Senior Backend Engineer

Remote
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

We are looking for a talented senior backend software engineer to join our fast-growing, mental health startup. In this role you will help lead backend development for our healthcare platform. You’ll work primarily in Python, some Ruby, some Rust, and AWS. We are primarily located in the US (ET time zone) and would prefer candidates who can provide 3-6 hours of overlap. We are looking for full-time engagements, although we are open to a consulting position. Our team members have worked for companies such as Amazon, Citadel, Optiver, Palantir, among others. Our primary mission is to improve treatment access and options for mental health. If you care about leveraging your engineering skills to make the world a better place, then this is

the team for you! Join us in our fight to revolutionize digital health and to destigmatize mental health care! If interested, please send Joe a text to 917 903-8792 or email 🎯 Must haves • At least 6 years of relevant work experience in backend design and development • Python expertise • SQL expertise • Proven debugging and troubleshooting skills • Strong understanding on client and server-side performance optimization techniques • You are not afraid of ambiguity and understand that the goal for a startup is to find the product-market fit which entails failing fast, learning from mistakes, and avoiding product perfectionism. 🎉 Great to have • TypeScript • Ruby • Rust • AWS ECS • Expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6, ES8, etc) • You consider yourself an engineer's engineer 💡 What’s in it for you? • Be a part of an early team at a mission-driven, YC-backed mental health startup • Lots of autonomy and lots of technically challenging coding assignments • Help create a tech infrastructure, product, and team from the ground up • We’re completely virtual • Cash or Cash + Equity

compensation

About Orchid

AI-powered EHR for independent mental health professionals

Required skills

Python
SQL

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Job details

Salary

$100,000 - $200,000

Location

Remote

Experience

6+ years

Company

NameOrchid
IndustryHealthcare
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$1.5M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

DV

Dániel Varga

CTO & Co-Founder

Joseph Pomianowski

Joseph Pomianowski

CEO & Founder

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

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