Backend Engineer

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At Commure, our engineering team is at the forefront of revolutionizing healthcare technology by building and scaling the systems powering our suite of healthcare products. We are looking for a talented Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft user-friendly, responsive, and secure interfaces that operate reliably at scale and enhance the healthcare experience for both providers and patients.

• Influence and craft the roadmap for teams, ensuring technical excellence and an engineering organization that scales reliably with the business.
• Be part of a fast‑paced team that celebrates large ambition and makes decisions quickly.
• Work across the entire technology stack, including Python, Go, FastAPI, Flask, and other frameworks.
• Lead technical planning and execution for new features, balancing feasibility, usability, and business impact.
• Design and refine systems to enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and clinical experts to translate requirements into intuitive and efficient UI solutions.
• Work directly with customers to solve their issues daily.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent extensive experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend programming skills (Python & Go).
• General understanding of containers and cloud (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills and a history of demonstrated resourcefulness.
• Track record of making successful architectural decisions to deliver multi‑month, high‑impact projects.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interface with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience in environments where you have to ship quickly.
• Excitement to work in a high‑impact field with a builder attitude.
• Attention to detail around user experience and customer needs.
• Growth mindset and a motivation to grow.

Commure is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We are open to all backgrounds and levels of experience, and believe that great people can always find a place. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.