Outcomes · Implement changes that precisely match product specifications · Help improve specification by asking questions about edge cases and behavior during the planning and scoping stages · Provide product feedback to the rest of the team when new ideas and problems arise · Focus on projects that have an impact on improving business metrics and allow the team to quickly implement A|B tests to help determine improvements · Increase the visibility of service performance and health and ensure we have the appropriate logs/alerts in place to respond quickly and recover from problems · Improve the stability and performance of the backend services, and increase visibility into the health of the system by improving our logging, alerting, and process around recovering from problems · Write code that has been tested well enough before shipping so that we do not cause a noticeable increase in the number of support issues filed over time · When critical bugs are shipped to production, proactively identify root causes and take the appropriate resolution actions so that we can recover quickly · Stay up to date on the latest technologies relevant to the backend tech stack, and use this knowledge to implement new features and changes if they’ll provide a better experience · Proactively assist other engineers on the team in fixing bugs and shipping features and updates · Write maintainable code that can be quickly updated as needed, and is testable and easily understood by other engineers on the team · Provide fairly accurate engineering time estimates · Be on call from time to time if there are critical issues on production that need debugging · Take ownership and responsibility to finish the features and issues assigned to you, while collaborating with the team · Assist deploying builds to production and QA environments, and have visibility on the status of Pull Requests and builds as they get deployed · Provide helpful code reviews and ensure PRs do not linger with long delays in review time · Devise innovative and cost-effective strategies for identifying and preventing bugs · Proactively refactor code that needs improvement, but without getting lost in constantly refactoring projects · Build a secure application architecture and work with other teams to build a secure information architecture · Become a reliable go-to resource on the team for feature changes and updates as new projects arise, such that you can be relied on to ship the changes in a timely manner at the quality level expected by the team Technical Experience · 6+ years of Java development experience · Strong OOP experience · Experience with Maven, Junit · Database experience desired · NoSQL experienced desired · Experience working in distributed systems. · Experience architecting backend systems using Java based microservices · Good understanding of AWS Cloud (EC2, S3, ECS) · Exposure to CI/CD, static code analysis · Previous experience as a technical lead desired Competencies · Growth mindset: receives feedback easily and incorporates it quickly · Proactive executor: thoughtful in approach and decisive in decisions · Pragmatic: balance scrappiness and rigor · Great technical communicator · Strong attention to detail · Strong product and architectural instincts · Enthusiasm and passion for quality · Takes responsibility for making sure issues are resolved About Us: We are an innovative company that is disrupting the antiquated healthcare staffing industry.