Senior Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Wellhub, a corporate wellness platform, as a Senior Backend Software Engineer in Brazil! Contribute to the development and maintenance of Wellhub's app, frontend and backend services, and design system. Collaborate with product, UX, and data teams to enhance user experience. As a key member of the Challenges & Gamification Squad, you'll create engaging products and integrate with health data platforms. Take ownership of critical features, perform code reviews, and mentor junior developers. This role requires strong technical skills, experience with AWS and high-volume distributed systems, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• A true team player who loves working towards both team and individual goals with at least 5 years of experience in web development
• Experience designing and developing complex modern web applications
• Experience with at least two different programming languages such as Go, Scala, Kotlin, or Java
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL technology such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, understanding common use cases and performance pitfalls
• Experience dealing with event-driven architectures and message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS, etc., and an in-depth understanding of their use cases and pitfalls
• Experienced in implementing prototypes and in practices and concepts such as MVP, A/B testing, and feature toggles for rolling-out features to production
• Experience applying computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complex analysis
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and KPIs tracking
• Experience with microservices and high volume distributed systems
• Experience with Cloud-based architectures in the AWS
• Strong communication skills, including verbal and written English and Portuguese
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent practical experience
• You have the ability to work both autonomously and collaborate in a team environment
• A self-starter who can multi-task and adapt to a fast-growing organization
• You enjoy working on multiple priorities and projects
• You are tenacious and goal-oriented

Responsibilities

• Driven to deliver timely, high-quality work. Perform insightful pull-request reviews and build reusable code for future use
• Be data-driven and participate in and/or lead architectural decisions, share improvement opportunities, bring innovation to the table, and make sure design docs are up to date
• Interact with the product team and stakeholders to impact the business
• Ensure successful deliveries and promote the long-term technical health of our journeys
• Take ownership of critical features, accountable and possess a high level of ownership by following up engineering and product KPIs
• Ensure a high bar on code quality standards, making sure devs are proud of their work
• Technical reference for your team, spread development best practices such as code review, pair programming, TDD. Eager to learn and to share knowledge
• Mentor less experienced developers
• Take part in incident resolution and troubleshooting in the production environment
• Live the mission: inspire and empower others by genuinely caring for your own wellbeing and your colleagues. Bring wellbeing to the forefront of work, and create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable taking care of themselves, taking time off, and finding work-life balance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with System Integrations
• Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA and Confluence)
• Experience in our Tech Stack in general

Benefits

• Health, dental, and life insurance
• At Wellhub, flexibility fosters a happier, healthier, and more productive work environment for everyone. As a Flexible First company, we offer two work model options: flexible hybrid and full remote, and make the office a place for collaboration, community, and team building. The model for this role can be discussed with your recruiter and hiring manager. We offer all employees a home office stipend and a monthly flexible work allowance to help cover the costs of working from home
• Wellhubbers and their leaders can make the best decisions for their scope. This includes flexibility to adjust their working hours based on their personal schedule, time zone, and business needs
• We believe in our mission and encourage our employees and their families to take care of their wellbeing too. Access onsite gyms and fitness studios, digital fitness programs, and online wellness resources for meditation, nutrition, mental health support, and more. You will receive the Gold plan at no cost, and other premium plans will be significantly discounted
• Vacations after 6 months and 3 days off per year + 1 day off for each year of tenure (up to 5 additional days) + extra day off for your birthday
• Welcoming a new child is one of the most special moments in your life and we want our employees to take the time to be present and enjoy their growing family. We offer 100% paid parental leave to all new parents and extended maternity leave
• Outstanding opportunities for personal and career growth. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development
• An exciting and supportive atmosphere with ambitious people from around the world! You’ll partner with global colleagues and share in the success of a high-growth technology company disrupting the health and wellness space. Our value-based culture of trust, flexibility, and integrity makes this possible every day