Backend Staff Software Engineer, Calibrate
$200-225k
+ Opportunity for equity
Obesity and metabolic health treatment
Job no longer available
Obesity and metabolic health treatment
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$200-225k
+ Opportunity for equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To change the way the world treats weight.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with PostgreSQL and other SQL-based databases
- Experience with AWS (or other cloud services), infrastructure as code, and CI/CD
- 8+ years of software development experience, with strong skills in Python (or equivalent high-level programming language)
- Experience with mobile development is a plus
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to align team efforts with organizational goals
- Extensive experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of technical leadership and mentoring
- Strong expertise in designing and developing scalable and maintainable software systems
- Proficiency in systematic debugging, incident management, and operational monitoring
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to foster a culture of effective communication and collaboration
- Deep understanding of security principles and practices, with experience in driving security initiatives
- Ability to manage risk, change, and uncertainty in a dynamic environment
What the job involves
- Design services and systems with a focus on iterative development, reliability, and simplicity
- Build, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions to address dynamic business needs
- Partner closely with product and design on discovery and experimentation to release solutions for impactful user and business problems
- Lead by example, demonstrating technical excellence, and providing mentorship to help team members grow
- Assist your team in making decisions that align with organizational objectives, supporting these decisions, and taking accountability for their outcomes
- Foster collaboration within the engineering team through consistent communication and building robust relationships with teammates, managers, and stakeholders across the organization
- Manage technical dependencies, timelines and deliverables for projects
- Participate in rotating on-call duties, including incident management
Our take
Obesity affects four in ten Americas, yet treatment has long been overlooked, often framed as a lifestyle problem rather than a healthcare issue. Calibrate is working to change that by combining prescription weight-loss medications with structured behavioral and physiological coaching designed to support long-term health.
The company's program integrates GLP-1 medications with physician-guided care and personalized coaching. These drugs have shown strong results in clinical trials, but questions remain about long-term safety an whether weight loss can be sustained after patients stop taking them. Calibrate's approach aims to address that challenge by pairing medication with lasting behavior change.
Since launching, more than 100,000 members have participated in the program, generating one of the industry's largest real-world datasets on physician-guided weight and metabolic health outcomes. In recent years, the company has shifted away from its original direct-to-consumer model and now focuses on partnerships with employers and health plans. This move reflects growing demand from organizations seeking structured solutions to manage the rising costs and long-term use of GLP-1 medications.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2023
$29m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $156.6m
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Rob Rebak
(CEO & Board Director)Rob is the co-founder and Managing Partner of HealthtechMTA as well as a Board Director at 83bar and Navigator Healthcare. Previously, he was the CEO of Mosaic Diagnostics and |Forefront Telecare.
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