Full-Stack Engineer

at  Lydia AI

hybrid
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . April 29, 2024
Description
Lydia AI (formerly Knowtions Research) is an applied AI company on a mission to insure the next billion people. We work with insurers to pioneer digital Pay-How-You-Live insurance products using Lydia AI, our risk prediction engine. Lydia AI leverages new sources of data to make dynamic health predictions to create insurance products focused on keeping people healthy rather than paying when people get sick. We are a Canadian company targeting the fastest growing insurance markets in Asia and are backed by investors including Information Venture Partners and Alibaba Entrepreneur Fund.
Join us to help insure the next billion people!
As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will be a crucial part of our team dedicated to developing applications and our healthcare data platform. Your role will involve contributing to the design, development, and maintenance of both cloud and on-premises infrastructure, primarily utilizing Node.js. We are seeking a software engineer with extensive experience, who can bring subject matter expertise and adhere to best practices while adapting to various responsibilities.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years experience in building distributed computing systems
• Proficiency in developing production-ready code with Typescript/Javascript and Node.js, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of async/sync development
• Having experience with Python and PHP programming languages is plus
• Reasonable experience with frontend frameworks like React and Vue
• Good knowledge of HTML and CSS, including cross browser development
• Experience running multiple distributed large scale applications in production
• 3+ years experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS) and schemaless databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB, but not limited to
• Expertise in testing best practices, encompassing functional and integration testing, and proficiency in tools like Jest, Jasmine, Karma, and/or Mocha
• Experience in automating, testing, and deploying web-based applications, with proficiency in system configuration management tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, and Docker
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline, coupled with practical experience
  At Lydia AI, diversity is mission critical. Our strength lies within our differences and in a diverse workforce that unleashes new ideas and perspectives. We celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and foster a culture where all team members feel valued, respected, and supported

• Code and debug throughout the application lifecycle
• Develop clean, enterprise-grade web applications, especially SaaS platforms
• Troubleshoot and debug applications effectively
• Create reusable code and libraries for future implementations
• Design and implement both public and internal APIs
• Develop real-time and batch big data pipelines
• Identify efficient strategies for building, maintaining, and automating infrastructure
• Engage in tasks such as internal deployment tooling, performance issue debugging, and infrastructure automation
• Manage multiple concurrent projects effectively
• Complete other duties as assigned.