Software Engineer, Vida Health
Backend
$100-110k
More information about location
Virtual care for physical and mental illnesses
Be an early applicant
Virtual care for physical and mental illnesses
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-110k
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To eradicate chronic illness, both physical and mental.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for someone early in their engineering career who wants to grow their skills in backend development, cloud infrastructure and modern software practices
- 1–3 years of experience (or equivalent personal projects/internships) in backend software development
- Bachelors Degree at a minimum
- Strong foundation in Python and Django (or a similar web framework)
- Demonstrated ability to learn new tools and frameworks quickly
- Understanding of REST API design and data modeling concepts
- Familiarity with SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Curiosity about cloud infrastructure and distributed systems (GCP, Kubernetes)
- Interest in AI tools and frameworks that improve productivity or enhance application features
- Clear communication and a collaborative mindset
Desirable
- Experience deploying applications to GCP, AWS or similar cloud platforms
- Familiarity with containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Cloud Monitoring)
- Exposure to asynchronous or event-driven systems (Celery, Pub/Sub, etc.)
- Interest in healthcare technology and building tools that make a real-world impact
- Experience with API modeling and test tools such as OpenAPI, Swagger, GraphQL and Postman
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot or similar to improve productivity and code quality
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and maintain the services that power Vida’s internal and external applications; primarily using Django, REST APIs, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes
- You’ll collaborate closely with experienced engineers, product managers and designers to deliver new features and services that help our members and providers thrive
- You’ll also have the opportunity to work with AI, both to enhance our product experience and to assist in the software development process through AI-powered tools
- Build, document and maintain APIs that power Vida’s web, mobile and internal tools
- Design and optimize backend systems that run in Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to design and implement scalable, reliable services
- Develop database models and schemas that support core application features and integrations
- Integrate with internal and third-party systems that support member and provider workflows
- Work with data and AI engineers to develop features that leverage AI and automation to improve user and provider experiences
- Use AI-assisted tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development, testing and debugging
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines; improving deployment speed and reliability
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code reliability and maintainability
- Monitor and troubleshoot services in production using Datadog, GCP Cloud Monitoring and logging best practices
- Participate in code reviews and pair programming to learn best practices and improve code quality
- Explore and apply AI tools to assist with development, testing and code analysis
- Continuously look for opportunities to improve reliability, observability and developer experience across backend systems
Our take
Technology presents a vast range of solutions to help improve the quality of care that individuals can access, including health tracking apps, digital medical appointments and virtual health coaching. However, these innovations have ultimately resulted in a tangle of resources and solutions which can be difficult or inconvenient to access.
Vida Health integrates a wide variety of these innovations in the healthcare industry into packages, aiming to provide improved healthcare to individuals, employers and health insurers with an organized selection of physical and mental health services. This approach is more convenient and effective than finding and signing on to individual services, and Vida has accordingly grown a large customer base including the likes of PayPal, ebay and Prudential.
With the mass of options available to improve healthcare becoming overwhelming, Vida Health has been smart to identify the need for an integrated solution. Investors agree - it has attracted significant levels of funding. Going forward the company is well poised to grow further as employers increasingly realize the importance of supporting their employees' mental and physical health needs.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2023
$28.5m
LATE VC
May 2021
$110m
SERIES D
Total funding: $216.5m
Company benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid parental and family leave
- Learning and development opportunities
- Monthly wellness benefit
- Vida program access
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive health plans
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Stephanie Tilenius
(CEO & Founder)Previously VP & GM of PayPal Merchant Services at PayPal SVP & GM - North America and Global Product at eBay and Vice President - Commerce and Payments at Google.
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