Senior Backend Software Engineer
- Location
- Washington
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- $175k – $225k + equity
About this role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer with 6–12 years of experience to join an early-stage, AI-native fintech/healthtech startup and own critical product initiatives end-to-end. You'll work closely with the CTO to shape Sunbound's revenue operating system, the platform that processes $1B+ in payments annually for senior care operators across 45 states. This is a high-ownership role where you'll take ambiguous problems, break them down, and ship them to production independently. We need someone who treats data with care, moves fast, and thrives without layers of support around them. If you want your work to directly impact seniors and families navigating care, this is the role.
What will you be doing?
Take product initiatives, break them into executable chunks, and drive them to production independently
Make architectural and engineering design decisions that shape the platform's backend infrastructure
Collaborate cross-functionally with product and non-technical stakeholders on product ideation and direction
Build and improve AI-powered automation for payments, claims, and revenue workflows in senior care
Propose and implement improvements to tooling and processes as an early member of a small, high-impact engineering team
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
Small, distributed engineering team moving fast with a startup-first mentality
Every engineer owns their work end-to-end from breaking down product initiatives to shipping directly into production
Engineers collaborate cross-functionally with product and operations to define solutions
Building an AI-native platform from the ground up, leveraging AI across product and development workflow
Hybrid work model with hubs in New York City and San Francisco, some fully remote team members
Flexible in-office culture with three days a week, choose your own days approach
Designed to foster collaboration without rigidity across distributed locations
Engineers expected to be self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and capable of taking initiatives from idea to production independently
Culture values ownership, speed, and intellectual honesty
Team celebrates wins and has hard conversations early
Data sensitivity taken seriously given fintech and healthcare intersection with payments, claims, and protected health information
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