Product Engineer

Company Description

We're representing an early-stage healthcare technology startup rebuilding health insurance infrastructure to reduce friction for patients and providers. The company partners closely with direct primary care providers and is focused on building operational systems that make healthcare more usable, efficient, and human-centered.

Their platform powers claims workflows, payments, provider operations, and healthcare coordination systems through scalable backend infrastructure and intelligent automation. The team combines expertise across healthcare, engineering, product, and operations to modernize a highly complex and regulated industry.
What You Will Do

• Build and scale backend systems and data pipelines that support healthcare claims, payments, and operational workflows
• Design automation systems for provider notifications, support workflows, and internal operational tooling
• Develop scalable APIs and infrastructure that improve reliability and operational efficiency across healthcare systems
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, and business teams to translate complex workflows into robust technical systems
• Rapidly prototype solutions and evolve them into maintainable, production-grade systems
• Help define the long-term architecture and evolution of the company's data platform
• Work directly on systems that impact providers, patients, and internal operational teams in real-world healthcare environments
• Contribute to technical design discussions, backend architecture decisions, and engineering best practices

Ideal Background

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (4+ years for exceptional candidates)
• Strong Python backend engineering experience with production systems ownership
• Experience designing and maintaining ETL workflows, data pipelines, or scalable backend systems
• Strong systems thinking and ability to work through ambiguity in complex domains
• Clear communicator capable of explaining technical tradeoffs and business impact
• Comfortable working closely with operational and non-technical stakeholders
• Interest in healthcare and willingness to navigate regulated, operationally complex environments

Preferred

• Startup experience, particularly within early-stage or high-growth environments
• Experience with Flask, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and PostgreSQL
• Exposure to healthcare systems, claims infrastructure, EHR integrations, or healthcare vendor tooling
• Experience working with large, messy, or operationally sensitive datasets
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows or intelligent automation systems

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $140K-$240K
• Equity / stock options included
• Fully remote U.S.-based role with high autonomy and ownership
• Flexible / unlimited PTO
• Multiple annual company onsite events and team gatherings
• Opportunity to work on infrastructure that directly improves patient and provider experiences
• Early-stage environment with strong product ownership and meaningful technical influence