Staff Software Engineer — Backend and Infrastructure

Job overview

The Staff Software Engineer — Backend and Infrastructure role is onsite in New York City, NY or San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $260,000–$300,000 per year. Concurrence builds clinical AI infrastructure and a platform for patient-facing care agents. The engineer builds and owns core backend services that support the agent platform at scale. Reliable, observable systems and careful handling of sensitive healthcare data help the platform serve patient and clinical workflows across specialties and regulatory environments.

What you'll do

• Design high-throughput services for concurrent conversations
• own a core platform service from design through production
• build systems that remain available and degrade gracefully during failures
• handle sensitive healthcare data carefully
• improve service performance, observability, and operational health
• contribute to platform architecture decisions.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff software engineer

backend engineering

infrastructure

distributed systems

concurrency

high-throughput services

healthcare ai

new york city ny

san francisco ca

concurrence

$260k–$300k

unlimited pto

health insurance

catered meals

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• catered lunch and dinner
• mental health support and wellness coaching
• wellness stipend
• learning and conference budgets
• annual team offsite
• academic collaboration opportunities
• unlimited paid time off.

Why this role

In-person team in New York City and San Francisco; platform supports clinical AI agents across patient-care workflows.

About the employer

Concurrence is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.