CareerPlan

Senior Backend Engineer, Application Platform

Palo AltoFull-time$185k–$215k2026-10-25 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Build an application platform that converts pharmacy-specific implementation logic into configuration, enabling a solutions team to onboard customers without engineering intervention.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Application Platform)

Builds

Configuration layer, backend services, and APIs for internal tools that allow non-engineers to implement new pharmacy customers.

Domain

Specialty pharmacy operations and multi-tenant platform engineering

Required skills

backend system design, data modeling, API design, config-driven architecture, zero-downtime deployment, startup 0→1 experience

Preferred skills

experience building rules engines, multi-tenant platforms, feature-flag systems, or workflow DSLs

Technologies

(none explicitly listed)

Responsibilities

Model shared primitives (prescriptions, directions, insurance outcomes) to generalize across pharmacies; define the boundary between configuration and code; build backend services for the solutions team; version contracts for safe engine upgrades; partner with founders on architecture and roadmap.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC