Staff Backend Engineer (RWE) - Distributed Systems & Data Platform

requirements aren't always fully defined and enjoy bringing clarity to ambiguity. You naturally think in terms of systems, architecture, and long-term scalability while remaining hands-on enough to build production software. You're excited by the opportunity to work with complex, real-world datasets and are eager to deepen your expertise in large-scale distributed data systems while leveraging your strong backend engineering foundation. You: - Have a proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives from concept through production. - Bring deep experience designing scalable backend platforms, distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, or infrastructure platforms. - Enjoy solving messy technical problems and making pragmatic architectural tradeoffs. - Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, helping shape direction across teams. - Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful design, high-quality code, and strong technical leadership. - Invest in mentoring teammates and improving engineering practices across the organization.

REQUIREMENTS - 8+ years building scalable backend software, distributed systems, or platform infrastructure in production environments. - Strong experience designing scalable, reliable backend architectures and making technical decisions around system design, performance, and maintainability. - Strong programming experience in Python or another modern backend language (Java, Go, Scala, C++, etc.) with the ability to quickly become productive in Python. - Experience building systems that process large volumes of data or high-throughput distributed workloads. - Experience working in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred) and deploying distributed systems in production. - Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex technical initiatives, influence architectural direction, and partner effectively across engineering and product organizations. - Experience with Spark, Kafka, Hudi, Airflow, or other distributed data technologies is a plus—but we're equally interested in backend engineers with strong distributed systems experience who are excited to deepen their expertise in modern data engineering.

COMPENSATION This role pays $170,000 to $190,000 per year, based on experience, in addition to stock options. Anticipated role close date: 8/15/2026 \n \n H1 OFFERS - Full suite of health insurance options, in addition to generous paid time off - Pre-planned company-wide wellness holidays - Retirement options - Health & charitable donation stipends - Impactful Business Resource Groups - Flexible work hours & the opportunity to work from anywhere - The opportunity to work with leading biotech and life sciences companies in an innovative industry with a mission to improve healthcare around the globe H1 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex (including pregnancy), age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. H1 is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to your recruiter once you've begun the interview process. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.

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