SWORD Health is hiring a
Algorithms Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer in the Algorithms team at Sword Health, a fast-growing startup focused on pain management solutions. The role involves designing and implementing algorithms for analyzing patient movement data to improve their therapy experience. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of software development experience, strong OOP skills, ability to learn quickly, interface with non-technical stakeholders, and critical thinking skills.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in solving complex and ambiguous problems with software, regardless of the field
• 3+ years of experience in Object-Oriented Programming (in industry or academia) and strong software development skills
• Ability to learn quickly and dive deep into new problems and fields
• Ability to interface with non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to visualize and interpret data of different types (tabular, time-series, relational databases, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement algorithms for analyzing the patient’s movement to enable evaluating exercises and providing detailed feedback in real-time
• Implement features that include the above algorithms or interact with existing algorithms directly in a large production codebase (Java)
• Write well-designed, efficient, and scalable code
• Troubleshoot, debug, maintain code and documentation, and create tests and validation procedures to ensure quality
• Iteratively improve the product with data-driven analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and wearing different hats
• Experience working with a large code base of production-grade software
• Experience with game development, applied mathematics, signal processing, control systems or computer vision/machine learning

Benefits

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company
• Career development and growth, with a competitive salary
• The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation
• Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions)
• Remote or Hybrid work policy
• Offices in Porto and Lisbon, so if you want to have face-to-face contact you can always work from there