Senior Software Engineer (Back End)

New York , United States

AI overview

Design and deliver robust software solutions that enhance virtual cardiac care, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to impact thousands of patients.

What we're looking for

Recora is looking for a builder — someone who thrives on autonomy, takes ownership, and wants to lead at the intersection of health, technology, and purpose. You’ll work alongside the Heads of Engineering, Product, and Clinical Operations to design and deliver the systems that make recovery more human, accessible, and scalable. This is a chance to shape the future of virtual cardiac care, not just contribute to it.

Responsibilities

  • Architect robust, stable software to deliver essential healthcare to thousands of patients
  • Deliver consistently on sprints and projects across our backend infrastructure
  • Own specifications and tickets with self-sufficiency and independence
  • Balance speed and quality, with a focus on tangible results
  • Partner closely with clinicians, operations experts, and care providers to find new solutions for our product and processes, close gaps in specifications/business logic and ensure that our code delivers on the underlying use case
  • Report directly to the Head of Engineering and extend their capacity across projects
  • Have a humble, growth-oriented mindset with a desire to consistently improve and outperform

Your Past Experience

Note: we consider applicants of all backgrounds. The below is simply a list of useful experiences. If you are excited about what we’re building but don't meet some of the criteria below, please don’t let that discourage you from applying!

  • 5+ years of experience building complex backend services for mobile, web and data services
  • 2+ years of technical leadership experience
  • Ability to collaborate with the rest of the team and organize your own work
  • Previous success building and shipping large scale web services with a mindset of empathy for the user
  • Understanding of computer science and fundamental concepts of software engineering
  • Proficient in at least one of: Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript or other server side language
  • Good to have: experience working in health tech or at an early stage startup, GraphQL and REST web services, real time data streaming, and AWS

Tech We Use

This is some of the tech we use to power better cardiac care for our members. There's no requirement to be familiar with all of these, but being familiar with some is helpful.

  • Ruby on Rails

  • Python
  • Typescript

  • React

  • Flutter

  • PHP

  • GraphQL

  • AWS

  • PostgreSQL

  • Elasticsearch

  • Apache Kafka

Benefits

  • Equity compensation in Recora
  • Unlimited PTO / sick leave / health benefits
  • FSA & Commuter Benefits
  • 401(k) plan
  • Free lunch and snacks in NY Office
  • Health & wellness stipend

NYC-based candidates excited to work in real life 2+ days per week strongly preferred

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Other Benefit: 401(k) plan.
  • Paid Time Off: Unlimited PTO / sick leave / health benefits.
  • Wellness Stipend: Health & wellness stipend.

Our Mission Empower everyone to live a long, full and optimal life by redefining the future of heart health. 1 in 3 humans die of heart disease - it's time to change that. We're designing heart health from the ground up so that humans can live fuller lives. We're building technology to accelerate recovery after a cardiac event. And we're optimizing health stacks to realize preventive and aspirational goals. Recora is redefining the future of heart health — we invite you to join us on this mission. About Recora Recora was founded in 2020 by seasoned digital health entrepreneurs. In past roles, we've founded and scaled high-growth startups, run large health systems, advised government programs, built technology you use every day, and provided healthcare for millions of lives. We're backed by leading VCs including SignalFire, Pear, GFC , 2048, Great Oaks, MGV and more. Over the last year, we've built the leading virtual cardiac recovery and management platform for members with cardiac conditions. For every member we serve, we add an average of five years to their lifespan. We're growing – fast. Our member base is doubling every month and we're looking to 3x our team size quickly. This will allow us to scale nationally and accelerate product development across the continuum of heart health. Who We Are We are innovators at heart. This driving force guides us to create, build, partner, and operate at the highest levels. We seek answers to some of the hardest problems in technology and healthcare and enjoy the process of finding unexplored solutions. We're a group of diverse, thoughtful and humble folks. Having worked in organizations of every size and shape, we know that people make or break teams. An open, ego-free and supportive culture is central to making the best team of people at Recora. As a team, we love our work and love working together. We take ownership in Recora and strive to grow personally and professionally in service of our mission. Because we enjoy hard problems and value growth, we can celebrate both challenges and excellence in equal measure.

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