Overview

The client provides API infrastructure for the health insurance and employee benefits ecosystem, connecting exchange data, enrollment, and market insights through a single integration point.

About The Role

The Staff Backend Engineer (Rust) drives the expansion of a healthcare data platform and member management solution. The position involves leading technical standards, scaling distributed infrastructure, and launching AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build and expand a healthcare data platform and member management solution.
• Write code in collaboration with the Product team.
• Own projects end-to-end and manage unstructured problems.
• Scale infrastructure connecting health insurance carriers and technology partners.
• Improve engineering standards and development processes.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Must-Haves

• Hands-on experience building and launching AI projects.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs.
• At least 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• High degree of proficiency in Rust.
• Experience working in collaborative engineering teams with transparent communication.

Nice-To-Haves

• Familiarity with Ruby.
• Experience with DevOps tooling: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
• Exposure to observability tools such as Datadog.
• Experience in performance monitoring, incident handling, or CI/CD process optimization.
• Background in large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure-heavy products.

Perks & Benefits

• Equipment provided.
• Back-office support (Legal, Accounting, HR, and Delivery).
• Career and cultural mentoring.
• English lessons with a native speaker.
• Referral bonus program.
• Access to Florianópolis HQ office.