Senior Software Engineer, OS Ecosystem

Tempus AI•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time. At Tempus, software and AI products are owned and developed by small, autonomous teams composed of engineers, designers, scientists, and product managers. Teams set the goals, build the software, deploy the code, and contribute to a growing suite of capabilities that drives research and delivers advanced diagnostic and treatment improvements for our clinical partners and their patients. Tempus OS is the internal software platform that supports and connects all these teams and their products, enabling them to go farther, faster while safeguarding patient safety and privacy.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on platform or data engineering, distributed data systems, or backend web services.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Demonstrated success in writing production backend services in TypeScript, Python, or similar languages, with a willingness to work primarily in a Node.js and Python environment.
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
Familiarity with relational database design and application-level operations, including schema migrations.
Experience in systems monitoring and operational responsibility for platform production systems, including internal user support and/or on-call duties.
Experience working with cloud technologies (we use GCP) like GCS, BigQuery, and Cloud Spanner.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Google Spanner is a plus.

Responsibilities

Drive in-depth technical design of platform features for data modeling, schema versioning, and enforcing data contracts between producers and consumers, using cloud object storage and data warehousing technologies, ensuring alignment with functional and non-functional requirements.
Implement, test, and support backend web services and data pipelines in TypeScript, and Python, serving as a standard-bearer for code quality and system reliability.
Work closely with Product Managers to translate complex business requirements into technical designs, ensuring clear communication and alignment with business goals and users.
Take operational responsibility for platform systems in production as part of the team's support rotation. You will not only troubleshoot complex technical issues but also proactively monitor systems to ensure reliability and performance optimization.
Mentor other engineers on your team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and adoption of best practices in testing, documentation, and code review.