Backend Engineer II

Summary

Join Garner, a rapidly growing healthcare technology company, as a Backend Engineer II. You will build and maintain backend services, participate in on-call rotations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the company's mission of transforming the healthcare economy. This role requires 3+ years of experience in building scalable software, proficiency in Python, and experience with AWS and Kubernetes. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, embraces Agile practices, and is eager to learn and apply new techniques. Garner offers a competitive salary, equity incentives, and comprehensive benefits. The company values a supportive and collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of industry experience building and maintaining scalable high-quality software
• Proficiency in Python is required
• Experience building building both event-driven and request-driven microservices
• Hands-on experience with SQL
• Experience deploying, supporting, and operating applications running on Kubernetes
• Familiarity working in cross-functional teams using Agile practices
• Authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America as Garner does not engage in immigration sponsorship at this time

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the back-end services that power Garner’s core business
• Participate in an on-call rotation by responding to system outages and support escalations from internal stakeholders
• Collaborate across disciplines to provide timely and accurate technical designs, work estimates, and answers to technical questions
• Protect our users’ privacy and security through best practices
• Design and optimize for the long term while moving fast and iteratively deliver for the short term
• Ideate on new features and work with data to find new insights
• Research and work with the latest tools and technologies
• Collaborate using our tech stack, including Python, AWS, NATS, Terraform, Postgres, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, and Kubernetes

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with TypeScript is a bonus, but not required
• A strong understanding of the AWS menu of services
• A willingness to “roll up your sleeves” and do whatever is necessary to ensure company success
• Experience working in a rapidly evolving startup environment
• A desire to be a part of our mission to improve the U.S. healthcare system

Benefits

• Equity incentive
• Competitive benefits plans