Senior Backend Software Engineer

The Work

• Backend Development
• High-stakes Logic
• Reliable Abstraction Layer
• Fragmented Healthcare System

What You Could Work On

• Modern AI-enabled Clinical System
• Design and Build Systems for Clinical Data Management
• Systems for Treatment Plans, Progress Notes, Patient History, and AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence
• Session Transcript-to-Note Generation
• Automated Summaries for Providers
• Insurance Billing Engine
• Reduce Administrative Burdens for Providers
• Handle Traditional Billing Workflows
• Solve Unique, Often Nonsensical Rules of Major Insurance Payers
• Scale Systems Handling Claims
• Patient-First Infrastructure
• Build Backend Services for Personalized Care Recommendations, Health Tracking, and Longitudinal Data Views
• Innovative User Experiences for Patients Finding Therapists
• Financial Integrity
• Build Ledger Systems Ensuring Accurate Provider Payments
• Building for Idempotency and Strict Consistency in Multi-Party Marketplace

Our Stack

• Languages: Python, TypeScript
• Storage: Postgres, Redis, Snowflake
• Infrastructure: AWS, Temporal
• Operations: Datadog, Sentry, PagerDuty
• AI Tools: Cursor, Claude, Gemini, Eddy (in-house cloud agent harness)

Who You Are

• Owns Outcomes, Not Tasks
• Sets the Technical Standard
• Mentor by Default
• Ships Fast, Iterates Faster
• Quick Study in Complex Domains
• Motivated by Impact
• Communicates with Precision
• AI Frontier Tinkerer

The Interview Process

• Initial Screen
• Live Coding with Engineer
• Technical and Non-Technical Interviews
• References and Offer

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $182,750 - $278,500 base salary plus a competitive equity package
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401(k), Carrot Fertility reimbursement, and 16-week parental leave
• The Mission: We reimburse your therapy and provide a professional development budget
• Time Off: 13 holidays, a full week off in December, and flexible PTO

Additional Information

• Headway Only Accepts Applications Through Official Careers Page
• Phishing and Recruitment Fraud Notice
• E-Verify Participation