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Senior Backend Engineer

Healthcare is in a crisis, help us fix this for the humans behind the results. With more and more data being collected from wearables, lab tests and patient-doctor conversations, we’re entering an era where data is abundant. We need people like you who are passionate about how technology can supercharge healthcare.

Vital helps leading digital health and wellness companies connect to wearable and lab data, through a single universal API.

We’ve got some of the greatest minds and hearts working on arguably the most important problem in the world today - connecting millions already. The team is made up of AI, ML, startup scalers who’ve built companies like Babylon Health, Ro Health, Space X and Monzo. Backed by Point Nine, 20VC, YC and numerous founders turned angels in healthcare. Are you passionate about providing cheaper, personalised, proactive healthcare for all? then read on.

🏃🏼 Short on time? Summary below

Who you are: A product minded, Senior Backend Engineer who wants to help predict chronic diseases - faster and more affordably
Technical requirements: Python, SQL, Experience in API design and development
Salary: £104K - £115K + early stage options
Location: You want a remote first role and you’re based around London

Why we need this role

Our small but mighty engineering team is currently four people, two folks on our Wearables product (Anders 🇬🇧 and Filip 🇵🇱) and then Pires 🇵🇹 and Esequiel 🇦🇷 are focused on our Lab Testing product. We have huge opportunity ahead of us, exponentially bigger and more ambitious projects so are now searching for a Senior Backend Engineer to help tackle these.

You don’t need to understand the nitty gritty details of healthcare (like phlebotomy) but we need you to be curious about solving one of the biggest problems in society right now - healthcare. Let’s dive into the specifics.

What you’ll be doing day to day

Tackling ambitious problems: you’ll be breaking down technical challenges that haven’t been done before in healthcare, we need you to be extremely product minded with every line of code you write
Building and shipping new products for Lab Testing: our product usage is growing exponentially as a result of our talented hardworking team. We now get to build loads more game-changing products across the lab testing space
Continuously thinking about the end patient experience: We need you to be in the details on a specific build at the same time as zooming out looking at our entire product. This is the only way we will reach our mission together

Our tech stack

Backend: Python (FastAPI), GCP, Go
Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel
API docs are here: docs.tryvital.io

Who you are as a person

You have a genuine interest in healthcare and the power of technology to transform patient experience
You love to work autonomously and want to work on product that has a big impact
You see yourself as an owner when you join a company not an employee
An extremely curious person - wanting to know how things work, especially in a regulated industry like healthcare
You care about the outcomes, rather than outputs.
You are based in London but comfortable working remotely

You have these skills and experiences

You have around 5-8 years experience in a full time backend role - proficient with Python and SQL
You want to be hands-on focusing on writing code and shipping products that touch the lives of millions of people
Experience building an API product and have strong opinions with what makes a good API for a developer
You are comfortable with owning features and being the driving force behind them
Early stage companies is your thing - ambiguity, variety and speed

How we’ll get to know you

Initial call with Beth for 30 minutes
General interview with Maitham & another team member for 1 hour
Pair Programming session for 80 minutes
System Design for 80 minutes
Trial day with Vital so you can experience working here before an offer 🎉

ℹ️ Our team is 13 so everyone we hire completely changes the company. We take hiring extremely seriously to make sure we’re building a world class team who operate with the same principles. We are thorough to make sure you will Thrive at Vital and make sure you get something out of this process.

Salary: £104K - £115K + early stage options

The salary above is generated by our transparent salary calculator. The calculation is based on San Francisco as a location, 50th percentile, with location factors from Gitlab’s handbook - we’ve spent a lot of time making compensation fair at Vital
Regular in person offsites, previously in Lisbon, Kent UK and Tenerife
Bi-weekly team happy hours & events remotely
Learning budget of $300 for personal development/productivity
Flexible, remote-first working - including $1K for home office equipment
25 days off a year + national holidays
Generous early stage options (extended exercise post 2 years employment)
Healthcare cover depending on location
New MacBook

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