Sr Software Engineer (Backend)

Your future role at a glance

Location: Remote

Department: Dispensary of Hope Information Systems

Schedule: Monday-Friday | Full-time| 8:00am-5:00pm central time

Salary: $96,208.99-$134,109.89 per year

How you'll make an impact in this role

• 5+ years building production backend systems, 2+ years on AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge or equivalent). Strong Node.js/TypeScript backend proficiency

• Experience with authentication/identity systems (Cognito, Auth0, OIDC/SAML), including MFA for customer-facing apps

• Experience integrating with third-party REST APIs and building secure hand-offs to external services (signed tokens, no PII in query strings)

• Strong data modeling experience (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or similar), including migrations and tested backup/restore

• Infrastructure-as-code experience (CDK, Terraform, or SAM), practical observability experience — structured logging, alerting, on-call ownership

• Security-first mindset — secrets management, least-privilege IAM, input validation at every boundary

What minimum qualifications you'll need

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate'sdegree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

What additional requirements you'll need

• Experience integrating with a third-party billing/payments SaaS (redirect-based or lightweight status API)

• Enough React/TypeScript familiarity to unblock or pair with the frontend engineer

• Experience with EventBridge Scheduler, Step Functions, or similar orchestration

• Prior experience on a 2–3 person team owning production systems post-launch

• Experience integrating with accounting/ERP systems (QuickBooks, NetSuite, or similar)

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

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Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

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Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)Various health insurance options & wellness plansRetirement benefits including employer match plansLong-term & short-term disabilityEmployee assistance programs (EAP)Parental leave & adoption assistanceTuition reimbursementWays to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.