Senior Backend Engineer, Octave
Tech Lead
$154-183k
+ Equity
More information about location
Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
Job no longer available
Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$154-183k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a new standard for mental health care that's both accessible to people and sustainable for providers.
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, with virtual services available in a number of US states. And because of its strong relationship with insurance providers, 96% of Octave clients use insurance, making mental health care more accessible and affordable for a wider range of individuals.
In just a short time, Octave has experienced impressive growth, tripling the number of clients it serves by transitioning its in-person offerings online and launching an exclusive virtual therapy and coaching practice. This continued success is driven by strategic partnerships and an expanding network, with a clear focus on growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
90% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$5m
LATE VC
May 2023
$52m
SERIES C
Total funding: $125.3m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sandeep Acharya
(Founder & 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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