape architecture, engineering practices, and hiring standards as we grow — with real autonomy and scope.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years owning production backend systems end-to-end
• Strong API design fundamentals (REST/event-driven), regardless of framework
• Proficient in JS/TS, Python, or Kotlin; AWS infrastructure; Postgres/Supabase; Snowflake or similar
• Experience integrating with underdocumented vendor APIs and handling production edge cases
• Observability-first mindset; solid data modeling instincts

Nice To Haves

• NestJS
• Terraform
• Auth0
• HIPAA/SOC 2 experience
• LLM-powered workflow deployment

Responsibilities

• Own core backend services (AWS Lambda/ECS/Fargate/API Gateway, Supabase, Postgres, Snowflake)
• Harden workflows currently on low-code tools into production-grade services with proper observability and testing
• Drive architecture for personalization, AI enablement, and a unified member hub
• Lead vendor integrations and migrations; write ADRs and runbooks
• Partner cross-functionally with product, design, ops, and compliance
• Set the bar for API design, testing, observability, and on-call practices

Benefits

• $185,000–$200,000 base + up to 10% bonus + meaningful equity
• Unlimited PTO
• $2,000 L&D budget
• 12-week paid parental leave
• 401(k) match
• Health/dental/vision
• 5-week sabbatical at 5 years

What This Job Offers

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