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Backend Engineer (Golang Engineer)

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As the first backend engineer at a medtech startup, you will architect and build a HIPAA-compliant backend service using Golang and AWS. You will support proprietary AI algorithms and hardware aimed at preventing vision loss and heart attacks, while helping to shape the engineering culture and team.

Job Description

Job Description

Having secured the IP, manufacturing, and regulatory status of our proprietary camera and having published our AI algorithm in landmark journals, we are bringing software development in-house. We seek a high-impact, motivated person who wants to innovate, help people prevent vision loss and heart attacks, and change how healthcare is delivered in the future. We are looking for someone who to help us architect and build a HIPAA-compliant backend service. You will be our first backend engineer We expect you to have tremendous growth opportunities and help shape the culture of the company as we grow

About you

  • Passionate about disrupting healthcare
  • You are a thoughtful communicator with emotional intelligence. Explaining technical concepts to product managers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you.
  • Scrappy and resourceful, but possess a strong moral compass
  • Whiteboard a fix to a scaling problem — and then make it happen
  • You can jump into situations with few guardrails and make things better
  • You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability
  • When things break — and they will — you are eager and able to help fix things
  • Contribute to internal tools that help us improve our development process, manage our users, and scale our systems

Requirements:

  • 5+ years experience as a professional software engineer
  • Golang
  • DevOps (AWS)
  • Agile, self-starter
  • Capable of delivering on multiple priorities with little supervision
  • Recruited, led, and inspired strong engineering teams at a startup or large company

Nice to have:

  • BS in Computer Science
  • Python, Swift (iOS), React Native
  • Familiar with ML, computer vision, PACS, and HIPAA

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