Senior Software Engineer, Backend
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This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$214,125 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $190k versus about $182k for comparable roles.
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Veeva Systems is a cloud software company serving the global life sciences industry, providing CRM, clinical, regulatory, quality, and data applications used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
Veeva Systems currently has 72 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $80,000–$175,000 across 69 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Software Engineer - Backend joins the Engineering team to support Veeva Ostro, a platform bridging the gap between life sciences manufacturers and patients. In this role, you will design and deliver scalable backend services, architect high-performance APIs, and optimize application and database performance to handle growth. You will partner cross-functionally to ship new features while championing clean architecture, rigorous unit testing, and low technical debt. The position requires deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django, along with strong proficiency in relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL. You will also evaluate emerging backend technologies and troubleshoot live system issues to maximize uptime. This work involves solving technical challenges within a SaaS environment to improve how medicines, treatments, and diagnostics reach the people who need them most.
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