Backend Engineer

What you will be doing:

- Own backend architecture, design and implementation - Design and evolve database schema to comply with business requirements - Work with teams consuming backend APIs in adopting new changes and improvements - Improve performance, reliability, and security of the infrastructure - Ability to deal with ambiguity and to anticipate future needs while architecting systems - Collaborate with other Loop employees including frontend engineers and product managers - Collaborate with technical leadership to prioritize long-term technical investments and get them on the engineering roadmap - Educate engineers about new findings and technology best practices through setting up brainstorming, Knowledge-sharing sessions. - Build cadence in the team around code quality through code reviews, release guidelines and ensure no disruption of core business flows. - Mentor, lead, hire other engineers.

What we are looking for:

- Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field of study - 4+ years of relevant industry experience - Expertise in any application programming language like Node, Java, Python - Demonstrated ability to build and scale systems - Strong experience building microservices; scalable and secure APIs - Strong experience with CSPs like AWS, GCP. Strong experience with at least one of NoSQL (Firestore, MongoDB etc), SQL (MySQL/Postgres) databases and schema design - Knowledge of modern auth mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth, etc - Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery - Experience writing high-quality design docs with architecture diagrams - Excellent interpersonal skills - Ability to do cost analysis and optimization of software systems - Ability to own and lead work on complex technical problems Excitement towards our mission and a strong desire to solve problems in the healthcare domain - Ability to mentor, lead, and interview other engineers