
Lead Backend Software Engineer
Parsley Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build and evolve backend services that support our core healthcare products and experiences, including member-facing workflows and internal operational tooling
- Lead backend technical execution across product pods by shaping architecture, setting standards, and unblocking teams with strong technical guidance
- Design systems with reliability, scalability, and performance in mind, with an emphasis on maintainability and clean interfaces
- Partner closely with Product and Design to translate business needs into clear technical plans, pragmatic tradeoffs, and measurable outcomes
- Contribute to infrastructure and delivery practices, including deployments, observability, and incident response in a production environment
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to uphold high engineering quality, testing discipline, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Move quickly and responsibly, including building and implementing AI-forward solutions in a compliant way (privacy, security, and reliability first)
Requirements
- Senior or Staff-level backend engineering experience, with a track record of owning and shipping meaningful production systems
- Deep experience in either Go or Kotlin (strong preference for both), ideally 3+ years
- Strong infrastructure and DevOps experience in AWS or GCP (preference for GCP), ideally 4+ years
- Experience running production workloads on Kubernetes, ideally 2+ years
- Some exposure to Node/JavaScript (does not need to be deep)
- Product-minded approach. You think in outcomes, tradeoffs, and user impact, not just tickets
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams, clarify ambiguity, and guide technical decisions
- Comfort working in a startup environment with speed, accountability, and the occasional chaos
- Enthusiastic about AI-augmented development. You see AI coding assistants as tools that amplify your impact, not replace your judgment
Benefits
- Generous compensation package based on experience
- Equity stake for all employees based on level
- 401(k) + Employer Matching program
- Remote-first with the option to work from one of our centers in NYC
- Complimentary Parsley Health Complete Care membership
- Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plan options
- Generous flexible time off plan
- Annual professional development stipend
- Annual wellness stipend
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
backend engineeringGoKotlinAWSGCPKubernetesNodeJavaScriptinfrastructureDevOps
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationclarifying ambiguityguiding technical decisionsproduct-minded approachaccountabilityadaptabilitycontinuous improvementleadershipproblem-solving