Remote Senior Software Engineer - UpDoc

Description:

• UpDoc is building the world's first clinically validated, physician-supervised conversational agent that manages chronic diseases.
• The company partners with prestigious organizations such as Stanford, Mayo Clinic, Eli Lilly, UCSF Health, and Microsoft.
• The position is for a Senior Software Engineer focused on backend services and is fully remote.
• The engineer will develop and maintain high-quality backend systems in Python.
• Responsibilities include collaborating with frontend, product, and engineering teams to define backend functionality.
• The role involves designing internal and external APIs, maintaining integrations with third-party healthcare services, and participating in DevOps, CI/CD, and observability tasks.
• The engineer will also engage in code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate with clinical experts to ensure service accuracy and reliability.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Proficiency in type-hinted, modern Python is required.
• The ability to deliver reliable and maintainable systems in a fast-paced environment is essential.
• Knowledge of backend software engineering fundamentals, including networking basics, HTTP, caching, database design, and RPC, is necessary.
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Azure, as well as DevOps/IaC practices and containerization is required.
• Candidates should have experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Extensive experience with software testing methodologies and practices is needed.
• The ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments is essential.
• Candidates must demonstrate continuous learning, independence, and effective communication skills.
• Experience in owning projects end-to-end is required.

Benefits:

• Joining a small, high-impact team that is building the future of healthcare.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge LLM tools that support world-class medical institutions.
• The chance to shape core technical architecture in an emerging field.
• Competitive compensation and equity in an early-stage startup.