Senior Backend Engineer
Counsel Health · New York, NY; Boston, MA
Match pending Hybrid $185K – $225K Posted 2026-10-19
Salary range sourced from Levels.fyi, Pave, and Synaxia placement history · Company intel: Crunchbase · StackShare · BuiltWith
About the role
This is a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) opportunity with a Seed stage healthtech company building AI-powered care. You’ll build the services behind the AI. You’ll work on backend systems and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and take features to production. The ideal candidate will have senior backend experience and applied AI interest. The role is hybrid in New York or Boston. We're looking for someone curious, pragmatic, and eager to work across the stack with a small senior team. You'll own end-to-end delivery of major features, influence architecture, and mentor engineers.
What you'll do
- Ship customer-facing features on a weekly cadence.
- Partner with design and product on scoping and trade-offs.
- Drive technical quality through review, testing, and docs.
- Mentor one or two engineers on your team.
Requirements
RAG
Hiring process
- Application review · 2 days
- Recruiter screen · 30 min
- Technical interview · 90 min
- Onsite loop · 3–4 hours
- Offer
Company
C
Counsel Health
Team not listed · — applicants
Mission-driven team building for a global audience. Remote-first, async-leaning, ships twice a week.
Why you'd fit
- Your top skills match 4/5 requirements
- Salary range matches your preferences
- Location match: New York, NY; Boston, MA
- Add 2 more healthcare projects to your profile to lift your match score