Senior Backend Engineer, Heartbeat Health
Virtual heart care
Job no longer available
Virtual heart care
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging heart care in the world.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a senior engineer who thrives in high-autonomy environments - someone who brings architectural thinking, executional rigor, and a strong product mindset
- 5+ years of experience building backend services and APIs
- Strong proficiency in at least one modern, statically typed language like Rust, Go, or Kotlin (we’re a Rust shop)
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, including defining and maintaining documentation with OpenAPI specifications
- Solid understanding and experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL), distributed systems, and AWS cloud environments
- Familiarity with service-oriented architectures and best practices for designing modular services
- Comfort with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and monitoring/observability tools
- Solid communication and collaboration skills; ability to work cross-functionally and independently
- A bias toward pragmatism, simplicity, and execution
Desirable
- Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with EHR integrations (FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, etc.)
- Experience building with Rust and its ecosystem (e.g., Actix, Serde, Diesel, Tokio)
- Interest or experience in AI/ML systems or integrating AI-powered tools
What the job involves
- Heartbeat Health is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our lean, high-impact engineering team and help build our virtual-first cardiovascular care platform
- You’ll develop backend services that orchestrate care journeys and drive outcomes for patients and providers across the country
- This is a hands-on role where you’ll work alongside experienced engineers to solve challenging technical problems and shape system architecture
- You’ll play a key role in scaling a platform that’s transforming specialty care through clean abstractions, pragmatic engineering, and tight iteration
- Build Systems That Matter - Design, implement, and maintain RESTful backend services and APIs that power care coordination, EMR interoperability, and automation across our platform
- Deliver Incremental Value - Partner closely with product, clinical, and operations to ship usable, valuable backend functionality in short, feedback-driven iterations
- Write Reliable Code - Contribute clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that’s built for resilience, observability, and scale
- Shape Technical Direction - Participate in design reviews and technical discussions that influence how our systems evolve over time
- Contribute to a High-Impact Team - Join a group that values thoughtful engineering, clear ownership, and shipping real value - fast
Our take
Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer in the States, and it costs the US economy over $500 billion annually. So, it is no wonder that research and innovation in this field continue apace. Heartbeat Health is part of this wave - it is a telecardiology startup offering remote monitoring tools and video consultations to aggregate clinical data and fine-tune care for heart patients.
Healthcare services have seen a pronounced customer pivot toward virtual telehealth, a trend that has exaggerated in recent years and is particularly beneficial to the United States market. Nearly 80% of rural America is considered medically underserved by brick-and-mortar sites, so there is a potentially vast customer base to play for.
Off the back of 2024 funding, Heartbeat Health is astutely investing in the enhancement of clinical services, accelerating its growth and expanding access to more customers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$25m
LATE VC
May 2021
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $55.9m
Company benefits
- Opt into comprehensive health, dental and vision benefits
- Enjoy flexible leave and work from home policies
- Distributed team and remote friendly culture
Company HQ
Midtown West, New York, NY
Leadership
Jeffrey Wessler
(Co-Founder & CEO)Attained an M.D. from Harvard then worked as a Cardiology Fellow and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University.
Mark Hanson
(Co-Founder & Special Advisor to the CEO)Current Adjunct Assistant Professor and a Co-Director of HealthXDS at The George Washington University, and is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners.
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