Senior Backend Engineer

Honor is a company focused on providing care solutions for families and Care Professionals. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to work on core services that support their mission, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and enhance their systems.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll work on core services that power how families find care and how Care Professionals do their work—systems that directly support Honor’s mission every day
• Depending on your interests and experience, you may join one of the following teams: Workforce Team — building the systems that support Care Professionals, including hiring, scheduling, and workforce optimization. DemandGen Team — powering Honor’s public digital experiences and growth channels that help thousands of families find the care they need. Growth Team — developing a multi-channel sales and communication stack (phone, sms, email) that connects families, Care Professionals, and care operations
• Your work will shape how people discover and receive the care they need
• You’ll solve real, complex problems at the intersection of engineering, operations, and human impact
• You’ll collaborate with thoughtful, mission-driven teammates across engineering, product, design, and operations
• You’ll have ownership, autonomy, and the opportunity to grow as both an engineer and a product-minded technologist
• You care about building systems that have real-world impact
• You’re creative and curious, and enjoy thinking outside the box
• You thrive in diverse, cross-functional environments, collaborating with design, product, data, and care operations
• You have a builder’s mindset, evolving systems from design through operation
• You enjoy sharing knowledge, mentoring others, and contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture
• You’re an excellent, proactive communicator — able to translate complex ideas (both in writing and verbally) into clear, actionable solutions for technical and non-technical partners

Requirements:

• Strong backend engineering experience, with a track record of building and operating production systems
• Experience designing relational data models and working with databases at scale
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and service-oriented architectures
• Experience with API design, distributed systems, and backend performance considerations
• Proficiency in Python or transferable backend experience with a willingness to learn Python