
Senior Backend Engineer
Heidi Health
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Ultimately you will have the opportunity to work with the engineering mastermind behind Heidi developing AI products which will change the face of healthcare.
- 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.
Requirements
- Strong sense of ownership & strong problem-solving skills.
- 5+ years of backend development experience.
- 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.
Benefits
- Real product momentum. We’re not trying to generate interest, we’re channeling it. This is a rare chance to create a global impact as you immerse yourself in Australia’s fastest growing start-up.
- Equity from day one. When Heidi wins, you win. You’ll share directly in the success you help create.
- Unmatched impact. Play a pivotal role at a critical growth moment - all while working on a product that delivers tangible value to clinicians and patients every day.
- Work alongside world-class talent. Join a team of operators and builders who’ve scaled unicorns.
- Global reach. Help shape our international expansion as we bring Heidi to key international markets.
- Growth and balance. Enjoy a personal development budget, dedicated wellness days, subsidised gym membership, and your birthday off to recharge.
- Flexibility that works. A hybrid environment, with 3 days in the office.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonMongoDBRedisAPI designdata modelingdesign patternsmessage queue systemsdata storage solutionscloud infrastructureCI/CD
Soft Skills
problem-solvingownershipcollaborationcommunication