Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Backend

at Pivotal Health

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Backend
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $150,000 - $180,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud Platform, Postgres, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Monica, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer building backend systems and APIs for healthcare reimbursement platform. Collaborating across teams to create scalable, reliable services in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend systems: Design and implement scalable backend services that support high-throughput data workflows and real-time decision-making.
• Develop robust APIs: Build secure, performant, and reliable APIs that power our platform and integrate with internal and external systems.
• Collaborate across teams: Work with Product, to ship features end-to-end. Translate ambiguous requirements into technical solutions that have real business impact.
• Shape our architecture: Contribute to decisions around system design, performance, and scalability. Help define patterns and best practices for a growing engineering team.
• Own the full development lifecycle: From design and implementation to testing, deployment, and post-release support — you’ll see your work through from start to finish.
• Improve developer experience: Advocate for code quality, testing, DevOps, and observability, making it easier for the team to ship reliably.
• Mentor and grow the team: Share knowledge, conduct code reviews, and help junior engineers grow technically and professionally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM preferred (additional experience in lieu of a degree is also accepted)
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building service-oriented or distributed systems.
• Proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining backend systems in production.
• Deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals and design patterns.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Proficient in Python (FastAPI/SQLAlchemy) or another object-oriented language.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Pragmatic problem-solver: you know how to balance ideal architecture with real-world constraints.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, early-stage environments where your work has direct impact.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including equity
• Full health, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement savings plan through 401(k)
• Flexible time off
• Opportunities for company-wide connection and events