Senior/Staff/Principal Backend Engineer, Platform & Data Ingestion
veranahealth
San Francisco, California, United States, New York, United States · San Francisco · United States
Posted Jul 16, 2026
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veranahealth
San Francisco, California, United States, New York, United States · San Francisco · United States
Posted Jul 16, 2026
Verana Health, a digital health company that delivers quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights from an exclusive real-world data network, recently secured a $150 million Series E led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Novo Growth, the growth-stage investment arm of Novo Holdings.
Existing Verana Health investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Casdin Capital, and Brook Byers also joined the round, as well as notable new investors, including the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, THVC, and Breyer Capital.
We are driven to create quality real-world data in ophthalmology, neurology, urology, and oncology to accelerate quality insights across the drug lifecycle and within medical practices. Additionally, we are driven to advance the quality of care and quality of life for patients. DRIVE defines our internal purpose and is the galvanizing force that helps ground us in a shared corporate culture. DRIVE is: Diversity, Responsibility, Integrity, Voice-of-Customer and End-Results. Click here to read more about our culture and values.
Verana Health is revolutionizing patient care and clinical research by utilizing physician expertise and artificial intelligence to unlock the true potential of real-world data. With exclusive access to the world's largest patient data sources in oncology, ophthalmology, neurology, and urology Verana is powering real-world evidence generation. Clinicians utilize these insights to improve the quality of care and quality of life for patients, and life sciences companies rely on the insights to accelerate the development of new therapies. Verana is backed by industry leaders like Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Novo Growth, GV, Casdin Capital, and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. Join us to bring innovation at scale and improve patient outcomes!
This is a hybrid role requiring in-person interviews at either our San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY office. Applicants must live within 50 miles of one of these offices. In-office expectations are based on your distance from the office. All remaining days may be worked from home.
*Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.*
You will report directly to the Senior Director of Engineering and work cross-functionally within Verana Health's Oncology Platform, bridging our Core Engineering and Data Ingestion teams. In this role, you will have end-to-end, hands-on ownership of the high-throughput systems that transform complex, unstructured clinical text into scalable oncology data models.
This position sits at a critical technical junction, connecting the frontline of Verana’s data ingestion engine with our foundational platform architecture. Within the Oncology Platform, your work directly impacts patient care by dictating how fast and how cleanly raw medical documentation is unlocked and structured to support life-saving research and improving clinical outcomes.
By scaling OCR pipelines to extract clinical text and optimizing OpenSearch to make data instantly accessible, you will directly expand our core oncology data model. We also encourage thoughtful use of modern AI coding assistants and agentic tools, letting you spend less time on repetitive or basic tasks and more time building out the core architecture.
Verana Health is looking for a driven Senior Backend Engineer who thrives on high-volume data processing, search optimization, and modern software architecture.
Final note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Verana, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
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Pay ranges may vary for market conditions, location, and experience.