Octave · 19 hours ago
Sr. Software Engineer I - Backend
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$143K/yr - $153K/yr
5+ years expOctave is a modern behavioral health practice creating a new standard for care delivery that’s both high-quality and accessible. The Sr. Engineer I - Backend plays a key role in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable systems that support clients seeking care and providers delivering care.
Health CareMental HealthPersonal HealthWellness
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and implement scalable and robust backend systems and APIs using Python
Optimize database schemas, queries, and overall performance while maintaining security and data integrity
Lead debugging, profiling, and monitoring of backend services, proactively identifying and addressing issues before they impact users
Participate in technical design and architecture discussions, making well-reasoned tradeoffs for system performance, scalability, and maintainability without guidance
Drive adoption of best practices for testing, code quality, documentation, and observability across backend systems
Own features or subsystems end-to-end, from design through deployment and monitoring, ensuring robust, maintainable implementations
Produce clean, readable, and well-tested code, making thoughtful decisions about when to add comments versus relying on self-documenting patterns
Serve as a subject-matter expert in a portion of the backend domain, providing guidance, code review, and mentorship to other engineers
Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable backend solutions
Partner with frontend and other teams to ensure seamless integration and high-quality delivery of full-stack features
Mentor and support engineers through pairing, design reviews, and technical guidance
Proactively surface risks, ambiguities, or technical limitations in project requirements, contributing to early course correction
Communicate effectively, clearly, and concisely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Contribute to team practices, processes, and documentation to improve efficiency and knowledge sharing
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of experience building robust and scalable backend applications
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous deployment in production
Experience working with healthcare, healthcare technology, and clinical staff, or other regulated industries
Proficiency with gRPC, Protobuf, and other modern API protocols, including designing and integrating services across distributed systems
Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL
Experience integrating and synchronizing data with third party APIs
Experience with continuous delivery and troubleshooting production code
Deep expertise in Python and at least one major web framework, with experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade applications
Proven track record deploying and operating enterprise Python applications in production, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
Strong commitment to writing high-quality, well-tested, and readable code, with a habit of improving codebases and processes over time
Proficiency in debugging, monitoring, and optimizing systems, and the ability to make thoughtful architectural decisions in complex domains
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to partner with engineers, clinical staff, and operations teams to solve open-ended problems and deliver impactful solutions
Passion for mission-driven work, with an interest in applying engineering skills to improve healthcare systems and outcomes
Experience mentoring or guiding peers, providing technical leadership, and helping the team adopt best practices and thoughtful processes
Ability to take ownership of significant features or subsystems, drive them to completion, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement
Benefits
Company sponsored life insurance
Disability and AD&D plans
Voluntary benefits such as 401k retirement
Medical
Dental
Vision
FSA
HSA
Dependent care
Commuter/parking options
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid parental leave benefits
Company
Octave
Octave provides mental health care that’s both accessible to people and sustainable for providers.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$91MKey Investors
Avidity Partners,Cigna Ventures,Novo HoldingsHealth Velocity CapitalGreycroft
2024-02-08Series Unknown· $5M
2023-06-15Series C· $52M
2021-05-25Series B· $20M
Leadership Team
Sandeep Acharya
CEO & Founder
Kathleen Mullaney
VP Product
Recent News
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