Senior Backend Engineer, Provider Integrations
TLDR
Designs and maintains the backend integration backbone that connects a high-scale insurance platform to 150+ provider APIs, shaping reliability and data flows.
You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the backend systems that power provider integrations while ensuring high reliability, performance, and scalability across complex distributed systems.
- Lead end-to-end development of provider integrations, from analyzing partner API specifications to implementing, testing, and maintaining production-grade connectors.
- Design and evolve backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, ensuring clean architecture, maintainability, and strong system boundaries.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs and data workflows that support routing, ranking, and attribution of provider traffic.
- Own system reliability and operational excellence, proactively identifying issues and improving monitoring, logging, and performance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing to elevate team standards and execution quality.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term platform evolution, balancing speed of delivery with system integrity.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in production environments, including at least 2+ years in a senior or lead role.
- Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript in backend systems.
- Proven track record designing and building scalable RESTful APIs and backend services.
- Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and data modeling.
- Experience working with cloud environments, ideally Google Cloud Platform.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts in writing and discussions.
- Strong ownership mindset with experience driving projects end-to-end in cross-functional teams.
- Product-minded approach, balancing technical design decisions with business impact.
- Competitive compensation benchmarked at the 75th percentile or higher of the market.
- Equity participation and performance-based bonus opportunities.
- Fully remote-first work environment across Canada and beyond.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance starting from day one.
- Flexible vacation policy designed to support real work-life balance.
- Retirement savings plans (401k/registered equivalents) and HSA/FSA contributions.
- Paid parental leave and family support benefits.
- Wellness programs and regular team events (virtual and in-person).
- Strong culture of ownership, autonomy, and continuous learning.
Requirements:
You bring strong backend engineering experience, deep system design skills, and the ability to work confidently in complex integration-heavy environments.
Benefits:
Benefits
Equity Compensation
Equity participation and performance-based bonus opportunities.
Health Insurance
Health, dental, and vision insurance starting from day one.
culture of ownership and learning
Strong culture of ownership, autonomy, and continuous learning.
Paid Parental Leave
Paid parental leave and family support benefits.
Paid Time Off
Flexible vacation policy designed to support real work-life balance.
Remote-Friendly
Fully remote-first work environment across Canada and beyond.
Wellness Stipend
Wellness programs and regular team events (virtual and in-person).
Jobgether runs the largest remote job platform, effectively linking job seekers with over 200,000 flexible and remote opportunities that match their unique skills and preferences. Our focus is on enhancing the hiring process, ensuring efficiency while prioritizing the candidate experience, particularly in the growing health and wellness sector.
- Founded
- Founded 2020
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Professional Services