Staff Software Engineer, Foundations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Sr. Director, Foundations to establish and steer the technical vision and strategy for the Foundations group.

• Take the lead on architectural decisions regarding EMR integrations, caching infrastructure, shared services, APIs, data models, and integration patterns.

• Act as a technical escalation resource and perform design reviews focusing on reliability, performance, and security.

• Champion SLOs, capacity planning, incident-ready designs, and improvements in systemic reliability.

• Manage high-priority, technically demanding projects and take ownership of intricate multi-team initiatives from start to finish.

• Develop application-performance strategies while minimizing external API dependencies.

• Create, maintain, monitor, and enhance caching infrastructure.

• Set best practices for product engineering teams on the platform.

• Construct shared libraries, SDKs, and internal APIs to boost developer productivity.

• Produce documentation, examples, and guidelines for platform services.

• Offer technical support during integration efforts with product teams.

• Integrate unit, functional, and contract testing along with automated checks.

• Implement consistent Mixpanel analytics for feature instrumentation.

• Collaborate with Product and Data teams on dashboards and monitoring that reflect user and clinical outcomes.

• Lead post-incident reviews and implement systemic improvements.

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through design guidance, pairing, and code reviews.

• Define and maintain engineering standards, architectural patterns, and documentation practices.

• Exemplify a pragmatic, product-focused mindset that balances high standards with iterative delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial senior/staff individual-contributor experience in building production product experiences.

• Proven history of owning and delivering multi-team projects within modern web stacks.

• Experience collaborating closely with product and design teams on user-facing features.

• Capability to guide technical decisions in uncertain domains and articulate trade-offs.

• Strong full-stack expertise, encompassing API and data-model design, UI development, monitoring, and metrics.

• In-depth knowledge of at least one cloud provider and infrastructure-as-code.

• Robust systems-design instincts concerning reliability, performance, security, and cost.

• Excellent debugging and incident-response skills, including proficiency in logs, traces, and data analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to lead by influence across teams and partnerships.

• Comfortable engaging cross-functionally with clinicians, operations, and research teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Passion for mentoring and developing fellow engineers.

• Experience in healthcare, digital health, or regulated domains such as HIPAA, PHI, or SOC 2 is advantageous.

• Familiarity with EHRs, wearable integrations, or health-data platforms is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible work hours and the option for remote work.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

• Generous paid time off and holidays.