We’re looking for a driven Backend Engineer to join our team and help eliminate the financial complexity of healthcare. This role will support building the core pricing systems that help patients and providers negotiate lower prices in healthcare. We value creative, outside-the-box thinkers that back their ideas with technical knowledge and action.
We have a small, growing, and highly-capable development team. This Level 2 Senior Engineer should be comfortable leading and mentoring developing engineers. As you would be working for a fast-growing start-up, your role would be wide-ranging. In this role, we’re looking for someone who can successfully navigate uncertainty and lead complex projects to success. As a leader on the team, you’d have a large impact on the growth and direction of the development team.
Responsibilities
- Design and build strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and tools to power healthcare pricing products
- Be responsible for full software development lifecycle: design, development, testing, and operating in production
- Work cross-functionally with Product and subject matter experts to conceptualize, prototype, and build API endpoints
- Draft internal and external technical documentation
- Seek and prioritize technical and product feedback from internal customers
- Iterate quickly with an eye towards value
- Experience designing APIs and building endpoints and backend systems in Python
Here’s what you bring to the role:
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience/knowledge. We are happy to work with strong candidates with non-traditional educational backgrounds
- 7+ years demonstrated experience in backend development, building API endpoints and building scalable backend systems
- Experience working with different programming languages (Go, Java / Kotlin / Scala / etc)
- Experience creating libraries and tools for engineers and operations
- Experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases
- Experience with OLAP datastore technologies such as ClickHouse or Apache Pinot
- Familiarity with software engineering development lifecycles
- Entrepreneurial mindset: you prioritize tasks with an eye for evolving business needs. You can problem solve independently
- Ability to work effectively in a remote environment
Salary
The salary range for this full-time position is $180,000 - $210,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and reflect the minimum and maximum salary across all US locations (please note: salaries are location agnostic). Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We will talk about compensation in our first conversation and be transparent throughout the process about which level we think is the best match for you in our organization. Please note that the salary range does not reflect total compensation, which includes base salary, benefits, and company stock options.
Benefits
- Competitive pay with equity options
- Stellar health care plan options (Medical, Dental & Vision), with FSA, DCFSA, & HSA options
- Company-sponsored disability & life insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) + 4% Matching
- Fully remote work + flexible working hours
- $750 work-from-home setup budget
- Paid bi-annual in-person company gatherings
- Quarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkers
- Monthly $100 health and wellness benefit
- Generous paid family leave
- Annual $1,200 learning & development stipend
At Turquoise, we're making healthcare pricing simpler, more transparent, and lower cost for everyone. Have you or a family member ever gotten an MRI, a lab, or even a straightforward surgery without knowing the cost in advance? That's bonkers, right? We're working to fix that.
We're a Series B startup backed by top VCs a16z, Box Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Tiger Global, Adams Street, and Yosemite. Most importantly, we're an accomplished group of folks (moonlighting as authors, bass players, improv instructors, chefs, linguists, and trivia buffs) with a passion for improving healthcare. We're eager to find ambitious and well-rounded teammates to join us on this mission.
Job Location
Turquoise Health is a fully remote company based in the US. We work with team members and contractors in the US and around the world, but we operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role, we are seeking US-based candidates.
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What We Do
We think healthcare reimbursement should be simple, even for complex services. On Turquoise, providers can list clear services, negotiate market rates, manage contracts and connect with patients. Patients and employers can find quality, affordable healthcare and agree on rates with providers.
Our platform runs on price transparency, bundled payments and simple contract structures.
Our mission is to reduce the cost and complexity of healthcare by simplifying administration.
