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Lead Backend Engineer (Virtual Primary Care Platform)
Lead Backend Engineer (Virtual Primary Care Platform)LifeMD • Huntington Beach, California, USA
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Lead Backend Engineer (Virtual Primary Care Platform)

Lead Backend Engineer (Virtual Primary Care Platform)

LifeMD • Huntington Beach, California, USA
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Description

About us

LifeMD is a leading digital healthcare company committed to expanding access to virtual care pharmacy services and diagnostics by making them more affordable and convenient for on both treatment and prevention our unique care model is designed to optimize the patient experience and improve outcomes across more than 200 health concerns.

To support our expanding patient base LifeMD leverages a vertically-integrated proprietary digital care platform a 50-state affiliated medical group a 22500-square-foot affiliated pharmacy and a U.S.-based patient care company with offices in New York City; Greenville SC; and Huntington Beach CA is powered by a dynamic team of passionate professionals. From clinicians and technologists to creatives and analysts were united by a shared mission to revolutionize enjoy a collaborative and inclusive work environment hybrid work culture and numerous opportunities for growth. Want your work to matter Join us in building a future of accessible innovative and compassionate care.

About the role

Were looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to help evolve and scale our VPC platform. Youll lead by example in designing and implementing reliable secure and well-structured backend systems while mentoring developers and partnering closely with product QA and operations teams. Youll also play a key role in defining and enforcing our software development lifecycle (SDLC) ensuring all engineering work is delivered through clear requirements peer review testing and release management practices. Over time youll take end-to-end ownership of core system components such as scheduling task management notifications and workflow orchestration. Make sure they remain performant maintainable and compliant as we grow.

Responsibilities :

  • Architect build and optimize backend services that power scheduling task management and provider-patient workflows
  • Define and evolve platform APIs data models and service boundaries across our -based services
  • Collaborate with product QA and front-end teams to deliver features that directly impact patient and provider experience
  • Champion and continuously improve the company-wide SDLC from requirements gathering and code review to automated testing deployment and post-release monitoring
  • Mentor developers on design patterns code quality testing and observability best practices
  • Partner with DevOps and Security to ensure high availability resilience and SOC-2 / HIPAA compliance across the stack
  • Lead technical reviews and help shape the roadmap for core backend domains
  • Improve internal documentation migration strategies and coding standards for the next generation of LifeMDs backend systems

Requirements

Basic Qualifications :

  • 7 years of professional software engineering experience
  • 5 years of experience in backend development
  • Strong proficiency in MongoDB (or similar RDBMS) and Redis / message queues (BullMQ SQS etc.)
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems asynchronous processing and API design
  • Hands-on experience building event-driven architectures and integrating with third-party services (EHRs pharmacies telehealth APIs)
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (ECS Docker or Kubernetes)
  • Comfortable balancing strategic architecture decisions with hands-on coding and code reviews
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience working in regulated or healthcare-adjacent environments (SOC-2 HIPAA)
  • Background experience with GraphQL gRPC or service federation
  • Experience leading migrations from monoliths to microservices
  • Background in workflow engines or job scheduling systems
  • Interest in mentoring process improvement and helping to build an engineering culture of excellence
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills able to partner cross-functionally and influence without authority
  • Benefits

  • Salary Range : $180000-$200000
  • Health Care Plan (Medical Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k IRA)
  • Life Insurance (Basic Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Unlimited PTO Policy
  • Paid Holidays
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Key Skills

    Business Intelligence,Bidding,Accounts Assistant Credit Control,Account Development,Content Development,Lab Testing

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

    Monthly Salary Salary : 180000 - 200000

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