Lead Backend Software Engineer

About Us  

At Prenuvo, we are on a mission to flip the paradigm from reactive “sick-care” to proactive health care. Our award-winning whole body scan is fast (under 1 hour), safe (MRI has no ionizing radiation), and non-invasive (no contrast). Our unique integrated stack of optimized hardware, software, and increasingly AI, coupled with the patient-centric experience of our clinics across North America, have allowed us to lead the charge against “we caught it too late again.” Prenuvo operates preventative screening clinics in Vancouver, Silicon Valley, Dallas, Houston, Boca Raton, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, Buffalo, Bethesda, Chicago, and Atlanta, with more clinics in North America and internationally in the next 2 years.

We are looking for a Lead Backend Software Engineer to join our tech team! Help reshape the world through proactive healthcare while working with cutting-edge technology and high performing teams with deep expertise - join us to make a difference in people’s lives!

Help reshape the world through proactive healthcare while working with cutting-edge technology and high performing teams with deep expertise - join us to make a difference in people’s lives!

What You’ll Do

• Support  a team of developers in designing and architecting software systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and security
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Iterate quickly on all stages of automation, performance and tooling, including bringing new products to production
• Maintain and improve existing code bases, design and build features and functionality delivered on time and within scope
• Leadership in code and design reviews, support with regular team meetings, and apply software development best practices
• Enhance our applications by identifying opportunities for improvement, making recommendations and seeing them through to execution
• Ensure code quality and maintainability by establishing and enforcing coding standards and best practices
• Identify mentorship and coaching opportunities within the engineering team members and ensure they are supported in doing their best work
• As a senior member of the team, you will have significant responsibility in contributing to the improvement of team culture, growth opportunities, and development
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• 6+ years of experience delivering complex software systems and solving technical challenges
• 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring other engineers in a player-coach capacity
• Strong back-end experience and have used object-oriented tech stacks similar to ours (primarily Python and frameworks like Flask and/or FastAPI)
• We consider experience in other tech stacks (like Java and/or NodeJS) and frameworks (like Django) valuable
  
• You’ve been developing on one of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and/or Azure) and have worked on automated testing and deployment pipelines
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines such as Github Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins
  
• Experience with IaC practices and tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Puppet
  
• Proficiency and knowledge of different modern databases like e.g. Postgres and/or DynamoDB
  
• Ability to break down complex projects into components or milestones that can easily be picked up by other engineers
• Motivation to influence our engineering organization to level-up the reliability and performance of the apps we ship
• Demonstrated collaboration with co-workers on cross-functional teams
• Experience building consumer facing mobile applications and internal tools

Our Values 

First: we are Pioneers

• Transforming healthcare requires divergent thinking, bias for action, disciplined experimentation, and consistent grit and determination to maintain momentum. This journey is as challenging as it is rewarding.

Second: we are Platform-Builders

• We’re always building foundations that allow us to achieve tomorrow more than we did today. We never lose sight of what’s ahead – in a mindset of ownership and duty to our mission.

Above all: we are Patients

• We could all be the next person who walks through our very doors, seeking clarity or peace of mind. We are proud of our impact on our patients’ lives, and we won’t stop till everyone can benefit from our work.

What We Offer

• An avenue to make a positive impact on people's lives and their health
• We believe in preventative healthcare for everyone, including our team - Prenuvo provides free, whole-body scans to each team member 
• Growth opportunities are at the heart of our people journey, we’re doing big things with bright minds - there is no single path to success, it can be shaped along the way
• Recognizing time away to restore is vital to our wellbeing - we have a flexible vacation policy and we will encourage you to use it
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, including Mental Health coverage, to support you and your family
• The base salary offered for this role ranges from $150,000- $180,000 in local currency depending upon experience

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

As part of the hiring process, successful candidates will undergo a background check in compliance to applicable federal, provincial, and state rules.

Please be advised that official communication from our recruitment team will only come from our authorized domain [prenuvo.com]. If you are contacted by a recruiter, please ensure their email address ends with @prenuvo.com. We do not use third-party recruitment services or any other email domains for hiring purposes. If you receive communication that you believe to be fraudulent, please report it immediately to [email protected].