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About this Lead Backend Engineer role at Collective Health

Collective Health · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA | Lehi, UT | Plano, TX

At Collective Health, we’re transforming how employers and their people engage with their health benefits by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology, compassionate service, and world-class user experience design.

The Provider Servicing team is developing integrations with our partners to provide a better experience for our Providers. Ensuring providers receive accurate information they need to provide care and process claims. Information integrity and accuracy is critical and so is providing this information in a secure and timely manner. We are leveraging proven technologies to accomplish this. Collective Health is building modern health management systems, these integrations are a critical part of that.

As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for the ownership and management of Provider Servicing systems. This includes developing new AI-powered solutions and providing support for existing microservices-based applications and integration platforms. Opportunities for growth involve leading an engineering team, gaining exposure to new technology adaptations, and contributing to the company's evolution into a future healthcare platform.

What you'll do:

  • Design and develop scalable, secure, and configurable platform services for the Provider Servicing Team.
  • Lead backend development and support of services across backend (Java/Spring Cloud) and integration platforms (Mulesoft and others)
  • Utilize working knowledge of AI-powered developer tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) and actively contribute to AI adoption in development and operational aspects.
  • Build and enrich APIs and data services to integrate with partners.
  • Collaborate with product managers, operations analysts, customer advocates in building solutions that helps Providers integrate with our platform.
  • Understand architectural decisions and actively drive reusable patterns for cloud-native, AI-enabled backend systems.
  • Lead and mentor other engineers in the team and help them succeed.
  • Actively work with the operations and customer advocates to create efficient processes through automations to improve SLAs.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • Experience: 10+ years as a Backend Engineer
  • Backend Engineering: Strong proficiency in Java & Spring Cloud, with a deep understanding of microservices architecture and Integration platforms
  • AI Tools: Regular use of AI-enhanced development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, WindSurf).
  • Cloud: Extensive experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS/GCP preferred).
  • Data: Hands-on experience in data architecture, SQL/PostgreSQL, and developing data-intensive services.
  • Systems Development: Prior experience in building, launching, and maintaining complex systems.
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, and product managers, to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs.
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills across all levels and teams.

Pay Transparency Statement 

This is a hybrid position based out of one of our offices: San Francisco, CA, Plano, TX, or Lehi, UT. Hybrid employees are expected to be in the office two days per week.#LI-hybrid

The actual pay rate offered within the range will depend on factors including geographic location, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition to the salary, you will be eligible for 205,000 stock options and benefits like health insurance, 401k, and paid time off. Learn more about our benefits at https://jobs.collectivehealth.com/benefits/. #LI-LN1

San Francisco, CA Pay Range
$172,500$215,625 USD
Lehi, UT Pay Range
$138,000$172,500 USD
Plano, TX Pay Range
$151,800$189,750 USD

Why Join Us?

  • Mission-driven culture that values innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence in healthcare
  • Impactful projects that shape the future of our organization
  • Opportunities for professional development through internal mobility opportunities, mentorship programs, and courses tailored to your interests
  • Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work-life balance

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Collective Health is committed to providing support to candidates who require reasonable accommodation during the interview process. If you need assistance, please contact recruiting-accommodations@collectivehealth.com.

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How this Backend Engineer salary compares

This role pays $194,063/yrin line with the typical range for Backend Engineer roles.

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Typical range $145,000–$225,000/yr, from 828 comparable Backend Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Backend Engineer salary insights →

About Collective Health

Work at Collective Health!

We’re a technology company working to create the healthcare experience we all deserve. Our team brings together a unique mix of experience from technology, design, product, finance, and healthcare to solve the hardest problems that get in the way of today’s healthcare experience. We’re always on the lookout for curious, smart and optimistic new members to join the Collective. 

The Collective Health Story

For a good overview of why we started Collective Health, read our founders’ blog post and watch their video. In a nutshell, we all deserve better so we’re rebuilding everything about how health benefits work for employers and their people.

Founded in 2013, our team of engineers, designers, product managers, and actuaries are redefining the $1 trillion-dollar market of employer-sponsored health insurance with data-driven and people-focused products. Some of the forward-thinking companies already using our product include: Activision Blizzard, Palantir, and Zendesk. We’re backed by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley including Google Ventures, Founders Fund, NEA, and Redpoint Ventures.

Who We Are

We believe in transparency, trust, and balance—across the company. We are inclusive, empathetic, and playful in how we approach our work. We put the overall customer experience first: from intuitive product design, to considered engineering, to caring customer support, to explaining things in plain English, to developing data and analytics that actually mean something to our customers and members. 

What We're Building

We are rethinking an industry that hasn’t seen innovation in 30 years—this means our problems are complex and everyone here has interesting challenges to solve. You might be working on building distributed systems up and down our tech stack, creating data analytics and actuarial predictions, managing a product roadmap, designing a part of our service, improving system reliability, building our brand in the market, maintaining our security, or protecting the privacy of our members. We work on big problems with great passion.

 

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