What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Developer position at synthesishealth?
Who We Are
We’re a mission- and values-driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.
About the Opportunity
We are looking for a Platform Developer to help build the next generation of our cloud-native healthcare platform. You will be a key contributor to our engineering team, responsible for building and maintaining services that form the backbone of our systems. You will focus on delivering high-quality, reliable features that enable our product teams to innovate securely and at scale.
If you are a passionate engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, collaborating with a dedicated team, and growing your skills in a high-impact environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities
· Build and Maintain Platform Services: Develop, test, and maintain features for our platform components and microservices, ensuring they meet project requirements and quality standards.
· Ensure Service Reliability: Implement and monitor our services to ensure they are highly performant and reliable. You will troubleshoot and resolve bugs and performance issues in our critical workflows.
· Contribute to System Improvements: Participate in the analysis of our platform, helping to identify areas for improvement and contributing to the implementation of solutions that enhance our architecture.
· Uphold Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for assigned deliverables. You will actively participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to maintain high standards.
· Collaborate and Contribute: Work closely with your team members to achieve shared goals. You will contribute thoughtfully to technical discussions and help create a positive, productive team environment.
· Document Your Work: Create and maintain clear technical documentation for the features and services you build, contributing to our team's shared knowledge base.
What We’re Looking For
· Solid Software Development Experience: 2-4 years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to deliver features and services in a cloud environment.
· Developing Architectural Skills: You can address moderately complex, well-scoped problems and features, capably identifying and implementing solutions with minimal guidance.
· Debugging and Problem-Solving: You have experience troubleshooting issues in production systems and a knack for digging into complex problems to find the root cause.
· Familiarity with Modern Tech Stacks: You have practical experience with some of the principles and technologies behind our platform:
o Microservices and distributed architectures.
o Cloud platforms (GCP preferably), with experience in Docker and Kubernetes.
o Relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
o Messaging systems (e.g., Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka).
o Statically typed languages (e.g., TypeScript, Go, C/C , Java, Rust).
o Gitflow branching model.
· Clear Communication: You can articulate technical concepts clearly and effectively collaborate with your team members and other stakeholders.
· A Collaborative Mindset: You are a team player who thrives on collaboration, is eager to learn from others, and is committed to the team's success.
Preferred Qualifications
· Healthcare Domain Experience: While not required, your application will stand out if you have experience or interest in regulated industries like healthcare and familiarity with standards like HIPAA.
Why You Should Join Us
· Solve Meaningful Problems: You will work on impactful technical challenges that are critical to improving healthcare.
· Build the Future of Healthcare: You will be a key contributor to building the future state of our platform and will have opportunities to take on increasing ownership.
· Grow Your Career: This is a chance to grow as an engineer, learn from experienced colleagues, and establish yourself as a key contributor in a company that is transforming an industry.
· Competitive Compensation & Benefits: We offer a strong salary, meaningful equity, a 100% remote culture, and significant opportunities for growth.
We are a values-driven company. Our values:
1. Clinical service first.
2. Collaborate with our customers.
3. Listen, respect, learn.
4. Innovate to excel.
The behaviors we look for:
1. Be nice.
2. Be creative.
3. Be honest.
4. Be helpful.
Compensation and Benefits
Synthesis Health has a location-based compensation plan. Compensation is paid in the currency of the country where the individual resides. For Canadian applicants the range is $75,000 - 100,000 CAD.
Other benefits include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, “Use as needed” vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.
