Staff Software Engineer, Cleerly

• The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, hands-on self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• A strong team player and highly accountable
• Committed to producing high-quality deliverables
• Possesses strong communication skills and a genuine interest in collaborating with third-party development teams
• Experience & Scale: 8–12+ years building complex backend platforms, including microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
• API Design Mastery: Strong proficiency in API design (REST/gRPC), including critical concepts like versioning and backward compatibility
• Asynchronous Architecture: Expertise in event-driven architectures (queues/streams) and implementing robust workflow orchestration patterns
• Data Management: Extensive data modeling experience (relational and document stores) with a focus on audit-friendly design and data integrity
• Coding Proficiency: Hands-on coding mastery in a production language (e.g., Java/Kotlin, Go, Python, C#)
• Reliability Ownership: Proven ownership of critical reliability features (e.g., idempotency, retries, Dead Letter Queues (DLQ), and circuit breakers)
• Security Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of security fundamentals, including authN/authZ (authentication/authorization), service-to-service mTLS, and the principle of least privilege
• Performance Engineering: Experience with performance engineering techniques, including setting latency budgets, p95/p99 tuning, and extensive load testing
• Cloud Operations: Deep experience building and operating backend services in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
• AWS Services: Comfortable working with key AWS services (VPC, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch)
• Containerization & ML: Familiarity with container orchestration (EKS/ECS) and AWS Machine Learning services (e.g., SageMaker)
• Multi-Tenancy: Experience designing and implementing multi-tenant systems (including tenant isolation, quotas, and entitlements)
• Technical Leadership: Able to lead small teams, set technical standards, and deliver incrementally with tight production timelines
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other advanced technical degree preferred

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced Platform Backend Lead Engineer to join the core technical team of our growing next-generation enterprise-level imaging platform
• This individual will serve as the Technical Lead for the platform backend, driving the end-to-end delivery of the Hub orchestration layer and its critical integrations with third-party AI engines and reporting vendors
• Service boundaries and API contracts
• Data flows and reliability patterns
• The Lead Engineer will collaborate closely with Product, Program, SRE, SQA, and Software Engineers, as well as development partners, to build the next generation product for heart disease diagnosis
• Own Core Services: Be the technical owner for the platform's core orchestration and integration services, including case/job lifecycle management, routing policies, third-party integration endpoints, and results ingestion/normalization
• Define Architectural Standards: Set architecture standards, define service contracts and error semantics, and ensure the platform is observable, resilient, and prepared to meet production SLAs
• Design & Document Solutions: Design, document, and demonstrate technical solutions by creating necessary flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, and clear code comments
• Full Cycle Participation: Participate actively in the full software development life cycle (SDLC) from requirements analysis through testing, release, and maintenance
• Drive Code Quality: Perform rigorous code reviews, ensure excellent unit test coverage, and actively drive bug triage and resolution
• Development Contribution: Participate in developing and maintaining the necessary APIs, integrations, and libraries that support the platform
• Implement Observability: Integrate logging, metrics, and tracing tools to effectively meet and maintain the platform's observability goals