Senior Backend Engineer

Weave

Senior Backend Engineer building scalable services and APIs for Weave's healthcare technology platform. Collaborating globally to enhance patient care efficiency and communication.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoGRPCJavaKafkaMicroservicesPythonRedisRubySQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Golang microservices.
Drive technical architecture and contribute to long-term system health by anticipating scaling and maintenance needs.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver high-impact features.
Participate in system design reviews, propose and implement robust solutions, and contribute to Weave’s overall engineering strategy.
Own the quality, reliability, and observability of your code from development to production.
Help plan and execute projects from inception to delivery, with a strong sense of ownership and outcome-orientation.
Mentor peers and junior engineers by sharing your knowledge and encouraging best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of backend engineering experience with modern programming languages such as Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, or C# (Golang preferred or willingness to learn).
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and backend services.
Strong understanding of distributed systems and inter-service communication (e.g., protobufs/gRPC, ReST, Kafka, Redis).
Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation with your team and take responsibility for production systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

GolangJavaPythonRubyC#RESTful APIsdistributed systemsinter-service communicationSQLrelational databases

Soft Skills

collaborationownershipoutcome-orientationmentoringbest practices