Backend Software Engineer, Virta Health

$122.8-158.7k

+ Offers equity

Postgres
Junior and Mid level
Remote in US
Virta Health

Diabetes reversal treatment

Be an early applicant

Virta Health

Diabetes reversal treatment

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CPersonal healthMedTech

Be an early applicant

$122.8-158.7k

+ Offers equity

Postgres
Junior and Mid level
Remote in US

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CPersonal healthMedTech

Company mission

To revolutionize healthcare by proving chronic diabetes is reversible in hundreds of millions of people.

Role

Who you are

  • 2-4 years of experience implementing backend systems
  • Mastery in at least one programming language
  • Strong communication skills and an openness to collaborate in a remote work setup
  • Willingness to learn and adapt as business needs change
  • Knowledge working with Postgres or Relational databases
  • You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally
  • You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same
  • You prioritize positive impact over busy work
  • You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience
  • You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information
  • You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma
  • You take risks and rapidly iterate

Desirable

  • Knowledge working in an Agile environment
  • Knowledge about the USA Healthcare system

What the job involves

  • Code, test and ship new product features of the enrollment product maintaining high quality coding standards
  • Troubleshoot, debug and fix issues in production and non-production environments
  • Monitor systems and perform on-call rotation support duties
  • Work, cross-functionally, with Product managers and Technical Program managers to deliver on quarterly OKRs
  • Communicate openly and provide effective feedback to managers and peers
  • Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:
  • Get acquainted with Virta Health’s technology ecosystem and different environments
  • Learn about the complex nature of the United States healthcare system
  • Learn about Virta Health’s different product offerings and our enrollment requirements across them
  • Ship your first feature
  • Create and iterate on your OKRs

Application process

  • Deadline to Apply: 23 October 2024 at 18:00 BST

Our take

Much of the care for type 2 diabetes has been based on control and prevention, rather than a direct reversal of the issue. Virta Health is changing that, providing patients with personalized treatment plans, virtual monitoring and patient care.

Instead of depending upon medication, which often needs to be increased over time, the company is tackling the problem at its root and takes a fundamentally different approach that is better for the patient, and more economical for insurers. Among enrolled patients in its clinical trial at one year, 60% achieved diabetes reversal.

Although other similar platforms such as Vida Health exist, with more than 88 million prediabetic Americans and 30 million diabetic Americans, there's a large market to share. Virta's $133 million funding round in 2021 has accelerated its efforts to drive widespread adoption of its telehealth-powered diabetes reversal treatment.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

4% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2021

$133m

SERIES E

Dec 2020

$65m

SERIES D

Total funding: $373m

Company benefits

  • Remote-first work environment with ability to work from home
  • Flexible work hours & time off policy
  • Virta pays 99% of all employee health insurance premiums, and 75% for all dependents
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Enroll in the Virta treatment for free and give a discount to friends and family
  • Internet, home office, learning & development stipends
  • Employee Resource Groups like Parents of Virta, Ladies of Virta, and Virtans for DEI
  • 401K and ROTH contribution opportunities

Company values

  • People first - We take care of ourselves, our peers, and our patients equally
  • Ownership - We empower our employees to do work that matters, and give our people autonomy to do their best work
  • Impact - We focus on the important small steps to create the greatest positive impact. We prioritize impact over busy work
  • No ego - We believe everyone has something to teach, and everyone has something to learn
  • Transparency - Trust and empowerment are promoted through open access to information. We have integrity in everything we do
  • Evidence-based - We follow the evidence, and prioritize data and science over seniority and dogma
  • Risk taking & rapid iteration - We test, learn and repeat quickly: a failed test is a chance to learn. Progress is never sacrificed for perfection

Company HQ

Civic Center, Denver, CO

Leadership

Worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. Co-founder of online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group.

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