Full-time

Backend Software Engineer - Platform

Posted by Layer Health • boston, davao oriental, Philippines

📍 boston, davao oriental 🕒 June 08, 2026

About the Role

Backend Platform Engineer (Boston or NYC)

We’re hiring an exceptional Backend Platform Engineer to join our team.

What you’ll do

  • Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for internal and external use.
  • Work closely with product & engineering to help abstract infrastructure complexity (self‑service tooling, developer workflows, etc).
  • Support our engineering team on ongoing infra improvements such as end‑to‑end testing and release process, security ops efficiency, etc.
  • Collaborate on deployment, monitoring, and reliability of backend systems and infrastructure.

What we look for

  • 3+ years building backend systems (startup experience a big plus).
  • Strong in a backend language (e.g., Python, Go, Node) and comfortable with infrastructure concerns (cloud, containers, IaC).
  • Experience designing APIs/services for scale and reliability.
  • Passion for working...

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Submit your application today and take the next step in your career journey with Layer Health.

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