Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

AKASA

• $180K — $230K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of software development or machine learning experience
  • Required experience with software engineering in Python
  • Proven experience with SaaS product development
  • Strong communication and attention to detail
  • Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres, Docker, and AWS

Responsibilities

  • Build innovative AI-driven experiences for healthcare organizations
  • Create and maintain backend services using machine learning
  • Design shared APIs, tools, and applications for technology ecosystem
  • Contribute to platform architecture and knowledge-sharing within the team
  • Lead design discussions, planning, and code review sessions
  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and machine learning teams
  • Mentor junior engineers for skill development

Benefits

  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • Generous parental leave policy
  • Full employee life insurance coverage
  • Company-paid holidays
  • 401(K) plan
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Sr. Software Engineer, Backend, you will be building AI-powered solutions across our Clinical Documentation and Medical Coding suite. You will work closely with the product, design, and machine learning teams to design and build services, APIs, and tools that support our SaaS products.

Together with the broader team, you will work on AI-native products that correct clinical errors for hundreds of thousands of patients, and deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in measurable value for our customers.

These products improve the quality of physician documentation, help clinicians identify missing diagnoses, convert documentation to medical codes and ensure financial integrity for health systems. The interfaces you develop help thousands of clinicians and hospital staff tackle some of the most challenging and high-impact patient encounters in U.S. healthcare.

What You'll Do

  • Build and land cutting-edge and novel experiences at large healthcare organizations
  • Create and maintain backend services and build on top of machine learning to solve challenging customer problems
  • Design, build, and maintain shared APIs, tools, services, and applications that help form the foundation of our technology ecosystem
  • Bring creative solutions to the table, knowledge-share with the team, and work together to shape our platform architecture
  • Lead and participate in design discussions, planning sessions, and code reviews
  • Partner closely with our product, design, and machine learning teams
  • Mentor junior engineers on the team


Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software development or machine learning
  • Software engineering experience in Python is required
  • Proven track record with SaaS products
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
  • Experience building consumer applications on top of ML pipelines
  • Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres
  • Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
  • CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
  • Firm grasp of system design principles
  • Experience with healthcare data exchange (FHIR, HL7, EDI) is a plus


What We Offer

  • Flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
  • Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • Generous parental leave policy
  • Full employee coverage for life insurance
  • Home office stipend
  • Cell phone/internet reimbursement
  • Company-paid holidays
  • 401(K) plan

Compensation

  • Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $180,000-$230,000 + Equity. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.


The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We're committed to doing the best work of our lives, together. Come see if we're the right team for you.

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