Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Circadia Health, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:

• Ensure the architecture and core backend systems operate at maximum reliability and efficiency, and ensure services are continuously available to our customers
• Develop and maintain APIs that reliably fetch billions of data points related to patients’ statuses, medical histories, and respiratory rates, as well as data relating to installed Circadia devices.
• Work with PointClickCare, one of the biggest cloud-based electronic healthcare management software providers helping long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers, to ensure Circadia’s systems are continuously receiving accurate and up to date patient information
• Manage and optimise databases that span over 5 terabytes of data to creating functional table structures, indexes and optimised queries
• Collaborate closely with Product and Operations teams in the US and the UK to understand customer needs to appropriately frame system requirements
• Assist with drafting and publishing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts etc to allow product and project management to estimate timelines and manage resources within the team
• Making sure software is developed and maintained according to different compliance standards, such as HIPAA, ISO, FIPS, etc.
• Collaborate closely with London-based Ramp;D (Data Science and Machine Learning) teams to ensure ongoing access to the required data to effectively develop and improve Circadia’s respiratory and heart rate algorithms
• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to develop compelling products and robust backend systems for web and mobile solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field with proof of qualifications
• 5 years+ experience in developing web tools and applications.
• 5 years+ proven software engineering experience, including design architecture
• Strong coding ability, able to work in large code-bases with fluency with experience in large-scale deployments
• Solid grasp of computer science, algorithms and data structures
• In-depth knowledge of Python, FastAPI and REST Framework
• Experience with low-level programming languages such as C++
• Experience with SQL based databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL; NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB and Redis; and time-series databases such as TimescaleDB
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum SDLC
• Experience working in source code version control software such as Git, Github etc
• Hands-on experience with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud ecosystem of products
• Familiarity with Docker containers and Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Familiarity with Test Driven Development (TDD) and writing automated unit, integration, and end to end tests
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English communication within a team environment, and across three geographic locations (Pakistan, UK, USA)

Benefits

• Join an energetic, global, diverse team across three countries USA, UK, and Pakistan with scientists (~10 PhDs), engineers, designers, and clinicians graduates of Imperial College London, Oxford University, and UCLA.
• Healthcare Allowance: Private healthcare insurance with Jubilee Platinum for you and your immediate family (spouse amp; children)
• Annual retreat for the entire team, expensed and organized by the company
• Discretionary personal holiday expense reimbursement (hotels, flights, car rentals, etc.) up to PKR 50,000 per year, subject to performance
• Bi-annual reviews including discretionary increments, subject to performance
• Company-paid teas, coffees and snacks in the office throughout the day as well as cooked meals for lunch and dinner by an in-house chef
• Opportunity for fully expensed international travel opportunity to visit Los Angeles or London office including visa, flights, hotels, meals, etc.