Software Engineer: Backend

Thatch is a fully distributed early stage company focused on transforming healthcare benefits through technology. They are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and build core systems that ensure reliable healthcare benefits operations, including data models and integrations with financial partners.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and evolve backend systems that support enrollments, payments, payroll, and benefits management
• Architect and maintain robust data models and fund flows that handle large volumes of financial transactions
• Build integrations with payroll providers, banks, insurance carriers, and other external partners
• Improve operational rigor through automation, tooling, monitoring, and observability
• Partner closely with product, operations, and other engineers to solve complex business problems
• Take ownership of production systems, including reliability, debugging, and long-term maintainability

Requirements:

• Experience building and maintaining backend systems in a production environment
• A track record of shipping systems with complex business and operational implications
• Strong ability to reason about data models, workflows, and edge cases
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces with cross-functional tradeoffs
• Experience mentoring other engineers or setting technical direction
• Work in healthcare, finance, or other complex or regulated domains
• Experience with HR, payroll, payments, or partner-facing systems
• Ownership of systems with real operational or financial impact