Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Summary

Join Heidi, a health tech startup on a mission to revolutionize healthcare delivery, as a Senior Backend Engineer. You will play a crucial role in building AI-powered tools to streamline clinical workflows. This position requires extensive backend development experience with Python, MongoDB, and Redis, along with a strong understanding of API design and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-performance backend systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Heidi offers a flexible work environment, including a generous personal development budget, additional paid time off, corporate fitness discounts, and equity in the company.

Requirements

• Strong sense of ownership & strong problem-solving skills
• 5+ years of backend development experience
• Strong back-end development experience in Python
• Solid experience with MongoDB and Redis for data management
• Experience building & managing message queue systems at scale
• Writing testable, effective and communicative code
• Data modeling, design patterns, understanding trade-offs
• Deep understanding of API design principles, including security, versioning, and performance
• Data & application security knowledge and skills
• Experience in integrating with third-party systems
• Competent with source code control and CI/CD pipeline technologies
• Architecting and building highly available, scalable, secure & performant systems

Responsibilities

• Autonomously deliver beautiful & robust code with considerations on code structure design and scalability
• Implement and optimize data storage solutions
• Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems using Python
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability
• Develop and manage message queue systems for real-time data processing
• Collaborate with frontend and AI teams to integrate new features and enhance existing APIs
• Optimize API performance and handle API versioning, documentation, and testing

Benefits

• Flexible work with 3 days a week in the office
• Additional paid day off for your birthday and wellness days
• Special corporate rates at Anytime Fitness for Melbourne, Sydney tbc
• A generous personal development budget of $500 per annuml
• Learn from some of the best engineers and creatives, joining a diverse team
• Become an owner, with shares (equity) in the company, if Heidi  wins, we all win
• The rare chance to create a global impact  as you immerse yourself in one of Australia’s leading healthtech startups
• If you have an impact quickly, the opportunity to fast track your startup career!