Senior Backend Engineer at Circle Medical (S15)
Modern primary care via video and in-person
Montreal, Quebec
Full-time
About Circle Medical

Circle Medical is on a mission to bring quality, delightful primary care to everyone on the planet. Built by top-tier physicians, engineers, and designers, our medical practice and underlying technology have pioneered how people find and receive care.

Our focus on building directly for our patients and providers to address serious care accessibility issues has enabled us to grow over 3X year-over-year. As we enter the hypergrowth phase, we are looking for deeply motivated team players who are driven to solve some of the biggest challenges in healthcare so that people can live longer and healthier lives

About the role

ABOUT US  

Circle Medical is a Y-Combinator healthcare technology startup on a mission to bring quality, delightful primary care to everyone on the planet. Built by top-tier entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and physicians, our telemedicine software has pioneered how people find and receive care. 

Our founding team has decades of experience with successful technology startup exits. We’ve used our most recent round of funding from WELL Health, backed by Sir Li Ka-shing, to scale from California to over fifteen states across the US. 

We’re now entering the hyper growth phase, expanding nationwide from over fifteen states to all fifty states in the next six months. And this is only the beginning.

More about us can be found on our website.

DESCRIPTION  

We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team based out of one of our offices in Montreal.

We are looking for passionate, mission-driven engineers who take pride in the products they build. As a backend engineer, you'll work alongside other engineers, product designers, operation experts and clinicians to build patient/physician-facing features in the core product. Our primary backend technologies are Ruby, Rails, and PostgreSQL. That being said, we believe in using the right tool for the job.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

  • Implement, test, and maintain features in the backend systems spanning across multiple domains: scheduling, billing, clinical tools for physicians, telemedicine, and others.
  • Design APIs used by the mobile app.
  • Integrate third-party APIs.
  • Write secure, HIPAA-compliant software.
  • Contribute to the engineering culture and hiring.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

  • 5+ years experience as a backend Engineer.
  • 3+ years experience in Rails.
  • Experience shipping and maintaining a Web app in production.
  • Excellent knowledge of Ruby and Rails.
  • Excellent knowledge of PostgreSQL.
  • Rigorous unit testing and use of best practices.
  • Ability to take ownership.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU AN EDGE:

  • BS, MS or PhD in computer science, math, or similar field.
  • Experience shipping and maintaining a large software system.
  • Good knowledge of Javascript and ability to contribute to the front-end if needed.
  • Experience making product decisions.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Good knowledge of computer security.

COMPENSATION

In alignment with our values, Circle Medical has transparent salaries based on location, output levels, and options to trade cash for stock.

This is a full-time, salaried position, with an annual salary (cash and stock combined) of $133,350- $171,450 CAD plus, generous vacation, full medical/dental benefits *depending on location.

Circle Medical is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

Technology

We are building software tools for both patients and doctors. Our stack includes:

  • Ruby/Rails
  • React/Next.js
  • Swift/iOS
  • Java/Android
  • Machine learning

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