We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join our growing R&D Engineering team. If you are excited by the idea of building scalable, innovative products, this is the role for you.
As part of a collaborative and fast-paced team, you’ll play a key role in implementing the backend architecture and functionality for our AI interview platform. You will help scale the product by developing robust APIs, integrating GenAI functionality, and building a solid foundation for high-performance, secure, and reliable systems. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong engineering background who wants to have real ownership, shape product architecture, and contribute to a mission-driven platform.
Surgo Health is a human-centric AI company that delivers the deepest understanding of human behavior to power better health for all.
A life-saving drug or treatment is of no use if people don’t take it. Surgo Health believes that a complete understanding of what drives people’s behavior – and how their context impacts them – is critical to ensure every person lives a healthy life. Our proprietary data and AI-technology platform produce fit-for-purpose intelligence, analytics, and recommendations that enable our partners to deliver more equitable, efficient, and cost-effective programs that improve health outcomes across the globe.
Our world-class team of healthcare experts and scientists use behavioral science, data science, and artificial intelligence to build innovative, scalable solutions that power patient-centric care and improve outcomes. We are a growing team with ambitious plans, and we're searching for top-class talent who want to roll up their sleeves and dive into a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
As a DC-based start-up with a global footprint, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in start-up culture and wants to help shape the future of healthcare delivery. We believe our solutions can make healthcare more effective, personalized, equitable, and drive impact at scale.
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Build out and scale backend systems for our AI-powered interview platform
- Design, implement, and maintain production-ready APIs that support AI-driven features
- Help shape and evolve our system architecture for scalability, reliability, and performance
- Collaborate closely with the product team to deliver new features.
- Support and enforce best practices for backend engineering, monitoring, testing, and code quality
- Work with cloud infrastructure (Azure) to deploy, monitor, and optimize backend services
- Ensure security, privacy, and compliance in the design and handling of sensitive healthcare-related data
- Take ownership of features from design to production, with autonomy and accountability
- Contribute to shaping our engineering culture and infrastructure as we grow
- You have 3–5 years of experience in backend development in Python.
- You have proven experience designing and building API systems in production
- You have experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL
- You are familiar with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
- You are familiar with developing LLM-driven applications in production.
- You hold a University degree in Computer Science or a related field
- You understand and value software engineering best practices, testing, and CI/CD pipelines
- You are independent, proactive, and able to deliver features end-to-end with minimal supervision
- You are fluent in English, both written and spoken
- You thrive in fast-moving environments where you can take ownership and iterate quickly
Location: This is a Türkiye-based role. Surgo is headquartered in Washington, DC, but our team is spread across the US, UK, and India.
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Fantastic, fun and collaborative colleagues; opportunity to solve tough challenges in healthcare
- Ability to be entrepreneurial and tremendous opportunities for growth
- Public Benefit Corporation with an impact and equity mission
- Competitive compensation
- Professional Development opportunities
Surgo Health is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent practices. Compensation packages are based on several factors such as skill set, prior relevant experience, education, certifications, and market considerations. In addition to base compensation, individuals may be eligible for annual performance-based bonuses and equity (if applicable). We aim to pay salaries that are competitive, benchmarked against companies that are similar in stage, size, and market to Surgo Health. Our recruiter may be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant role during the hiring process.
Our hiring philosophy
We hire for passion and core competencies.
We look for problem solvers and lateral thinkers.
We love it if you have done different things with your time.
If you think you are ideal for this position, write to us even if your experience doesn’t match all the requirements listed above.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Policy
Surgo believes a diverse, inclusive staff makes a stronger team and more impactful organization and we are committed to building and developing this team and environment. Qualified people of all races, ethnicities, cultures, ages, sex, genders, sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions, languages, social class, marital status, religions, veterans status, and disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Surgo Health is a human-centric AI company that delivers the deepest understanding of human behavior to power better health for all.
A life-saving drug or treatment is of no use if people don’t take it. Surgo Health believes that a complete understanding of what drives people’s behavior – and how their context impacts them – is critical to ensure every person lives a healthy life. Our proprietary data and AI-technology platform produce fit-for-purpose intelligence, analytics, and recommendations that enable our partners to deliver more equitable, efficient, and cost-effective programs that improve health outcomes across the globe.
Our world-class team of healthcare experts and scientists use behavioral science, data science, and artificial intelligence to build innovative, scalable solutions that power patient-centric care and improve outcomes. We are a growing team with ambitious plans, and we're searching for top-class talent who want to roll up their sleeves and dive into a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
As a DC-based start-up with a global footprint, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in start-up culture and wants to help shape the future of healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries (this will be role specific). We believe our solutions can make healthcare more effective, personalized, equitable, and drive impact at scale.
