Clarion · 11 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expClarion is a company focused on improving healthcare communication through AI. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build core backend systems for their AI agents, ensuring effective healthcare workflows and integrations with existing healthcare platforms.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Core backend systems: Design, build, and own the services, data models, and business logic powering Clarion’s AI agents and healthcare workflows
Workflow orchestration: Build infrastructure for multi-step, asynchronous workflows—including agentic AI workflows with conditional logic, retries, and graceful failure handling
Healthcare integrations: Own high-stakes integrations with EHRs and legacy healthcare platforms via APIs and RPA
Platform foundations: Create internal abstractions and tooling that allow the team to deploy and customize AI assistants for new customers quickly and reliably
Security and compliance: Implement and maintain backend authentication, authorization, and HIPAA-compliant architecture required for enterprise healthcare
Generative AI at Scale: Design and operate production systems using LLMs with real-time monitoring, safety controls, and enterprise reliability
Agentic workflows: Architect backend systems that coordinate AI agents across complex healthcare workflows with strong guarantees
Enterprise reliability: Build systems supporting thousands of concurrent patient interactions with high uptime and fast incident detection
Fragmented healthcare systems: Design resilient abstractions across modern APIs and legacy EHRs while maintaining security and compliance
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems in high-reliability production environments
Strong backend expertise across APIs, relational databases, async workflows, and distributed systems
High ownership and agency—you thrive in ambiguity and take responsibility for system outcomes
Ability to communicate clearly, collaborate cross-functionally, and surface risks early
Preferred
Experience with security, auth, or regulated environments (HIPAA familiarity is a plus)
Company
Clarion
At Clarion, we’re building the AI communication layer for healthcare, enabling every clinic to streamline operations and making it effortless for patients to access and receive care.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Jeffrey Lamothe
CTO, Co-Founder
Ryan Gallagher, MD
Co-Founder
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