Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Garner's Payments team as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to building and maintaining the back-end services powering our core business. You will participate in an on-call rotation, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure user privacy and security. This fully remote position requires 5+ years of experience building scalable software, strong Python proficiency, and experience with microservices and AWS. You will design and optimize systems for both short-term and long-term goals, while also researching and implementing new technologies. The role offers a competitive salary, equity incentives, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience building and maintaining scalable, high-quality software
• Strong proficiency in Python is required
• Experience building both event-driven and request-driven microservices
• A strong understanding of the AWS menu of services
• Hands-on experience with SQL (Snowflake experience nice-to-have)
• Experience deploying, supporting, operating, and scaling applications running on Kubernetes
• Familiarity working in cross-functional teams using Agile practices, including sprint ceremonies
• A willingness to “roll up your sleeves” and do whatever is necessary to ensure company success
• 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 delivering 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
• Experience in finance and/or payment systems is a bonus
• 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

• Flexible PTO
• Medical/Dental/Vision plan options
• 401(k)
• Teladoc Health and more