Parsley Health

Lead Backend Software Engineer

Parsley Health

full-time

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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

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
backend engineeringGoKotlinAWSGCPKubernetesNodeJavaScriptinfrastructureDevOps
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationclarifying ambiguityguiding technical decisionsproduct-minded approachaccountabilityadaptabilitycontinuous improvementleadershipproblem-solving