Senior Backend Software Engineer, AKASA
$180-230k
+ Equity
AI-powered automation for the healthcare revenue cycle
Open for applications
AI-powered automation for the healthcare revenue cycle
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$180-230k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable human health by building the future of healthcare with AI.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development or machine learning
- Software engineering experience in Python is required
- Proven track record with SaaS products
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Experience building consumer applications on top of ML pipelines
- Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres
- Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
- CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
- Firm grasp of system design principles
- Experience with healthcare data exchange (FHIR, HL7, EDI) is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Sr. Software Engineer, Backend, you will be building AI-powered solutions across our Clinical Documentation and Medical Coding suite
- You will work closely with the product, design, and machine learning teams to design and build services, APIs, and tools that support our SaaS products
- Together with the broader team, you will work on AI-native products that correct clinical errors for hundreds of thousands of patients, and deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in measurable value for our customers
- These products improve the quality of physician documentation, help clinicians identify missing diagnoses, convert documentation to medical codes and ensure financial integrity for health systems
- The interfaces you develop help thousands of clinicians and hospital staff tackle some of the most challenging and high-impact patient encounters in U.S. healthcare
- Build and land cutting-edge and novel experiences at large healthcare organizations
- Create and maintain backend services and build on top of machine learning to solve challenging customer problems
- Design, build, and maintain shared APIs, tools, services, and applications that help form the foundation of our technology ecosystem
- Bring creative solutions to the table, knowledge-share with the team, and work together to shape our platform architecture
- Lead and participate in design discussions, planning sessions, and code reviews
- Partner closely with our product, design, and machine learning teams
- Mentor junior engineers on the team
Our take
The US healthcare system is both financially and operationally complex. It is estimated to cost patients and providers $500 billion annually in medical billing and insurance administrative expenses. AKASA, formerly Alpha Health, addresses this issue with its Unified Automation technology
The technology is designed to streamline revenue cycle operations by combining human expertise with AI-driven automation. It deploys machine-learning tools supported by revenue cycle specialists who can handle more complex cases and refine the algorithms.
This blend of human and machine intelligence is a stand-out approach, which could well serve as a blueprint for other sectors. Meanwhile, AKASA will continue to help reshape the healthcare industry by solving its complex operational challenges.
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Insights
-17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2024
$120m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $205m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
- Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Generous parent leave policy
- Full employee coverage for life insurance
- Company-paid holidays
- 401(K) plan
Company HQ
The East Side, South San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Malinka Walaliyadde
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Counsyl and Corning Life Sciences. They have an Engineering degree from Cornell University.
Varun Ganapathi
(Co-Founder & CTO)They have successfully started two AI companies prior to AKASA. One was acquired by Google and the other by Udacity.
Andy Atwal
(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)Prior to AKASA, they were the founding Software Engineer at Counsyl, a health technology company offering DNA screenings for various diseases.
Ben Beadle-Ryby
(Co-Founder)Previously, they were a Partner at the Advisory Board Company, where they oversaw revenue cycle consulting and technology.
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