Senior Staff Software Engineer
Los Angeles, CA - USA
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Job Summary
AboutCircadiaHealth
: Contactlesssensingthatmonitorsrespirationandmotionwithmedical-gradeaccuracy; Predictiveanalytics&agenticAIworkflowsthatdetect85%ofpreventablerehospitalizations11daysinadvance; EnterpriseintegrationsthatembedinsightsdirectlyintoEHRcare-coordinationbillingandcompliancesystems
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$200000 - $260000 a year
WhyThisRoleExists
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WhatYoullDo
ArchitectCoreBackendSystems
Designandevolvehigh-performanceservicesthatingestdevicetelemetryprocesspredictivesignalsorchestrateAIagentsandserveenterprisedashboards.
OwnIntegrationsatScale
BuildandhardenintegrationswithEHRsbillingsystemsandenterprisetoolsviaHL7FHIRRESTSFTPandwebhookpipelines.
DesignforReliability&Throughput
Ensuresystemsscaleacrosstensofthousandshundredsofthousandsofpatientswithhighavailabilityandlowlatency.
LeadInfrastructureStrategy
Owncloudarchitecture(AWS/GCP)containerizationCI/CDmonitoringobservabilityandincidentresponsestandards.
BuildDataPipelines
Developsecurecompliantdataflowsfortime-seriestelemetryclinicaldataingestionandAImodeloutputs.
EstablishEngineeringStandards
Definebackendarchitecturepatternstestingframeworksdeploymentworkflowsandcodequalitystandards.
ImproveDeploymentVelocity
Createtoolingandinfraimprovementsthatreduceenvironmentsetuptimeincreasereleaseconfidenceandsupportrapidenterpriseonboarding.
EnsureSecurity&Compliance
PartnerwithSecurityandCompliancetomaintainHIPAASOC2andhealthcare-gradedataprotections.
Mentor&RaisetheBar
Actasatechnicalleaderacrossbackendandinfrateamsreviewingarchitecturementoringengineersanddrivinglong-termtechnicalstrategy.
WhatGreatLooksLike(ExampleProfile)
Designedbackendsystemssupporting50K500Kusersordevices
Builtscalableingestionpipelinesforhigh-frequencytime-seriesdata
LedEHRorhealthcareintegrations(HL7/FHIR)inproduction
Reducedinfrastructurecostswhileimprovingsystemreliability
Designedmulti-regionfailoverorhigh-availabilityarchitectures
ImprovedCI/CDvelocityandreducedincidentfrequencymaterially
Must-HaveQualifications
8yearsofbackendsoftwareengineeringexperience
DeepexpertiseindistributedsystemsandAWScloud
StrongproficiencyinPythonorNode/TypeScript
ExperiencedesigningRESTfulAPIsandevent-drivensystems
Experiencewithcontainerization(Docker)andorchestration(Kubernetes)
Familiaritywithdatabases(PostgresRedistime-seriesDBs)
Strongunderstandingofobservability(metricsloggingtracing)
Experiencescalingsystemsinhigh-growthproductionenvironments
WillingtoworkinLosAngeles(initiallyembeddedwithteam)
Nice-to-Haves
Experiencewithhealthcaredatastandards(HL7FHIR)
ExperiencebuildingAI/MLinfrastructurepipelines
FamiliaritywithKafkaorstreamingarchitectures
Backgroundinregulatedenvironments(HIPAASOC2)
Experiencesupportinghardwaresoftwareintegratedplatforms
PriorStaff/Principal-levelengineeringleadership
YoullThriveHereIf
Youthinkinsystemsandfailuremodes
Youproactivelyeliminatetechnicaldebtbeforeitcompounds
YouenjoydesigningdurableinfrastructuremorethanflashyUI
Youholdhighstandardsandelevatethosearoundyou
Youtakeprideinbuildingsystemsthatjustworkatscale
Compensation&Equity
$200000$260000bonusmeaningfulstockoptions
Benefits
100%company-paidmedicaldentalandvision
401(k)withmatch
GenerousPTO
Professionaldevelopmentbudget
Company-paidannualretreat
Ready to Engineer the Backbone of Healthcare AI
Send your résumé and a short note describing:
The most scalable backend system youve designed
A production outage you resolved and what you changed afterward
An infrastructure decision that paid off long-term
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
Enabling early detection of respiratory failure powered by contactless sensing, clinic software, and artificial intelligence.