Staff Engineer, Full Stack

Butterfly Network; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Hybrid work model

Office in New York City

Job summary

Butterfly Network in New York City is seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer to advance our Enterprise Clinical workflows system. You will design and build scalable distributed services and modern front-end experiences for clinicians.

You will mentor engineers, own system designs, and collaborate across teams to deliver HIPAA-compliant, observable, cloud-native solutions that power imaging for millions of physicians.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience solving distributed systems/web development problems.
• A track record of mentoring engineers.
• Willingness to work in different layers of the stack and unfamiliar problem domains.

Responsibilities

• Solve distributed systems problems, designing for elasticity, reliability, performance and automated validation.
• Build modern solutions using the best technologies available, informed by cloud architecture and how distributed systems operate at scale.
• Own business problems, shape ideas into system designs and lead developers through execution.
• Mentor and lead other engineers to achieve our goals.
• Perform a broad variety of tasks in support of the role and responsibilities.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Full-stack

Cloud exposure

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

React

TypeScript

OpenSearch

Job description

Staff Full Stack Engineer

Company Description

At Butterfly Network, we're leading a digital revolution in medical imaging, transforming an industry that has long relied on bulky, analog systems. With our proprietary Ultrasound-on-Chip™ technology, we're democratizing healthcare by shifting ultrasound from the expensive, stationary systems of the past to the connected, mobile, and software-enabled platforms of today. In 2018, we launched the world's first handheld, whole-body ultrasound, Butterfly iQ - followed by iQ+ in 2020 and iQ3 in 2024, each more powerful than the last. Our innovation doesn't stop at hardware. Butterfly combines our advanced device with intelligent software, AI, services, and education to drive adoption of affordable, accessible imaging. Our technology is proving to help clinicians, clinics, and hospitals enhance care, cut costs, and expand imaging access. We've been recognized by Prix Galien USA, Fierce 50, TIME's Best Inventions, Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, among other awards. We're a team of bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators ready to shape the future of medical imaging. Let's build something extraordinary together!

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced software engineer to build our critical Enterprise Clinical workflows system. The Butterfly Cloud provides a secure and robust connection to user's health information. We build tools and services that allow doctors and clinicians to make informed, intelligent diagnostic decisions with the help of their fellow peers. In doing so, we manage and maintain our customer's administration of users and organizations, ensuring feature and entitlement management as well as building scalable, platform enterprise features like global search and audit logging. Join us in solving challenging, mission critical problems that will make our technology accessible to 40 million physicians and billions of people worldwide.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

• Solve distributed systems problems, designing for elasticity, reliability, performance and automated validation
• Build modern solutions using the best technologies available, informed by a deep understanding of cloud architecture and how distributed systems operate at scale
• Own business problems, shape ideas into system designs and lead developers through execution
• Mentor and lead other engineers to achieve our goals
• Perform a broad variety of tasks in support of the role and responsibilities.

Qualifications

Baseline skills/experiences/attributes:

• 5+ years of experience solving distributed systems/web development problems
• A track record of mentoring engineers
• Willingness to work in different layers of the stack and unfamiliar problem domains
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Ideally, you also have skills and experience in these areas (but it's ok if you don't!):

• GraphQL and related frameworks e.g. Relay, Apollo and URQL
• Experience with LLMs and MLOps
• Containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, ECS, EKS
• Web apps with live updates - pub/sub solutions (such as Redis), WebSockets
• Designing and building observability solutions, utilizing modern monitoring, logging, and metrics tools ensure overall system health
• Frontend experience with React and Typescript
• Opensearch or other Lucene based search engines
• HIPAA, PHI and PII compliance

You Deeply Identify with Core Butterfly Network Values:

• Efficient & Speedy - you get work done in a fraction of the time as industry peers
• Intellectually Curious - you are thoughtful & inquisitive; people enjoy working with you because they learn from you
• Mission-Driven & Committed - you are passionate about the company's purpose and are immensely productive
• Team Oriented - you celebrate and take joy in the success of others on the team

Values

Innovation is what we do. Our values are how we make it happen. Butterflies are and believe in...

• Patient-Centric Innovators: Our mission is THE mission.
• Empowered to Impact: Every voice matters.
• One Team, One Goal: Unity fuels progress.
• Growth Champions: We embrace challenges.
• Action-Oriented Achievers: We follow through, every time.

Location

Butterfly offers a hybrid work model for most positions, with team members spending two or more days a week in the office. While flexibility is key, we value in-person connections that spark creativity and teamwork. Our offices are designed for collaboration, with comfortable workspaces, stocked kitchens, and opportunities to connect with peers. This is a hybrid position and will be based out of our office in New York City, NY.

Benefits and Perks

Comprehensive health insurance, encompassing dental and vision coverage, is provided to all our employees. As a health-tech company, we prioritize the well-being of our teams. Additionally, employees have the option to buy up for enhanced health insurance coverage. We also contribute to Health Savings Account (HSA)