Staff Engineer - Online booking (100% remote within Spain)
Staff Engineer - Online booking (100% remote within Spain)
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Job Description
Area of work
The Online Booking domain is at the heart of Docplanners product ecosystem powering over 20 million patientdoctor appointments each month. It covers everything from healthcare offer configuration and provider availability management to patient-facing booking flows.
Over years of rapid growth mergers and acquisitions this space has become both business-critical and technically complex. Today the booking process spans multiple systems and technologies. From our SaaS platform and Calendar App (.NET) through the front-end layer ( legacy Monolith services (PHP) and numerous third-party integrations.
This distributed landscape reflects years of fast-paced evolution but also brings challenges to scalability and evolvability. With Docplanner operating at significant global scale in a highly dynamic healthcare environment the Online Booking area is central to maintaining our competitive edge. Here youll work on untangling complexity modernizing systems and shaping the next generation of patientdoctor booking experiences.
Role
As a Staff Engineer in Online Booking youll be the technical driver of one of the most critical systems in our product ecosystem. Youll dive deep into our legacy monolith experiment propose solutions (and counterproposals) and lead the journey of decomposing it into smaller more evolvable components.
You wont just define strategy youll also get hands-on with the code making direct changes where needed while influencing and aligning with 4 teams in your area and other teams across the company. This role is both highly technical and highly collaborative.
We are committed to continuous improvement open feedback and working efficiently towards our goals. This role provides an opportunity to actively contribute to the technical direction of the area.
Youll also bring a data-driven mindset: defining and tracking technical metrics measuring progress and using data to prioritize what should be tackled and why.
The role reports directly to the Engineering Director and works closely with EMs as well as other Staff Engineers at Docplanner.
Our tech stack at Docplanner Tech PHP and Vue/ReactNative running on Kubernetes in AWS. While expertise in these technologies isnt required this is a very technical and hands-on role for which strong communication skills and experience influencing technical decisions are also essential to effectively support the teams.
What you will be doing
Lead and drive technical initiatives that impact multiple teams (4 in your area and others cross-company).
Take ownership of the monolith decomposition working hands-on in the codebase to untangle complexity and guide sustainable modernization.
Partner with EMs and engineers to set technical direction aligning stakeholders and building consensus on high-impact initiatives.
Define and track technical metrics to measure progress and outcomes using data to prioritize and validate decisions.
Experiment descope and design solutions that reduce risk in highly ambiguous and fragile systems.
Act as a technical reference point across the domain supporting and unblocking engineers in complex discussions.
Mentor coach and provide guidance to engineers fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Qualifications :
Youre likely a great fit for this role if you
Have a solid technical background across the full SDLC with strong backend expertise and holistic understanding of distributed/full-stack systems.
Thrive in ambiguous legacy-heavy environments where systems are fragile and experimentation is required.
Enjoy being hands-on in the code not just setting direction but actively unblocking and implementing solutions.
Have experience leading cross-team initiatives and influencing other teams to align on complex technical changes.
Are data-driven with the ability to propose and track meaningful technical metrics.
Balance short-term impact with long-term sustainability approaching software development with a lean proactive and positive mindset.
Have a track record of mentoring and guiding engineers at different levels.
Are motivated by purpose: you want to work on a product that directly improves how healthcare operates and impacts millions of people globally.
Additional Information :
Lets talk money
A salary adequate to your experience and skills. The range is broad so that we can accommodate our roles for all levels of experience but we will show you the career ladder to explain where we see your skills and impact within the company. Your salary will be now and always 100% transparent to you;
Flexible remuneration and benefits system via Flexoh which includes: restaurant card transportation card kindergarten and training tax savings;
True flexibility and work-life balance
Remote or hybrid work model with our hub in Barcelona;
Flexible working hours (fully flexible as in most cases you only have to be on a couple of meetings weekly);
Summer intensive schedule during July and August (work 7 hours finish earlier);
23 paid holidays with exchangeable local bank holidays;
Additional paid holiday on your birthday or work anniversary (you choose what you want to celebrate).
Health comes first
Private healthcare plan with Adeslas for you and subsidized for your family (medical and dental);
Access to hundreds of gyms for a fee in partnership for you and your family with Wellhub;
Access to iFeel a technological platform for mental wellness offering online psychological support and counseling.
Keep growing with us
- Free English and Spanish classes.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
