AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support
Founding Software Engineer – Backend
Location
United States
Posted
65 days ago
Salary
$120K - $210K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Founding Software Engineer – Backend
Glass Health
• Design and build the development and production platforms that power our new products, enabling reliability and security at scale • Own the development of new user-facing generative AI features and product experiences end-to-end • Partner with researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers to bring new features and research capabilities to the world • Accelerate engineering productivity by empowering your fellow engineers with excellent tooling and systems • Help create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group think • Like all other teams, we are responsible for the reliability of the systems we build. This includes an on-call rotation to respond to critical incidents as needed
Job Requirements
- Have 5+ years of engineering experience in various tech environments, including product-driven companies.
- Have experience with TypeScript/React on the frontend, Python on the backend, adaptability, and a drive to learn new technologies.
- Are comfortable taking ownership in an ambitious, fast-paced and diverse startup environment.
- Possess significant experience in designing, building, and scaling production systems to deliver new product capabilities and manage increasing demand.
- Are committed to creating outstanding user experiences and take pride in developing solutions that meet customer needs.
- You are excited about and stay up-to-date with rapidly advancing changes in AI and LLM technology.
- Demonstrate humility, a collaborative spirit, and a willingness to support your colleagues to ensure team success.
- Take ownership of challenges from start to finish, and are proactive in learning new skills as needed.
- Build tools to accelerate your own (and your teammates’) workflows, but only when off-the-shelf solutions won’t do.
- Have experience in startup environments, either as a founder or an early-stage engineer (bonus points, not required).
- Are familiar with healthcare, EHR, HIPAA & other healthcare regulatory structures (bonus points, not required).
Benefits
- Flexible work hours & generous PTO
- High autonomy and support from a collaborative team
- New Macbook Pro
- Work from home stipend
- Personal development stipend
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