Senior Backend Engineer

About August HealthAt August Health, our mission is to empower the essential work of caring for our elders.We achieve this by providing a modern operating platform and electronic health record (EHR) that enables senior living operators to deliver high-quality care with confidence.Caregivers are the heart of senior living communities, embodying care, compassion, and well-being. Yet, they face increasing challenges—higher resident acuity, complex workflows, and staffing shortages. At August Health, we build tools that simplify their tasks, eliminate inefficiencies, and provide the insights they need to focus on what truly matters—caring for residents.At August, we strive to live our values each day, in every interaction with our customers and with each other.Be responsible – leave things better than you found themTake ownership – be decisive and take actionBe ambitious – build something greatKeep an open mindset – communicate candidly and welcome new ideasBe humble – celebrate each others’ successes and learn from our mistakesStay positive – assume best intentAbout the roleWe're looking for an experienced backend-end developer to join us, especially someone with several years of experience building and shipping complex applications.Our development team is a small group of very capable engineers and we like to balance building thoughtfully with getting things shipped. The position offers the opportunity to deeply understand our problem space and channel compassion for the experiences of older adults and the challenges of caregiving into building a mission-driven, elegant, and intuitive product.Technologies we use: Scala, Play Framework, Protobuf, Kubernetes, Postgres. You don’t need to have specific experience in all of these, but the ability & self-motivation to learn them is a must.Key qualifications7+ years professional experience as a software engineer familiar with shipping thoughtfully built APIsExperience working in engineering organizations and familiarity with product focused software development cyclesAbility to thrive in a startup environment that’s full of ambiguity - experience balancing tradeoffs to make complex decisions where there is no ‘right’ answerGood communication and personal skills; ability to interact and work well with the teamInterest in development of company culture and its reflection in our engineering practicesAbility & desire to mentor other engineersAbout our teamOur team brings together deep expertise in technology, healthcare, and company-building. We’ve led teams at Apple, Google, Landmark Health, and Adobe, co-founded and exited multiple companies, shipped products used by hundreds of millions of users, and managed clinical teams caring for thousands of patients.Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, we are partnering with some of the largest senior care organizations in the U.S. to transform the future of senior living.We offer market competitive compensation based on experience and ability, including significant equity option grants. Other benefits include excellent health, dental, vision coverage, 401K, One Medical, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc memberships.

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