Backend Software Engineer, Virta Health

• 2+ years of shipping backend code in a high quality production environment
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining microservices in production
• Experience with data modeling
• Experience with a cloud platform such as Google Cloud, AWS and/or Azure
• Strong communication skills and interest in interfacing with business-level stakeholders, both technical and non-technical alike
• Striving to make a business impact without sacrificing engineering quality

Desirable

• As an engineer on Virta’s Product Platform team, you’ll help build core functionality that powers innovation across our entire product
• From shaping our AI platform to developing a configurable rules engine that enables self-service clinical workflow design, your work will have a broad impact across both engineering and our members
• You’ll get hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, collaborate with experienced mentors, and contribute to high-leverage systems that accelerate how we deliver personalized, scalable care
• Design, develop, test, and maintain software features in collaboration with teammates
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, following org-wide conventions and best practices
• Participate in code reviews, incorporating feedback to improve code quality and grow technical skills
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
• Debug and resolve software defects and production issues
• Contribute to team planning rituals such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Document technical designs and decisions, making it easier for others to understand and maintain your work
• Proactively ask questions and seek mentorship to support your growth and the team’s success
• Contribute to continuous improvement of team practices, tools, and processes
• Receive mentorship from senior engineers and managers throughout the year to build your skills to lead a few small (1-2 sprints) projects
• Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:
• Contribute to and ship multiple product features, writing well-tested, maintainable code with support from teammates
• Collaborate closely with your engineering team, including through code reviews, pair programming, and regular team rituals
• Shadow key cross-functional partners—such as care team members—to deepen your understanding of our users and how our product delivers value
• Propose one or more thoughtful improvements to our product, tooling, or engineering processes, informed by your onboarding experience
• Seek out and apply feedback to support your growth and help the team improve how we work together
• Ramp up on our tech stack and development practices, reviewing key documentation and attending knowledge sharing sessions
• Establish strong working relationships with your manager, product manager, and teammates