Sidecar Health is an insurance company that is working toward its mission of making “healthcare more affordable and accessible for everyone.” As an employer, the company strive
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Location
California
Posted
25 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Sidecar Health
• Design, build, and own scalable backend services and APIs that handle complex healthcare data and workflows • Optimize database queries and data models to ensure system performance and reliability at scale • Evaluate and articulate technical tradeoffs across system design, performance, and maintainability • Integrate AI tools and agentic coding patterns into backend workflows where they add real value • Write clean, well-tested, production-grade code with a high bar for quality • Partner with product, data, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions • Contribute to engineering standards through code reviews, technical discussion, and better defaults
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend ownership of production systems
- Deep expertise in Java and/or Python
- Proven experience with system design and the ability to articulate tradeoffs between architectural approaches
- Solid fundamentals in testing, debugging, performance optimization, and code review
- Habitual, fluent use of AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) as part of your daily workflow
- Comfortable owning cloud deployments, preferably on AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Familiarity with data engineering frameworks — Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, or Dagster — is a strong plus
- Experience building AI agents is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary, bonus opportunity, and equity package
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- A 401k retirement plan
- Paid vacation and company holidays
- Opportunity to make an impact at a rapidly growing mission-driven company transforming healthcare in the U.S.
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