Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack (Platform)
Why Join Us:We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our platform team and help build and maintain our healthcare data platform. In this role, you'll develop tools and systems that power mission-critical products like our Reporting application, working with platforms like Medplum and health data formats such as HL7.You'll play a key role in designing and supporting the backend infrastructure that connects directly to the products we deliver to customers. The role is backend-heavy and ideal for someone who thrives on building robust, scalable systems in Python and TypeScript.This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering and healthcare, shaping how healthcare data flows across the company.What You’ll Be Doing:Develop on large-scale progressive and single page web applications that streamline user workflows and increase their efficiency and effectivenessWork on a modern Javascript (React/Typescript) frontend applicationDevelop our Python, FastAPI backend services including a REST API and ML pipeline servicesBuild new features that support our rapidly growing number of customersWrite code that meets our internal standards for security, style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale HIPAA web environmentWork with Product Management, UX, Customer Success and other stakeholders to iterate on new features and address defectsAdvocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact across your teamWho We’re Looking For:8+ years of industry full stack engineering experience with single and multi-tenanted environmentsIn-depth knowledge of Javascript / TypeScript, Python and FastAPI, or equivalent modern languages/frameworksKnowledge of relational and document based databases, as well as other large scale data storage paradigmsKnowledge of modern web architecture and best practicesFluency with HTML, CSS, responsive design, and other related web technologiesFamiliarity with cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, browser networking, and browser APIs such as IndexedDB and WebSocketsExperience with unit and integration testingExperience working on a distributed team and strong version control skills using gitExperience with performance and optimization problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to diagnose and prevent these problemsNice to Haves:Experience with ReactExperience with Starlette, SQLAlchemyExperience with PostgreSQLExperience with 3rd-party integrations such as Auth0, AmplitudeExperience working at an early-stage startupExperience in a HIPAA-compliant environment, especially with FHIR and HL7Experience working on machine learning