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Staff Backend Engineer, Medical Device, Cloud Platform
Location
California
Posted
104 days ago
Salary
$168.3K - $276K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Backend Engineer, Medical Device, Cloud Platform
SandboxAQ
• Own the successful execution and deployment of the device backend, acting as the primary driver of code quality. • Optimize and scale core processing algorithms and denoising software on-device and in the cloud. • Design, build out and scale our AWS-hosted, HIPAA-compliant data platform using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. • Maintain and enhance robust backend services that facilitate seamless communication and data transfer between field devices, the cloud, clinicians, and hospital systems. • Help establish and build the mechanisms to enforce best practices for handling sensitive patient data to maintain security and HIPAA compliance across the entire stack. • Develop clearly-written, tested, and documented software solutions compliant with standards for the medical device software lifecycle (e.g., IEC 62304) • Partner with regulatory, product, hardware, and data science stakeholders to translate complex device and signal-processing models into production-ready backend services. • Actively support documentation efforts and internal knowledge transfer to ensure the long-term health of our software ecosystem.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience (medical device experience is a strong plus), with a focus on mission-critical, high-performance production backend systems.
- Demonstrated experience debugging complex systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python
- Deep experience building and managing cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) using Terraform.
- Demonstrated experience writing software for real-world physical devices, kiosks, or IoT edge environments, with an understanding of resource constraints and hardware-software interaction
- Professional experience with Linux-based systems and the command line, specifically in environments where software interacts with real-world hardware.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions
- Retirement savings with company matching
- Paid parental leave
- Inclusive family-building benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Company-wide seasonal breaks
- Support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance
- Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs
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