Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About the role

Join Doctolib's new team dedicated to user rights and permission management as a Senior Software Engineer. You'll lead the development of access control systems for the healthcare platform, protecting sensitive user and financial data while enabling seamless workflows for healthcare professionals.

What you'll do

• Design and implement scalable authorization frameworks, including role-based and API-driven controls for clinical and financial features
• Modernize legacy access models ensuring data protection and privacy compliance
• Collaborate with product, legal, and data protection teams to deliver privacy-compliant solutions
• Build and maintain robust APIs for permissions and authorization that enable broader platform integration
• Implement access control for emerging roles like Medical Front Assistant and new Clinical & Financial admin roles

What you'll need

• 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience in a collaborative environment
• Proven experience building and maintaining APIs for permissions/authorization systems
• Experience in access control, security, or authorization systems, ideally in healthcare, fintech, or regulated domains
• Full-stack mindset with curiosity to work across frontend and backend
• Ability to independently solve technical challenges and balance solutions appropriately
• Demonstrated ability to design scalable frameworks for complex user rights and permissions management
• Proficiency in backend development, ideally in similar tech stack

Nice to have

• Experience with Kafka for event-driven design

What they offer

• Deutschlandticket (Germany-wide public transport pass) fully paid
• 28 vacation days + 1 additional day per year (up to 30 days maximum)
• Work from abroad up to 10 days per year
• Company health insurance with Allianz supplementary benefits
• Company pension scheme with 40% employer subsidy
• Free mental health and coaching services through Moka.care