Staff Software Engineer

About Lark

At Lark Health, we’re leading the way into a new era of cardiometabolic care, leveraging advanced AI techniques–including deterministic and generative models–to provide scalable, affordable, and compassionate care. We help our healthcare partners manage over 30 million lives and prevent conditions like obesity, hypertension, type II diabetes, and behavioral health. Our platform delivers real-time personalized counseling and health monitoring for each patient. By providing compelling and actionable insights, we empower every user to live happier, healthier lives. Come join our team!

The Role

Lark is seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer to join our team and help deliver high-quality, well-architected, reliable services to our users and level up the engineering organization. You’ll be reporting directly to one of our Senior Managers and will focus on our user enrollment portfolio, which spans frontend and backend services that drive new enrollments into Lark. We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate deep expertise and technical leadership in multiple technology domains and have the autonomy to strengthen the team in the way you find most impactful.

If being part of a small dynamic, agile software engineering team with a tremendous opportunity to make a big impact, this is the job for you! Our team has a commitment to continuing education, mentorship, and collaboration. You will help drive and maintain a high-level of operational excellence on the team.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with engineering leaders on the team to define the strategy for executing on our business vision and optimize the full end to end user enrollment process

• Work with engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance (or deprecate and replace) existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems

• Lead collaboration with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems

• Apply your expertise in database design, with a focus on platforms such as MySQL, DocumentDB, and DynamoDB

• Collaborate with the team to level up our monitoring, alerting, and logging strategy to proactively address potential issues

• Leverage opportunities to optimize our deployment pipelines, configuration management, and orchestration tools for streamlined operations and rapid iteration

• Establish a framework for rationalizing the architecture of Lark’s existing technology landscape and using it to contain costs and ensure a sustainable product lifecycle

• Lead design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organizations, with an emphasis on observability, documentation, security, and risk management

• Refine and expand technical/architecture/design guidance documentation for Engineers on the teams to follow as best practices when building systems and services

• Mentor and develop other engineers on the team while learning new skills/attributes in the role

What You’ll Need

• Fluency in one or more programming languages in Lark’s core stack: Golang or TypeScript (NodeJS) 

• Monitoring and alerting best practices, experience with Datadog a plus

• Expertise in data modeling and database design

• Expertise in AWS, or equivalent skills in other major cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud)

• Experience with serverless architecture, for example AWS Lambda

• Aptitude in static code analysis, integration and functional testing

• Expertise with both SQL and NoSQL, especially MySQL, DocumentDB, and DynamoDB

• Proficiency in secure and efficient Docker image creation and deployment to Kubernetes, Docker Compose

• Eye for efficient automated testing to reduce regressions and reduce bugs

• Previous exposure to HIPAA/HITRUST/SOC 2 compliance and security best practices is highly valued

• Value, respect, and an enthusiasm for diversity, inclusion, and alternative perspectives

• Goal-oriented, with a desire to create an environment of psychological safety

• Ability to thrive in an environment promoting and enabling collaboration

Working at Lark 

Lark operates as a remote organization, requiring all employees to reside within the United States.  The specific salary offered to a candidate will depend on various factors, including their location, job level, and verified job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for additional compensation, such as participation in a bonus program and stock awards, where applicable.

Lark is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that diverse teams foster innovation and add to our mission-driven culture. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.

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