Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Powered Healthcare Platform

Black6; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale core systems for their innovative platform. You will design robust cloud-first backend infrastructures utilizing AWS, Node.js, and Python. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in backend engineering, a strong understanding of security best practices, and thrives in a collaborative startup environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence clinical applications that enhance patient care.

Benefits

Stock Options

Work alongside experienced professionals

Impactful role in healthcare

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments.
• Familiarity with embedding models, chunking strategies, and semantic search.
• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices (e.g. HIPAA/GDPR).

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust, scalable cloud‑first backend systems.
• Contribute to infrastructure‑as‑code practices and DevOps tooling.
• Collaborate closely with product and frontend teams.

Skills

AWS proficiency

Backend engineering

Node.js/TypeScript

Python

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

Serverless Architecture

Security and compliance best practices

Tools

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

A healthcare technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale core systems for their innovative platform. You will design robust cloud-first backend infrastructures utilizing AWS, Node.js, and Python. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in backend engineering, a strong understanding of security best practices, and thrives in a collaborative startup environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence clinical applications that enhance patient care.