Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven company that provides industry cloud solutions for life sciences companies. The Senior Software Engineer - Backend will design and deliver scalable backend services for the Veeva Ostro SaaS platform, while improving code quality, performance, reliability, and engineering practices.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro’s SaaS platform
• Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features
• Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping
• Champion quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and clean architecture
• Optimize application and database performance to handle growth
• Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime

Requirements:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for B2B or B2C SaaS products
• 5+ years of deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django
• Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
• Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork skills