Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Ukraine, Remote

Come for the mission. Stay to build Jarvis for healthcare.

Healthcare benefits are messy for everyone: members, employers, even clinicians. At HealthJoy, we turn that mess into clear next steps. Our steerage engine is a layered, multi-agent and multi-modal AI pipeline paired with a real-time recommendation system that guides each member to the right care to reduce friction and cost across the American healthcare realm. This isn't a lab demo; it's in production, touching real people's health and wallets every day.

You'll join a seasoned engineering org to harden, scale, and evolve what's already live. If you like applied AI with guardrails, high throughput data pipelines, and shipping reliable systems that measurably cut costs and time, you'll feel at home here.

We've raised $100M+ (most recently Series D), earned recognition from Inc. and Built In, and grown to a global team dedicated to building technology that actually helps people use their benefits. Come help us turn complex healthcare into a simple experience, hyper-personalized per every member that we serve.

Your impact.

We are looking for an ambitious senior software engineer with a deep desire to learn and develop software that improves people's lives. If you're passionate about developing the best software and collaborating with other engineers to do so, then we want to hear from you!

You will design, build and deliver AI-first product solutions, scale highly distributed systems, and continuously improve our AI-first engineering practices to further accelerate our market disruption, while making sure the quality is kept at superb level. You will get to work on the latest software practices and technologies, including microservices architecture, cloud design patterns, automated CI/CD pipeline, automated and orchestrated Kubernetes Delivery, and AWS platform. Above all, your work will impact people's interactions with the healthcare system.

• Design & improve AI-first product engineering pipelines that will scale your mindset across all domains.
• Collaborate with engineering and product team members to improve quality, velocity and design problems through first principles.
• Design & deliver scalable software architecture readable by your AI agents with controllable hallucinations.
• Design and implement new products into the HealthJoy platform

Your experience.

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable applications (Python, ideally)
• A superb understanding of software design principles and industry practices (for example: loose coupling, programming to interfaces). Taking into consideration test-driven approaches and observability using AI-first pipelines.
• AI-first mental model across the board: problem design first, data protocol first, architecture first, self-scalability mindset, context engineering, including the application of AI to identify and reduce hallucinations in AI <> Human product solution development lifecycle. Track record of developing on backend libraries such as Asyncio, Aio Flask, SQLAlchemy, or equivalent Experience with relational databases (we use Postgres) Previous experience with data processing and manipulation workflows and implementation is a plus
• Experience working in an event-driven architecture and the utilization of microservices where applicable.
• At ease in the AWS ecosystem, working with a cluster architecture (we utilize Kubernetes)
• Experience participating in the architecture and design of new and existing products An ability and eagerness to constantly learn and share knowledge with others
• Insatiable curiosity to learn new software principles, technologies, and tools
• Passionate about collaborating with product engineers and business architects; distributed team experience will be a plus.

If you want to be in a cave with a very strict tech stack to own and a static amount of people to talk with, - we are not a good fit. If you want to design problems and solutions through first-principles across the business and tech domains using AI-first approaches - lets chat ASAP.

Total Rewards

Work should be meaningful and rewarding. HealthJoy offers a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including:

• Employment: HealthJoy LLC is part of the Ukraine Diia City legal framework. On your first day, you will sign a Gig-Contract via the Vchasno system, gaining the status of a Gig-Specialist.
• Remote Work: Being a remote-first company, we do not require employees to be in office on a regular basis. Additionally, we provide the needed essential work equipment for comfortable work from home.
• Flexible Paid Time Off Programs: Prioritising efficient collaboration and communication, we offer flexibility with time off requests for vacations or personal matters leaves, trusting you to manage your time and take the breaks you need to be your best.
• Growth and Development as a Priority: We foster a culture of continuous growth through open feedback, fair performance evaluations, and ongoing development opportunities. Our annual Performance & Compensation Review Cycle recognizes each person's contributions and supports their growth in line with business priorities.
• Learning Opportunities: Benefit from company-sponsored English classes, a corporate learning platform "Udemy Business" for professional development, and internal/external educational events.
• Healthcare: As a healthcare-focused company, we provide 100% health insurance coverage for our teammates, with the option to insure their family members at a reduced rate.
• Mental Health Support Program: Individuals have the opportunity to apply for personal therapy sessions sponsored by company or review additional virtual lectures to keep awareness around mental health support.
• Wellness Support: Access to special corporate discounts and offers at Sport Life, one of Ukraine's largest sports hubs.

HealthJoy maintains a comprehensive strategy to determine rewarding and competitive packages for individual compensation for new hires, internal promotions and internal job changes. This strategy is based on several factors unique to each individual, including: 1) the skills, experience and qualifications of the individual; 2) the responsibilities and demands of the role; 3) analysis of external market data; and 4) company budget and financial performance.

HealthJoy is a remote-first employer. Internal compensation ranges are not adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

At HealthJoy, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role and the individual's skills and experience.

Commitment to Equal Pay

At HealthJoy, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed and thrive.

We believe that everyone should be paid based on their qualifications, experience, and the work that they do, and not on their gender, race, or any other personal characteristic. Our compensation practices are essential to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where we value the contributions of all our employees.

We conduct thorough annual reviews of employee pay and our pay practices to ensure we reward the right behaviors and are providing equal pay for equal work.

Additionally, we assess the external market and internal equity across like roles. As part of our regular review of pay practices, HealthJoy examines employee pay for potential disparities between persons of different genders, races and ethnicities that are not explainable by objective factors such as performance, experience level, credentials, or location, and are committed to correcting any issues and reviewing practices from unintended outcomes.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

HealthJoy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.

Don't meet every single requirement? We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don't hesitate to apply — we'd love to hear from you. HealthJoy is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role and HealthJoy, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.