Regard is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Regard. The role involves participating in product development, driving projects, mentoring, and continuous improvement. The qualifications required are a BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 5+ years of software development experience (Python preferred), and the ability to travel up to 4 weeks a year. Preferred qualifications include experience with k8s, AWS services, OpenAI services, startup/high growth environments, health technology, and strong communication skills.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software development experience (Python preferred)
• Able to participate in on-call operational support for their areas of responsibility
• Able to travel up to 4 weeks a year for company co-working and/or retreat weeks

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and design team members to best design medium to large projects balancing speed to market, user experience, business goals, and technical architecture quality
• Own medium to large backend services and drive improvements across system design, observability, testing, performance, and support
• Drive backend development practices, patterns, and processes along with the other Regard backend experts
• Mentor and review code from less experienced developers in our backend services across backend job processing, API, and other services
• Maintain and improve the quality of the codebase and tooling in your area of responsibility by proactive fixes and improvements and through identifying and proposing projects to improve the overall backend codebase
• Participate in operational activities supporting product areas you own including on-call, monitoring, and production support
• Contribute as necessary across the stack (front end, infrastructure, AWS, etc) in order to unblock projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with k8s, AWS services (serverless, etc), OpenAI services
• Experience working on a mature enterprise SaaS technology product
• Exposure to startup and/or high growth environments
• Experience working with health technology
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Eligible for equity + performance bonuses
• 99% employer paid health benefits (Medical, Dental, and Vision) + One Medical subscription
• 18 PTO days/yr + 1 week holiday break
• Annual $750 learning & development stipend
• Company-sponsored team retreat + social events
• Quarterly travel budget + company-sponsored housing for co-working at LA HQ