Backend Software Engineer - Platform

Layer Health

📍 boston, davao oriental, Philippines

Full-time IT & Technology Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

Backend Platform Engineer (Boston or NYC)

We’re hiring an exceptional Backend Platform Engineer to join our team.

What you’ll do

  • Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for internal and external use.
  • Work closely with product & engineering to help abstract infrastructure complexity (self‑service tooling, developer workflows, etc).
  • Support our engineering team on ongoing infra improvements such as end‑to‑end testing and release process, security ops efficiency, etc.
  • Collaborate on deployment, monitoring, and reliability of backend systems and infrastructure.

What we look for

  • 3+ years building backend systems (startup experience a big plus).
  • Strong in a backend language (e.g., Python, Go, Node) and comfortable with infrastructure concerns (cloud, containers, IaC).
  • Experience designing APIs/services for scale and reliability.
  • Passion for working...