Staff Software Engineer, Backend

CRM Hike; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Staff Software Engineer focused on backend systems and clinical AI. In this exciting role, you'll design and build core systems that handle and analyze clinical data, ensuring patient privacy through secure coding practices. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you'll work alongside product managers and data scientists to deliver valuable software solutions. This innovative firm offers a fully remote work environment, competitive compensation, and a chance to make a real impact in the healthcare sector. If you're ready to optimize healthcare systems and work with incredible teammates, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

401k

Free One Medical membership

Parental leave

Minimal bureaucracy

Incredible teammates

Qualifications

• 12+ years of development experience focused on backend and cloud solutions.
• Expertise in Python and familiarity with Typescript and React.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and launch new features for SmarterDx’s applications.
• Collaborate across disciplines to understand users and iterate on ideas.

Skills

Python

Typescript

React

Cloud-based solutions

Agile methodology

Team collaboration

Secure coding practices

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

Postgres

Kubernetes

Airflow

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

We are looking for a backend-oriented Staff Software Engineer to help us advance our clinical AI by designing and building core systems that handle, process, and analyze clinical data at scale. The ideal candidate for this role has a track record working with product managers and data scientists to distill complex requirements into incrementally valuable plans to build well-tailored, manageable software systems. While this role focuses on backend systems, strong candidates are able to deliver across the stack.

SmarterDx builds clinical AI that empowers hospitals to achieve 100% chart accuracy for revenue integrity. Our solution helps hospitals tell the most accurate and complete story of the patient and the care that was delivered, which helps them recover millions in earned revenue and improve quality of care scores. Become a Smartian and help optimize the way the healthcare system works for everyone. Learn more at smarterdx.com/careers.

**This role is fully remote within the US**

What You’ll Do

• Design, build and launch new features and improve the overall quality of SmarterDx’s apps
• Collaborate across disciplines to understand our users and iterate on new ideas
• Protect patients’ privacy and security through secure coding practices
• Research and advocate for improved techniques, processes, and designs within the team
• Support SmarterDx’s apps in production

What You Bring

• 12+ years of development experience with a focus on backend and cloud-based solutions
• 3+ years in a security-conscious environment
• Expertise in Python and familiarity with Typescript and React
• Expertise working with Postgres or a similar relational database
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems and working with event-driven architectures
• Extensive experience working with product managers to shape and define requirements into small, incremental business-valuable deliverables
• Experience project managing a small team using a modern agile methodology
• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• You're a former startup founder, or have been the first engineering hire at a startup
• Experience in the health tech domain, particularly in hospital billing systems
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience working with ELT pipelines and tools like Airflow
• Experience with Snowflake and dbt

Compensation

• $200K to $250K base salary + equity
• 401k
• Free One Medical membership
• Parental leave
• Remote first
• Minimal bureaucracy
• Incredible teammates!

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