Junior Backend Engineer, Platform

About the company

The company is a software platform that enables entrepreneurs, doctors, and healthcare businesses to launch, manage, and grow direct-to-consumer telehealth businesses.

Our platform brings together patient experiences, clinical workflows, pharmacy operations, and commerce tools in one place.

We're an entrepreneurial, product-focused engineering team that values ownership, technical excellence, and building software that solves real problems. Engineers work closely with product teams and company leadership, take features from idea to production, and have a direct role in shaping the platform.

Engineering at the company is AI-first and builder-led. We use tools like Cursor and Claude Code throughout development while maintaining high standards for reliability, testing, and software quality.

About the Role

We're looking for a Junior Backend Engineer, Platform to help build and improve the shared backend services and infrastructure supporting the company's telehealth platform.

You'll work on APIs, reusable backend components, internal developer tools, database integrations, and infrastructure-related improvements that help our engineering team build and ship software more efficiently.

Unlike engineers focused primarily on one product area, you'll contribute to systems used across multiple parts of the company, including patient experiences, clinical workflows, pharmacy operations, and merchant tools.

Our engineering stack includes TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, SST, and SQL databases, with technologies such as tRPC, Prisma, and Drizzle used across the platform.

This is a hands-on junior engineering role for someone with a foundation in backend development and an interest in understanding how production systems work behind the scenes.

You'll work alongside experienced engineers, contribute to well-defined projects, participate in code reviews, and gradually take ownership of more complex platform improvements.

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving technical problems, likes making systems easier to maintain, and takes pride in building reliable software that other engineers can depend on.

You don't need extensive professional experience or a background in healthcare. We care about your technical fundamentals, the projects you've worked on, and your ability to learn and contribute.

What You'll Do

• Build, test, and maintain shared backend services supporting the company's telehealth platform.

• Develop APIs, reusable components, and application logic using TypeScript and Node.js.

• Help improve backend functionality used across multiple product areas.

• Work with SQL databases, application data models, and database access layers.

• Contribute to internal developer tools and automation that simplify engineering workflows.

• Learn and work with the company's serverless infrastructure using AWS and SST.

• Assist with implementing background jobs, event-driven processing, and asynchronous workflows.

• Work with AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, and EventBridge under the guidance of experienced engineers.

• Help build and maintain shared authentication, authorization, and configuration functionality.

• Contribute to reusable API patterns, validation utilities, and common backend libraries.

• Write automated tests to verify backend functionality and prevent regressions.

• Help investigate production issues, troubleshoot errors, and resolve bugs in shared services.

• Improve logging, monitoring, and visibility into backend system behavior.

• Assist with maintaining development environments, deployment workflows, and testing processes.

• Collaborate with product engineers to understand shared infrastructure needs and implement practical improvements.

• Participate in code reviews, technical planning, and engineering discussions.

• Help document backend services, internal tools, and common development workflows.

• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to support coding, debugging, testing, and learning while reviewing generated code carefully.

• Follow appropriate security practices when working with shared infrastructure and sensitive application data.

• Contribute to improving performance, reliability, and maintainability across existing services.

• Take ownership of smaller platform improvements from implementation through testing and deployment.

• Learn how backend architecture, infrastructure, and application services work together in a production SaaS platform.

• Share ideas for reducing repetitive engineering work and improving developer experience.

• Continue developing your skills through practical projects, feedback, and collaboration with senior engineers.

Requirements

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent hands-on experience through internships, freelance work, bootcamps, personal projects, or open-source contributions.

• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.

• Familiarity with Node.js and backend application development.

• Experience building or contributing to APIs, backend services, or server-side applications.

• Basic understanding of SQL databases, relational data models, and database queries.

• Understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, and basic software design principles.

• Familiarity with REST APIs or similar API technologies.

• Basic understanding of how backend applications communicate with databases and external services.

• Familiarity with Git and collaborative software development workflows.

• Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable code and explain how it works.

• Familiarity with debugging, testing, and resolving programming issues.

• Interest in cloud infrastructure, backend architecture, and developer tooling.

• Willingness to learn serverless development, asynchronous processing, and production deployment practices.

• Basic understanding of application security and responsible handling of sensitive information.

• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully while understanding and validating generated code.

• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and attention to detail.

• Ability to complete assigned tasks, ask questions, and incorporate feedback from other engineers.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment and learning unfamiliar technologies.

• No previous healthcare industry experience required.

Nice to Have

• Internship or project experience involving backend infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer tools.

• Experience building applications using TypeScript and Node.js.

• Familiarity with AWS, SST, or other cloud infrastructure.

• Exposure to AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, or serverless development.

• Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or another relational database.

• Familiarity with Prisma, Drizzle, or tRPC.

• Experience building reusable backend libraries, API utilities, or shared application components.

• Understanding of asynchronous programming, message queues, or event-driven architectures.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, or automated deployments.

• Experience working with Docker, infrastructure-as-code tools, or development environments.

• Familiarity with application monitoring, logging, or observability tools.

• Experience implementing authentication, authorization, or API security.

• Experience building internal tools or automating repetitive development tasks.

• Familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS platforms or monorepo architectures.

• Experience writing automated unit or integration tests.

• Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of technical projects.

• Experience using Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted development tools.

• Interest in building reliable infrastructure that supports multiple products and engineering teams.