Backend Engineer

What you will be doing:

• Own backend architecture, design and implementation
• Design and evolve database schema to comply with business requirements
• Work with teams consuming backend APIs in adopting new changes and improvements
• Improve performance, reliability, and security of the infrastructure
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and to anticipate future needs while architecting systems
• Collaborate with other Loop employees including frontend engineers and product managers
• Collaborate with technical leadership to prioritize long-term technical investments and get them on the engineering roadmap
• Educate engineers about new findings and technology best practices through setting up brainstorming, Knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Build cadence in the team around code quality through code reviews, release guidelines and ensure no disruption of core business flows.
• Mentor, lead, hire other engineers.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field of study
• 4+ years of relevant industry experience
• Expertise in any application programming language like Node, Java, Python 
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale systems
• Strong experience building microservices; scalable and secure APIs
• Strong experience with CSPs like AWS, GCP. Strong experience with at least one of NoSQL (Firestore, MongoDB etc), SQL (MySQL/Postgres) databases and schema design
• Knowledge of modern auth mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth, etc
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience writing high-quality design docs with architecture diagrams
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to do cost analysis and optimization of software systems
• Ability to own and lead work on complex technical problems Excitement towards our mission and a strong desire to solve problems in the healthcare domain
• Ability to mentor, lead, and interview other engineers

This Backend Engineer role focuses on designing and building backend systems, APIs, and database schemas, with attention to scale, reliability, and security. It also includes technical direction through design reviews, roadmap input, knowledge sharing, and mentoring engineers.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Design, build, and evolve backend architecture and services.
• Develop database schemas that support changing business needs.
• Help API-consuming teams adopt backend changes and improvements.
• Improve system performance, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Work through ambiguous technical challenges and plan for future system needs.
• Coordinate with product, frontend, and technical leadership on priorities and long-term engineering investments.
• Promote code quality through reviews, release practices, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Mentor, lead, and interview engineers while helping protect core business workflows during releases.

Good fit signals

• You have at least four years of relevant industry experience and a computer science or related technical degree.
• You bring strong experience with microservices and scalable, secure APIs, and can demonstrate building and scaling systems.
• You have strong experience with a cloud provider and at least one of the specified database families, including schema design.
• You can document architecture clearly, assess system costs, and contribute to complex technical decisions.
• You are comfortable mentoring and interviewing engineers, collaborating across functions, and are interested in solving healthcare problems.