Senior Backend Engineer

Honor

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $175,500 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • You’ll work on core services that power how families find care and how Care Professionals do their work—systems that directly support Honor’s mission every day.
  • Depending on your interests and experience, you may join one of the following teams:
  • Workforce Team — building the systems that support Care Professionals, including hiring, scheduling, and workforce optimization.
  • DemandGen Team — powering Honor’s public digital experiences and growth channels that help thousands of families find the care they need.
  • Growth Team — developing a multi-channel sales and communication stack (phone, sms, email) that connects families, Care Professionals, and care operations.

Requirements

  • Strong backend engineering experience, with a track record of building and operating production systems.
  • Experience designing relational data models and working with databases at scale.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and service-oriented architectures.
  • Experience with API design, distributed systems, and backend performance considerations.
  • Proficiency in Python or transferable backend experience with a willingness to learn Python.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage including zero cost plans for employees.
  • Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance are fully employer paid with a voluntary additional Life Insurance option.
  • Generous equity packages.
  • 401K with up to a 4% employer match.
  • Generous time off program.
  • Mental health benefits.
  • Wellness program.
  • Discount program.
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backend engineeringrelational data modelsdatabasescloud platformsAWSservice-oriented architecturesAPI designdistributed systemsbackend performancePython