Branchlab
Software Development Engineer
9mo ago
145000 –195000 USD / yearUSASeniorRemotedistributed systemscloud-native
Senior backend-focused software engineer to build infrastructure for an AI-native healthcare commercialization platform.
Requirements
- Strong backend development experience in Python.
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and services (ideally AWS).
- Understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in writing SQL queries and working with large-scale datasets (Athena, Redshift, PostgreSQL, etc.).
- A pragmatic problem-solving mindset with an eye for performance, security, and maintainability.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with real-time data processing or streaming architectures.
- Comfort with infrastructure-as-code tools (CloudFormation, CDK, etc.).
- Background in data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
- Exposure to Healthcare, AdTech, or privacy-sensitive data systems.
Conditions
- Competitive salary (145-195k) + significant equity
- Tackle complex engineering challenges in privacy-first healthcare advertising.
- Work alongside top-tier engineers and data scientists.
Other
- Employee Location: Boulder, CO, relocation stipend available Reporting To: Chief Technology Officer Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid in office Boulder, CO Work Authorization: Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship
- ABOUT BRANCHLAB BranchLab is an AI-native healthcare commercialization platform that helps pharmaceutical brands, healthcare marketers, agencies, and media partners identify, activate, and optimize audiences most likely to drive meaningful health outcomes.
- Using predictive modeling and advanced audience intelligence, BranchLab enables clients to build custom patient, caregiver, and healthcare professional (HCP) audiences, activate them across digital, TV, social, audio, and out-of-home media, and optimize performance against real-world outcomes.
- Our mission is to improve healthcare commercialization by helping organizations make faster and smarter marketing decisions while maintaining the highest standards of privacy, compliance, and scientific rigor.
- We work with some of the world's leading healthcare organizations to improve how treatments, providers, and health information reach the people who need them most.
- THE OPPORTUNITY We’re looking for a backend focused Sr. Software Engineer to join our Boulder-based team and help build the infrastructure powering our privacy first, data-driven platform. This role blends distributed systems engineering and cloud-native development in a high-impact environment. You’ll design scalable systems to process, transform, and query large volumes of anonymized healthcare data. You’ll also design systems to drive insights and power downstream applications.
- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs using Python.
- Architect distributed systems using AWS services like EKS, EMR, S3 and Athena.
- Deploy ML models in engineering pipelines.
- Build and optimize ETL pipelines and secure data-sharing workflows using Spark.
- Deploy and manage containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes, and manage infrastructure-as-code.
- Work with large-scale datasets using advanced SQL for analytics, reporting, and data product features.
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and observability in a production environment.