About Helm Health
Helm is a Series A start-up transforming health insurance with "Dynamic Copay" – a new insurance plan that lets members see simple, upfront prices for all medical care before making decisions. Our team is building the infrastructure to power these plans for health insurance payors. With Helm, our clients offer simpler health plans to their members, helping them navigate to higher-value care.
Our team has specialized in Dynamic Copay solutions since 2020, and Helm is the only independent platform in the market. We have grown rapidly since our launch, working with clients from local health plans to the nation's largest health insurers. The market is forming around us, making it an exciting time to join!
Role Overview
We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Frontend team. Despite the team name, this is a backend role — you'll build and maintain the services that power our member-facing web products, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver fast, reliable experiences for health plan members. You'll own backend services end-to-end, from API design through production support.
Responsibilies
- Design, build, and maintain backend services that power member-facing web products
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to define APIs, data contracts, and integration patterns.
- Write performant queries and manage data across PostgreSQL and Firestore
- Ensure services meet reliability and latency requirements for consumer-facing use cases
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and incident response
- Contribute to the on-call rotation for production systems
Requirements
- 4+ years building, owning, and maintaining backend services
- Go proficiency
- TypeScript proficiency
- Experience with PostgreSQL and at least one NoSQL data store (Firestore preferred)
- Docker/Kubernetes
- Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth, JWT, session management)
- Experience with API security practices, including rate limiting, input validation, and security hardening
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building backends that serve consumer-facing web applications
- Health insurance or claims processing experience
- Terraform/Terraform Cloud
- Python proficiency
- Incident management and response experience
- Start-up experience
Characteristics
- Self-directed and comfortable owning services end-to-end
- Mission-driven — motivated by making healthcare simpler and more transparent
- Willing to ask questions and admit what you don't know
- Strong collaborator — you work well with frontend engineers and care about the end-user experience
Internal Tools/Technology
- Cursor / Linear / GitHub / Notion / Whimsical
- Slack / Google Workspace / Zoom
- incident.io / Sentry
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini — we are an AI-forward engineering team
- macOS / Linux
Compensation
The target base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $225,000 and is part of a competitive total rewards package including equity and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors, including experience, skills, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.
Benefits/Offerings
- Unlimited PTO (mandatory 12 days)
- Computer + home office stipend
- 401(k) + matching
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Autonomy and tons of room for career growth
Occasional Travel
We meet quarterly as a company.
Please note that this is a fully remote opportunity.