Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Engineer OpportunityWhy are we hiring Staff Engineers:We are building a very flat engineering organization - we'd like the leaders who set the technical direction of the company to be writing code.To do this, we must hire well-rounded, experienced engineers who have succeeded within other similar organizations.While our team may grow over time, we'd like to hire folks who make problems simpler and pull others with them.We're looking to make sure the scope of the problem space affords every individual ownership over a whole problem or strategy - we will only hire as the problem merits more owners.Office policy: Hybrid (a couple days per week) in our Brooklyn office. Full-time remote is not an option.What will you be doing:Help set technical direction for the company.Think ahead and help the team see around corners.Lead critical projects and support other engineers.Own core pieces of our system.Ship code on a daily cadence.Work directly with customers.Make product decisions.Tech Stack:All AWS, a number of service within that umbrella (Lambda, EKS, RDS, EC2, etc.).Full node.js on the backend.Moving towards more Kubernetes.React on the frontend, though moving towards Web Components.Must have:8+ years of experience building and scaling critical production systems.Involvement with company leadership as an owner of technical and product strategy.Experience leading projects which involve collaboration with peers and customers.Ability to write and debug production-quality backend code.Ability to design new systems and evaluate the tradeoffs in time to market, scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.A desire to focus on customer needs and solve real world problems.Experience with Kubernetes or Docker.Nice to have:Experience working in healthcare.Experience working at a startup.Interview Process:Intro call with Head of Eng.Coding Interview.Architecture.Panel Interview.Chat with CEO.Benefits:Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid time off, Parental leave, Stock plan, Target equity count: 90000