Backend Software Engineer - Platform
About The Position
About us: Layer Health was founded in 2023 by leading machine learning researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School. We are building an AI layer that can accurately and scalably synthesize information from medical records, with the mission to reduce friction everywhere in healthcare. Our LLM-powered platform is solving chart review once and for all, across use cases. For health systems, our first product dramatically accelerates clinical registry abstraction in areas ranging from surgery and cardiology, to oncology. Our long term vision is for our AI layer to safely transform patient care and minimize unnecessary heartbreak. Layer Health’s diverse founding team brings expertise across machine learning, UI/UX, large language models, and medicine. We’re seeking outstanding hires to join our team as early members. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, collaborative, mission-driven team, and help define the next stage of growth for Layer Health. Together, we will create the AI layer that will redefine healthcare for the better. Here’s a collection of articles about our product, mission, recent funding round, etc. We’re hiring an exceptional Backend Platform Engineer to join our team (Boston or NYC office).
Requirements
- 3+ years building backend systems (startup experience a big plus).
- Strong in a backend language (e.g., Python, Go, Node) and comfortable with infrastructure concerns (cloud, containers, IaC).
- Experience designing APIs/services for scale and reliability.
- Passion for working in a fast-moving startup environment where ambiguity is the norm.
- Thrives in fast-moving, mission-driven environments with a lot of autonomy and ambiguity.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across internal teams.
- Passion for transforming healthcare with state-of-the-art AI technology.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for internal and external use.
- Work closely with product & engineering to help abstract infrastructure complexity (self-service tooling, developer workflows, etc).
- Support our engineering team on ongoing infra improvements such as end to end testing and release process, security ops efficiency, etc
- Collaborate on deployment, monitoring, and reliability of backend systems and infrastructure.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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