Senior Backend Engineer

You’re more valuable than ever – And that’s just how we’ll make you feel.

JOB SUMMARY

At GoHealth, we are dedicated to building reliable, scalable, and secure digital experiences for our customers, providers, and staff. As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, maintenance, and release of GoHealth Urgent Care’s APIs, back-end integrations, microservices, and other customer and staff facing implementations. You will play a critical role in designing and optimizing back-end solutions that drive our business forward while ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, product owners/managers, enterprise architects, and DevOps engineers, to create seamless and efficient data flows. You will lead back-end development efforts, optimize system performance, and implement best practices to support our growing technology ecosystem. With deep expertise in back end and API development, microservices architecture, and cloud-based environments, you will help shape the future of GoHealth’s digital ecosystem.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.)

Work Experience

• 6+ years of professional experience in back-end and API development, with a strong background as an individual contributor.
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable APIs and microservices.
• Proven experience working with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong experience in API development, API lifecycle management, and integration strategies.
• Expertise in designing and implementing secure, high-performance APIs.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, including sprint planning, scoping, and estimations.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance back-end performance in high-scale production environments.
• Strong experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience working with Redis

Required Licenses/Certifications

N/A

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Deep expertise in building scalable and secure APIs using Node.js, TypeScript required.
• Experience with JavaScript, Python, PHP and other industry leading back-end languages preferred.
• Strong understanding of API design patterns, RESTful services, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience working with Mulesoft API management, Azure APIM, and other API gateways, and integrations.
• Proficiency in database technologies, including SQL (MSSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB).
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks such as OAuth2, JWT, and OpenID Connect.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Knowledge of cloud-native development practices and hands-on experience with Azure (required), AWS, and GCP.
• Strong experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes (AKS preferred) and Docker.
• Expertise in performance optimization techniques, including caching strategies, asynchronous processing, and load balancing.
• Experience integrating with third-party services, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Strong collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, actively participate in technical discussions, and communicate complex ideas clearly.
• Strong critical thinking skills. Ability to analyze complex technical challenges, evaluate trade-offs, and propose scalable, efficient solutions while anticipating potential risks.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred

• Familiarity with GraphQL and event-driven messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Event Grid).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., New Relic, Datadog, Splunk).
• Strong understanding of security best practices for back-end services, including data encryption and threat modeling.
• Experience in healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI.

Essential Functions

Essential functions are those tasks, duties and responsibilities that comprise the means of accomplishing the job’s purpose and objectives. Essential functions are critical o