Sr. Software Engineer - Backend
Hinge Health · San Francisco-HQ · US
Software Engineering
Hybrid
Not yet analysed
Demand85
Career growth78
Healthcare fit30
Remote potential65
5-year outlook
Senior backend engineers in health tech should remain in demand, with financial-systems and healthcare-compliance expertise adding leverage; exact compensation will vary by market, level, and location.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-28
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.
Why this is worth applying to
Worth applying only if you have strong production backend engineering experience, especially Go/AWS/Postgres and financial or billing systems. Most clinicians should not apply without a genuine software engineering track record.
Who should apply
Experienced backend engineers in health tech, fintech, payer/billing platforms, or financial infrastructure; clinician-engineers with real production software experience. Not clinicians seeking a first non-clinical role.
CV angle
Lead with Go/gRPC/AWS/Postgres/Redis/Temporal, billing or financial data workflows, idempotent and auditable processing, observability, HIPAA/HITRUST/SOC 2 environments, and cross-functional delivery. Clinicians should only add healthcare domain insight alongside genuine engineering projects; do not reframe clinical duties as software experience.
Skills to highlight
- Golang backend development
- gRPC and API design
- AWS/Postgres/Redis/Temporal
- Distributed systems and data modeling
- Billing and financial workflow systems
- Idempotent processing and observability
- HIPAA/HITRUST/SOC 2 compliance awareness
- Cross-functional collaboration and mentoring
Role summary
A senior backend engineering role building reliable billing, payments, and financial data systems for a digital musculoskeletal care company, using Go, gRPC, AWS, Postgres, Redis, and Temporal in a healthcare-compliance environment.
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