Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Veeva Systems
United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Unit Testing Software as a Service Relational Databases Django Web Framework Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Software Engineering Database Performance Backend Production Code Veeva

Job description

Experteer Overview Join Veeva Ostro as a Backend Engineer to design and scale high-performance backend services powering our SaaS platform. You will balance fast delivery with long-term code health, champion testing and clean architecture. You will architect scalable APIs and collaborate cross-functionally to ship new features. This role offers impact in transforming life sciences connectivity and uptime while working in a flexible, Work Anywhere environment. Compensation / Benefits * Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro’s SaaS platform * Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features * Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping * Champion quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and clean architecture * Optimize application and database performance to handle growth * Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices * Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime Tasks * 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for B2B or B2C SaaS products * 5+ years of deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django * Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL * Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork skills Key requirements * Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance * Flexible PTO and company paid holidays * Retirement programs * 1% charitable giving program

Requirements

Experteer Overview Join Veeva Ostro as a Backend Engineer to design and scale high-performance backend services powering our SaaS platform. You will balance fast delivery with long-term code health, champion testing and clean architecture. You will architect scalable APIs and collaborate cross-functionally to ship new features. This role offers impact in transforming life sciences connectivity and uptime while working in a flexible, Work Anywhere environment. Compensation / Benefits * Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro’s SaaS platform * Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features * Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping * Champion quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and clean architecture * Optimize application and database performance to handle growth * Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices * Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime Tasks * 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for B2B or B2C SaaS products * 5+ years of deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django * Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL * Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork skills Key requirements * Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance * Flexible PTO and company paid holidays * Retirement programs * 1% charitable giving program

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on us.experteer.com

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

1:52 min

Structuring and scaling the backend engineering team

Stefan Lingler Stefan Lingler +1 · Coffee With Developers

5:37 min

Extensibility and programmability features of the PostgreSQL database

Silvano Coriani Silvano Coriani · Europe 2026 Virtual

1:06 min

Developer experience and project variety at scale

Alexandra Petri · World Congress 2023

1:38 min

Transitioning into backend engineering from web development

Stefan Lingler Stefan Lingler +1 · Coffee With Developers

2:13 min

Delivering customer value through automotive backend software engineering

Rahima Yakoob · World Congress 2023

1:12 min

Choosing TypeScript for complex backend applications

Maximilian Otto Maximilian Otto · World Congress 2024

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all