Senior Backend Engineer, Octave
Tech Lead
$154-183k
+ Equity
More information about location
Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
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Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$154-183k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform the mental health care system so more people can get the care they need when they need it. By raising the bar on how care is delivered and how providers are supported, Octave is building a sustainable system that values equity, affordability, and effectiveness. Grounded in science, Octave enables clients to experience profound change that is as measurable as it is meaningful.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for this role is a growth-minded team player with the proven ability to offer technical leadership when/where needed
- Minimum 6 years of experience building robust and scalable backend applications
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code & continuous deployment in production
- Experience working with healthcare, healthcare technology, and clinical staff, or other regulated industries
- Experience with gRPC and Protobuf
- Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience integrating and synchronizing data with third party APIs
- Experience with continuous delivery and troubleshooting production code
- Solid working knowledge of Python and Django web framework
- Experience developing and deploying enterprise Python applications into production
- A preference for writing quality code with automated testing and leaving the code base better than how you found it
- Comfortable communicating and collaborating with engineers, clinical, and operations staff to solve open-ended problems
- Interest in doing mission-oriented work especially in the healthcare space
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to frequently communicate with others through virtual meeting applications such as Zoom and Google Meet
- Must be able to observe and communicate information on company provided laptop
- Move up to 10 pounds on occasion
What the job involves
- The Senior Backend Engineer, Technical Lead plays a crucial role in developing robust systems and tools to support clients seeking care, providers offering care, and the operational team and infrastructure
- As a member of our small but growing team, you will primarily work remotely, utilizing Python (Django), gRPC, and GraphQL to integrate and streamline our operations
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable and robust backend systems and APIs using Python
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, product managers, and tech leads to define technical requirements and system architecture
- Software developer and team leader: continue writing code (at least 30% of your time), communicate with the product manager, delegate work and lead the development of highly responsive user interfaces
- Mentor and guide junior backend engineers, sharing technical expertise and fostering their professional growth
- Optimize database design, performance, and security to ensure data integrity and efficiency
- Conduct thorough testing and debugging of backend applications, ensuring high-quality, bug-free software
- Oversee deployment and maintenance of backend services, ensuring smooth operation and uptime
- Collaborate with frontend and other teams to integrate frontend interfaces with backend functionality seamlessly
- Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and promote best practices to maintain high-quality codebase
- Participate in technical discussions and design reviews to drive innovation and continuous improvement
- Develop and maintain technical documentation for backend systems and processes
- Take ownership of the backend development lifecycle, from concept to testing, deployment, and monitoring
- Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in backend technologies and tools
- Participate in on-call rotation to investigate and help resolve live-site issues
Our take
With roughly 50 million adults suffering from mental illness in the United States, a new generation of startups are aiming to help people ease conditions like depression, grief, anxiety, and stress, by increasing access to mental health care.
Octave is one of these companies, classing itself as a national behavioral health practice. It offers therapy, coaching, and group classes both virtually and through in-person sessions at its drop-in studios in New York City and San Francisco. Its virtual services can be accessed in a number of US states.
After tripling the number of clients it served, by shifting its in-person offerings online and launching an exclusive virtual therapy and coaching practice, the company has seen continued growth through partnerships and network expansion. Octave seems to have remained focussed on this expansion, both increasing operations across California and furthering its presence elsewhere.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$5m
LATE VC
May 2023
$52m
SERIES C
Total funding: $125.3m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Free One Medical memberships for employees and their families
- Stock options
- 401(K) retirement account
- Commuter benefits / work-from-home support
- Sick and bereavement leave time
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 10 company holidays and paid vacation
- Family medical leave
- Continuing education stipend
- Job training & conferences
- Continuing education available during work hours
- Life insurance
- Team-building events
Company values
- We’re human beings first - We operate with empathy and kindness – with our clients, with our collaborators, and with ourselves
- People deserve better than status quo - We’re willing to tackle the intractable problems, no matter how big, because someone should. We ask big questions, we craft big solutions, and we challenge ourselves and others to make it happen
- No bystanders. No stars. No tourists - Each person has been selected to be here, and with that comes a responsibility to bring your expertise, share your ideas, and help make this company better
- Partnership paves the path ahead - We don’t operate in a silo, internally or externally. To transform the system, we believe in working with others to create something bigger, better, and stronger
- Quality is crucial at scale - Quality is core to our business, and we refuse to sacrifice it as we grow
- Progress is a process - In the pursuit of progress, we iterate, reflect, learn, adjust – and always leave things better than we found them
- There are people behind every data point - We recognize that numbers tell only one part of the story, and we also do the work to understand impacts at the individual level
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Sandeep Acharya
(CEO)Obtained an MBA from Harvard and then joined Bain as a Senior Associate Consultant. Eventually became VP of Bain Capital, and was also VP of Strategy at One Medical Group.
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