Senior Software Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India

About Nference nference is an AI-first healthcare technology company dedicated to accelerating biomedical discovery and transforming healthcare through cutting-edge artificial intelligence and large-scale computing. Our platforms help pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, and research organizations unlock insights from complex clinical, molecular, and imaging data to drive better decisions and improve patient outcomes.

Founded with the vision of solving some of healthcare’s most challenging problems, nference combines deep expertise in software engineering, machine learning, data science, and life sciences to build products that make a meaningful impact on global healthcare. Recognized by The Washington Post as the “Google of Biomedicine,” we continue to push the boundaries of innovation by partnering with leading healthcare institutions and industry pioneers.

Our People Our people are our greatest strength. At nference, you’ll work alongside exceptional software engineers, AI researchers, physicians, scientists, and product leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful, real-world problems.

We foster a culture built on ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. Engineers are encouraged to challenge assumptions, contribute ideas, influence technical direction, and take ownership of their work from concept to production. Whether you’re designing distributed systems, building cloud-native services, or developing AI-powered healthcare applications, you’ll collaborate with some of the brightest minds in technology and healthcare.

The Opportunity We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) who is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems. In this role, you’ll design and develop cloud-native services, distributed systems, and APIs that power our AI-driven healthcare products.

You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, AI researchers, and domain experts to solve complex technical challenges while delivering software that has a direct impact on healthcare innovation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tackling large-scale engineering problems, values clean and maintainable code, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Take ownership of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through deployment and maintenance.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams and other engineers to understand and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with business goals.
• Write efficient, maintainable, and optimized code while architecting robust backend solutions and scalable distributed systems.
• Work closely with frontend engineers to define RESTful APIs and communication protocols that ensure seamless data exchange.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Identify and resolve system bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and leverage caching and load balancing techniques to minimize latency.
• Support testing strategies by building testable code in collaboration with SDET teams, preventing regressions, and utilizing AI-assisted tools for test automation where appropriate.
• Monitor and analyze system metrics, including response times and error rates, to identify performance issues and continuously improve system reliability.
• Contribute to High-Level Designs (HLDs) for backend systems and platform architecture.
• Create and maintain high-quality architectural and design documentation, including system design decisions, API standards, and engineering processes to support long-term maintainability and cross-team collaboration.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and engineering planning.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve system reliability and observability.

Required Qualifications What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 4–6 years of professional experience in backend or full-stack software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Go, with experience building scalable backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Deep understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and backend design patterns.
• Strong database skil…