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Backend Engineer

Our story

We’re a fast growing, Series A stage health AI company building a clinical operating system for MSK practices. We are revenue generating and are looking to carefully expand the team to help us scale to 1,000,000 patients and beyond!

The team is headquartered in NYC with a satellite office in Vancouver, BC. Much of our engineering team is remote - distributed throughout the US and Canada.

We live in Notion docs, Slack channels and Github with weekly meetings over Zoom. Meetings may feature honorary advisors, MedTech execs, and, if we’re lucky, Will’s cat or our Chief Pup Officer.

As Flagler continues to grow, there is a unique opportunity to build the foundations of data and infrastructure to help the product and company reach our full potential. This is where you come in — to design and build reliable, trusted, and timely analytics that accelerate the decision-making process of key product and business functions. You will have a strong impact on the roadmap and growth trajectory of our company.

Required Qualifications

Proven experience with building highly-available applications in a regulated environment
Ability to write readable, testable, and supportable code in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js (Express), or Python (Flask, Django, FastAPI, Pyramid, or Twisted)
A history of using monitoring and profiling tools to measure the impact of codebase changes
Data streaming system experience, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ to build out realtime and asynchronous applications utilizing protocols like gPRC
Inclination to write automated tests for code while coding and experience with relevant unit testing frameworks for JavaScript (Selenium, Puppeteer, etc.) or Python (PyTest, Tox, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with SQL databases like PostgreSQL
Experience with Mirth Connect integration framework
Experience with Nodejs build systems (rush, nx, vite, etc.)
DevOps experience using Kubernetes, Docker and setting up AWS Cloud infrastructure
Experience with Mirth Connect integration framework
Familiarity with HL7 / FHIR / EHRs
General healthcare tech / software experience

Hiring Process

Due to the high volume of applications, we only reach out to candidates selected for interviews. We do not have online leetcode assessments as an initial filter, so we only reach out to very few candidates for initial introduction.

Average salary estimate

$100000 / YEARLY (est.)

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What You Should Know About Backend Engineer, Flagler Health

Flagler, a rapidly growing health AI company headquartered in New York City, is on the lookout for an exceptional Backend Engineer to join our team. As we strive to build a clinical operating system for MSK practices, we’re looking for passionate individuals who can help us scale our services to reach over 1,000,000 patients and more! With a team spread across the US and Canada, we thrive on collaboration through Notion docs, Slack conversations, and GitHub. Weekly Zoom meetings keep us connected, often featuring our esteemed advisors and the occasional cameo from Will’s cat or our beloved Chief Pup Officer. In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to lay down the groundwork for our data and infrastructure, developing reliable, timely analytics that will drive key decisions throughout our product and business functions. Your contributions will be crucial in shaping the roadmap for Flagler's growth trajectory. We’re seeking candidates with proven experience in building highly-available applications in regulated environments and proficiency in writing clear, testable code with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or Python. If you have a knack for monitoring and profiling tools, data streaming systems like Kafka, and are familiar with automated testing frameworks, we’d love to hear from you. Join us at Flagler, where your work will make a meaningful difference in healthcare technology and patient care!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Backend Engineer Role at Flagler Health

What are the main responsibilities of a Backend Engineer at Flagler?

As a Backend Engineer at Flagler, you will design and develop reliable infrastructures that facilitate the rapid development of analytics for decision-making within the company. You will be heavily involved in writing testable code, monitoring application performance, and implementing data streaming systems. Your role will directly impact our roadmap and expansion efforts in healthcare technology.