Senior Backend Engineer

Verisian

Senior Backend Engineer developing the Verisian Platform, enhancing medical innovation through backend solutions. Collaborating on clinical trial insights for diverse regulatory stakeholders while utilizing various programming languages and technologies.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join our world-class engineering team in building the Verisian Platform
Work on an application that exposes our clinical trial insights to data managers, statistical programmers, statisticians, medical experts/writers, and regulatory authorities
Support the Planner, Builder, Explorer, Validator, Submitter, and related supporting modules
Develop parsers and compilers for programming languages (SAS, R, and Python)
Transform the code, data, specifications, and statistical results into complex graphs and related data structures
Lead the analysis, design, building and testing of components of the code analytics and backend stack

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience with and strong interest in programming languages, parsing algorithms, interpreters, and compilers
Extensive experience in Java and at least one other programming language
Experience with and clear understanding of graph theory and algorithm implementation
Experience with and love for complex root cause analyses to find and resolve bugs
Experience identifying and resolving performance and scalability issues
Strong focus on building as a team: we have a We & Mission mindset
Strong ability to communicate complex technical problems and solutions, foresee risks, and align work across multiple teams and colleagues
“If it’s not code and documented, it doesn’t exist”-mindset
Iteration mindset
Bonus points for:
Experience with compilers/interpreters
Experience with Antlr4/similar parsing framework
Experience with R
Experience with R/Python/interpreted programming language execution

Benefits

Comp & perks

What you build impacts billions of people around the world
Highly collaborative, ambitious and world-class team
Employee Stock Options Plan
All remote, asynchronous work environment with in-person summits around the world
Pension plan and additional benefits depending on country of residence

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Hard Skills & Tools

SASRPythonJavaparsing algorithmsinterpreterscompilersgraph theoryalgorithm implementationroot cause analysis

Soft Skills

team collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingrisk managementiteration mindset