Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Sword Health, a Forbes Best Startup Employer, and contribute to our mission of freeing billions from pain. We're a rapidly growing, technology-driven company with a strong commitment to our values and employees. This role involves developing and maintaining our web-based application, focusing on performance, user experience, and data visualization. You will collaborate with a talented team, utilizing your expertise in web development (Golang or NodeJS) and SQL databases. We offer a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid in Portugal), and a comprehensive benefits package. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare.

Requirements

• Extensive experience (5+ years of experience) with web development (experience with Golang or/and NodeJS are mandatory)
• Knowledge of SQL language and managing SQL databases
• Ability to write high-performance, reusable code
• Knowledge of Software Engineering patterns with special focus on Web Services development
• Knowledge of continuous integration / deployment process and tools
• Excellent communication skills, problem solving and proactive attitude
• Good level of written and technical English

Responsibilities

• Stay up to speed with all web technologies, software architecture principles and design patterns
• Understand the current lifestyle and development of new lifecycles with emphasis on software quality processes
• Actively participate in the training and building skills of other web developers
• Continuously monitor performance on production environments
• Create and run load tests, and analyze applications’ performance
• Develop our professional web-based app with an emphasis on rich interaction and responsive design
• Develop analytics dashboards and web data visualization tools
• Work closely with our clinical team to determine the ideal workflow of the system from the user’s perspective

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of caching software like Memcached or Redis

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 (Portugal only)
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Meal allowance
• Equity shares
• Remote work allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Work from home
• Unlimited vacation
• Snacks and beverages
• English class
• Unlimited access to our Learning Platform