Staff Engineer, Backend

at  Summer Health

WHO WE ARE

Summer Health is on a mission to raise the healthiest generation by improving health outcomes for millions of children. We believe that every family and child deserves quick, reliable access to pediatric care when they need it most.
Summer Health is the first step and ongoing tool for anyone navigating health concerns, offering timely text access to high-quality healthcare professionals who provide expert answers and reliable advice over text.
Our investors include Sequoia, Lux, 7wire Ventures, Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Capital, Box Group and many more.
AI-powered technology is at the heart of our approach enabling us to scale our impact and bring our vision to life. AI is not just a part of our technology stack; it is woven into every facet of our operations, driving everything from internal processes to customer-facing solutions. Our team has developed a best-in-class healthcare experience that delivers quality care without compromising simplicity and security. We’re now looking to expand our AI capabilities to enhance scalability and accessibility, ensuring healthcare remains frictionless.
We’re looking for exceptional engineers who share our passion for transforming pediatrics. We are outliers with a bias to action to raise the standard of care and what’s achievable. If you’re a T-shaped engineer with a wealth of backend experience and excitement for building foundational AI platforms, we want you on our cross-functional team. Join us in our pursuit to make healthcare better and more accessible for children everywhere.

• Have 6+ years of experience in software development.
• Demonstrate experience with event-driven, workflow and serverless architectures.
• Can turn complex problems and workflows into simple components that are scalable, resilient and distributed.
• Enjoy contributing full-stack to help our cross-functional team rally on goals.
• Adopt an AI-centric workflow and thinking approach to solutioning.
• Are opinionated on approaches and solutions but humble to adapt and learn the right tools for the problem and team.
• Have experience with HIPAA compliance or a willingness to learn.
• Thrive in a collaborative yet distributed working environment. Our team is distributed throughout the US with most in NYC and SF.
• Care deeply about providing the best care to the thousands of families using our platform to build the healthiest generation.