AliveCor · 3 months ago
Lead Software Engineer - Backend
Mountain View, California
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $205K/yr
15+ years expAliveCor is a company dedicated to improving heart health through innovative technology. The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing backend services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and integrating advanced AI technologies to enhance customer experiences.
Health CareInformation TechnologyMedical DeviceMobileSoftware
Responsibilities
Design and implement solutions in collaboration with product and engineering leadership
Hands-on software Engineer working in the following environment: Go, Java, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS, TDD/BDD with RSpec
Track record with integrating the latest AI technologies (e.g. LLMs) to greatly enhance end to end customer experience
Responsible for developing industry-leading applications transforming the healthcare industry and consumers use
Work with our mobile and front-end teams to build new functionality in our consumer and clinician-facing applications
Create and maintain tools used by internal teams for customer service, monitoring, and R&D
Maintain and continuously improve our backend infrastructure to remedy technical limitations before they become an issue
Actively participate in development along with team members for as much as 50% of your time, creating modules & systems that can then be treated as a working reflection of best practices
Driving code reviews, design reviews, and architecture discussions
Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you are able to create
Qualification
Required
Excellent problem-solving skills for complex & large-scale problems
Technical Breadth - Exposure to a wide variety of problem spaces, technologies
Very strong System design skills with a nifty ability to craft clean interfaces and operate at the right levels of abstraction
Excellent coding skills with the ability to improve coding standards across large codebases
Deep knowledge, understanding & experience of working with a large variety of multi-tier architectures. Awareness of pitfalls & use cases for a large variety of solutions
Deep understanding & experience of high-performance web-scale & real-time response systems with - Experience & expertise in a variety of large-scale persistent systems including large databases
Exposure to complete product development cycles - From inception to production to scaling up, supporting new requirements, re-architectures - the Architects should have seen it all and ideally in multiple cycles. Should have been part of scalable product development cycles with either large data handling or large transaction processing exposure for 5+ years
Hands-on software engineer with 15+ years of relevant experience
Strong experience working with Go and Java
Strong knowledge of AWS & Kubernetes
Experience implementing Service Oriented Architecture or Microservices
Product instincts, work with our product and design teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch frequently
Eagerness and willingness to learn new technologies
Experience with build process automation and CI/CD
Ability to work independently on projects and communicate with cross functional teams to deliver products on time
Preferred
Knowledge or interest learning Ruby on Rails would be an added advantage
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Paid vacation
Paid holidays
Paid personal days
Volunteer time off
401 (k) savings with employer match
Bonus opportunities
Life insurance
Company sponsored life insurance
KardiaComplete program
Company
AliveCor
AliveCor is a FDA-cleared mobile heart solution that helps save lives, save money, and brings healthcare into the 21st century.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (5)
2024 (3)
2023 (1)
2022 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$154.28MKey Investors
GE HealthcareOxford Finance LLCWP Global Partners
2022-08-16Series F
2020-11-16Series E· $65M
2019-10-22Series Unknown· $5.78M
Leadership Team
Priya Abani
CEO
Patricia Baran
Senior Vice President, Enterprise North America & Biopharma Global
Recent News
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2025-11-08
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