Senior Backend Engineer

Nimble is a healthtech company on a mission to simplify access, understanding and management of healthcare. We are starting by building the largest, most loved pharmacy business in the world. We are a fast-growing, technology-first startup driven by perfecting the patient and pharmacist experience. Nimble fosters a culture of collaboration, open communication and deliberate action that allows us to face today’s most exciting challenges head‑on and grow incredibly quickly. As a Senior Backend Engineer , you will have a hand in architecting the technology and customer experience that are pivotal to multiple web products for patients, pharmacies and other customers of NimbleRx ( You will join a team of world‑class, highly motivated software engineers who build for performance, reliability, and scalability. You will work closely with other developers, as well as with groups such as product management and design, to understand feature requirements and functional and technical use cases. With your colleagues, you will work to deliver high‑quality code on time. Our engineering culture: We operate with shared trust and no egos. We enjoy being "in this together" and collaborating on the challenges of a rapidly scaling business. We daily live out our company values of empathy, simplicity, autonomy, leadership, ownership, burning curiosity, bias for action, mentorship, and operate with context, not control, in a highly collaborative environment. You will Build a scalable platform, API, and services that people love to use Take ownership of backend features, from design to implementation to release Mentor junior engineers and interns Promote best practices and high‑quality development techniques Tackle tough design and technical problems Enhance our systems' usability and performance, ensuring a consistent user experience What you bring 5+ years of experience with backend APIs, services, and platform development Rich development experience with Java, Spring, and SQL Experience developing scalable, customer‑facing, web‑based applications Excellent communication skills Nice to have: experience with React, Terraform / Terragrunt, or AWS About you You are mission‑driven and want to write code that makes a difference You take pride in your work and deliver high‑quality code on time You are an innovator with good ideas, strong problem‑solving abilities, and a results‑oriented attitude You value and take responsibility for the quality of your features; you test your own code and review your teammates' code You have good judgment on project priority You deliver high‑value features with simple and fast solutions You own complex projects end‑to‑end with minimal guidance; you take a leadership or driver role in the engineering process throughout planning, designing, delivery, and maintenance What's in it for you Compassionate and driven colleagues in a fun environment where success is celebrated Accelerated career growth in a fast‑growing company Coaching from experienced engineering leaders Direct access to executives and a transparent company culture Rare opportunity to change an industry and lives of millions We are reinventing healthcare / pharmacy - your (grand)parents and your (grand)children will understand and appreciate what you do Medical / Dental / Vision / 401K package that fits your needs Generous Vacation Policy - 15 days of paid vacation in the first year, then increases to 20 days after one year 11 Paid Holidays Work out of our HQ in beautiful downtown Redwood City $185,000 - $225,000 a year At Nimble, we are dedicated to putting patients first and improving pharmacies across America. Join us on this exciting journey! Diversity, inclusion and belonging at Nimble: Nimble is building a diverse and inclusive work environment where we learn from each other. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of diverse backgrounds, abilities and perspectives. #J-18808-Ljbffr