Back End Engineer
Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking a Backend Engineer to help build and maintain the backend services and API’s that power our proprietary AI SaaS CRM and LMS platforms.
You will work directly with our CTO, collaborate with the engineering team, and partner closely with our Product Manager to design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems.
Our backend services are built primarily with:
- NestJS (TypeScript)
- Python
- Deployed across multiple AWS environments
This is a hands-on backend engineering role focused on API development, cloud deployment, distributed systems, and production-grade reliability.The role has meaningful ownership - not just ticket execution.
What You’ll Do
- Work directly with the CTO on backend design and implementation decisions
- Partner closely with a Product Manager on sprint planning, backlog grooming, translating product requirements into technical solutions, and prioritizing customer-impacting improvements
- Design, build, and maintain backend API services using NestJS (TypeScript)
- Build and support backend services in Python
- Develop and maintain production-grade RESTful APIs
- Contribute to multi-environment deployments across AWS
- Use Terraform to manage our IAC
- Work with CI/CD workflows and structured deployment procedures
- Follow and contribute to engineering documentation including development guidelines, environment configuration standards, security practices, and versioning and changelog management
- Implement and support asynchronous and event-driven systems
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Participate in code reviews and maintain high engineering standards
- Debug and resolve production issues across distributed cloud environments
What We’re Looking For (Required)
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and experience with NestJS
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
- Experience deploying and maintaining applications in AWS
- Familiarity with multi-environment deployments (dev, staging,UAT, production)
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Familiarity with Docker or containerized workflows
- Experience working in GitHub-based workflows in a collaborative environment (pull requests, code reviews, branching strategies, and issue tracking)
- Comfortable working in an agile environment with JIRA and Monday
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience building SaaS or multi-tenant platforms
Nice to Have / Strong Plus
- Familiarity with C# & C++
- Experience with Dentrix, OpenDental, or other dental integration PMS’s
- Experience building a greenfield SaaS or B2B software
- Experience with building on a Healthcare platform
- Familiarity with AI-enabled products or LLM integrations
- Experience with Redis or caching strategies
- Experience integrating third-party APIs
Why This Role Is Different
- Direct collaboration with the CTO on backend system design
- Close partnership with Product Management
- Opportunity to help shape a modern, AI SaaS platform for the healthcare industry