Senior Backend Engineer at Wellth
Marina del Rey, California, USA -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Nov, 25

Salary

180000.0

Posted On

09 Aug, 25

Experience

3 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Elasticsearch, Jenkins, Query Optimization, Documentation, Airflow, Code, Ecs, Technical Presentations, Scrum, Pipeline Design, Azure, Node.Js, Solr, Typescript, Kafka, Databases, New Relic, Kubernetes, Government, Production Systems, Aws, Infrastructure, Rabbitmq

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

CORE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

We’re looking for an engineer with:

  • 5+ years building production services with Node.js and TypeScript at scale
  • 5+ years of operational experience troubleshooting, monitoring, and optimizing production systems for reliability and performance
  • 3+ years with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
  • 5+ years working with databases, including both relational and NoSQL systems, with experience in query optimization and scaling strategies
  • Strong collaborative experience contributing to shared codebases, implementing developer tooling, and knowledge sharing through documentation and technical presentations
  • Proven track record solving complex technical problems with reliable, scalable solutions

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND SCALABILITY EXPERIENCE

Your background should include:

  • Production monitoring expertise with APM tools (DataDog, New Relic, or similar)
  • CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins)
  • Pub/sub architecture experience with message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Amazon SQS)
  • Search and analytics platforms (ElasticSearch, Solr, or alternatives)
  • Data warehouse experience (Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake)
  • Security-focused development, especially with sensitive data in healthcare, financial, or government contexts
  • Testing expertise in unit and integration testing for critical system validation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

We’d love to see:

  • Healthcare industry experience working with medical data and compliance requirements
  • Data orchestration tools experience (Airflow, Fivetran, or similar)
  • API development expertise in both RESTful and GraphQL architectures
  • AI-assisted development experience using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or similar AI code assistants for enhanced productivity
  • Agile development experience in Scrum or similar methodologies
  • Container orchestration knowledge (Kubernetes, ECS)
Responsibilities

You will:

  • Own end-to-end system design for services powering Wellth’s mobile app and business-critical healthcare systems
  • Lead operational excellence initiatives, including incident response, post-mortems, and reliability improvements
  • Architect scalable solutions that grow with our expanding patient population and data requirements
  • Drive developer experience improvements through shared tooling, documentation, and SDLC process optimization
  • Mentor and guide other engineers, amplifying team capabilities and technical standards
  • Ensure data security and compliance following secure SDLC guidelines for HITRUST certification
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