Software Engineer IV (Staff)/Platform Developer
About The Position
Biolinq is a venture-backed digital health company developing a wearable biosensor platform that measures biomarkers important to the management of many clinical conditions including diabetes. This dynamic role is a part of a team of engineers and scientists developing a novel intradermal biosensor technology and the associated software data extraction and rendering SDK that will transform the way people manage their metabolic health. The STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER - PLATFORM role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining server-side components in Go, Python, front-end development, IOT, data collection and data visualization. The position is also responsible for developing, releasing, monitoring, and maintaining our dual-purpose backend platform for commercial launch. The platform handles both biosensor data collection and analysis, as well as supporting our user-facing mobile applications with features like user authentication and sensor pairing, user preferences and data storage, insights generation and reporting. This role will involve implementing new features and improving scalability and reliability of these backend services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in computer science or equivalent technical field of study.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Professional experience designing, developing, and maintaining production quality software in Go.
- Experience developing APIs in modern applications (e.g., REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
- Proven experience with Postgres and other SQL / NoSQL databases.
- Deep knowledge and experience with containerization, knowledge of CI tooling, testing frameworks and other code quality tools are crucial.
- Excellent written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Leadership Skills: Ability to lead teams and influence organizational strategy to include mentorship and coaching, influencing without authority, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, delegation, and empowerment.
- Soft Skills: High ownership and accountability; comfortable with ambiguity and change; patience and empathy, calm and solution-oriented under pressure; effective communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python is a plus.
- Experience in regulated medical devices (510(k), PMA, HIPAA) is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Works independently and may lead a team to produce working and tested software within the software discipline and language specialty of the engineer.
- Independently solves engineering problems for individual microservices or applications.
- Works with stakeholders to define software requirements.
- Uses direct measurements to make estimates of load capacity, response time, or UI responsiveness for a microservice or application. Proactively identifies potential bottlenecks that may need to be addressed.
- Identifies and communicates trade-offs within a system design between competing solutions and regularly makes the best choice for the company.
- Accurately estimates the time to complete applications or services.
- Proposes and, with approval, implements projects that support the strategic objectives of the company.
- Acts as the technical lead on important projects while leading, mentoring, developing, and guiding one or more engineers.
- Writes and maintains unit tests to satisfy target code coverage.
- Produces documentation required by Biolinq’s Quality System to maintain regulatory compliance.
- Prepares documentation necessary to install, operate, and maintain as needed. This may include design, installation guides, user guides, etc.
- Safeguards sensitive data and proprietary processes. Maintains strict discretion over operational, financial, and customer data.
- Maintains existing Biolinq software including fixing bugs and enhancing features.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, life and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) plan, holidays, and PTO.
- Annual performance bonus
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
