Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the Role

At Included Health, we're building technology that makes healthcare more accessible, personalized, and effective for our members. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and develop the systems, services, and tools that power our platform and products, enabling us to deliver better care experiences and outcomes at scale.

This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about solving complex problems, delivering impact, and leading by example. Beyond your technical skills, you’ll bring ownership and leadership—making thoughtful technical decisions, setting direction, and mentoring others.

Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, you'll partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers across the company. Together, you’ll create scalable, reliable solutions that directly improve the healthcare experience for millions of members.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core systems, APIs, and services that power both platform capabilities and member-facing applications.
• Solve complex integration challenges across diverse healthcare data sources and workflows.
• Contribute to product development by building features and infrastructure that improve usability, efficiency, and outcomes.
• Drive technical quality by ensuring systems are reliable, performant, secure, and maintainable.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering peers to align on technical direction and product goals.
• Own projects end-to-end: scope, build, test, launch, and maintain.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering culture and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong expertise in at least one modern backend or systems language (e.g., Golang, Python, Java, or Ruby).
• Experience designing and building APIs, distributed systems, or developer platforms.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures.
• Ability to balance technical tradeoffs with product and business impact.
• Comfortable working in collaborative, cross-functional teams.