Senior Backend Engineer
Mochi Health · San Francisco, CA
$230,000–$280,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role at a digital health platform focused on metabolic and preventative care. The work centers on building and owning core systems — subscription billing, clinical ordering workflows, multi-pharmacy fulfillment routing, and AI-assisted automation — end-to-end, from schema design through Kubernetes deployment and production observability. The role suits experienced backend engineers comfortable with complex domain logic, distributed stateful systems, and infrastructure ownership.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 490 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 370–640
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $186,640 (middle half $163,500–$219,670). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The posting advertises a Senior Backend Engineer but explicitly opens the door to Staff leveling at $280,000–$330,000; the base salary range of $230,000–$280,000 corresponds to the Senior band. The Staff-level range is mentioned only as an option, so the role is classified at Senior.
The tech stack (TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS) is listed under 'Our stack' with the explicit caveat that the company 'indexes on engineering fundamentals… over language-specific syntax' and calls stack experience 'a strong plus' — so all stack items are marked preferred. Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and CI/CD are separately called out in the 'Who You Are' requirements section as things the candidate must be 'comfortable with (or eager to master)', which gates them as required.
The '5–7+ years' experience figure is stated in the 'Who You Are' requirements section; the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the lower bound of the range).
AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Codex, Claude) are discussed as a cultural/workflow expectation rather than a named technology skill, so they are not emitted as a skill.
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