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As a Software Engineer II, you will develop and maintain backend services in the Healthcare Infra team, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and tackle high-impact engineering challenges.
At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Our wearable device tracks key physiological metrics such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep quality to provide personalized insights into users' fitness, health, and recovery.
As a Software Engineer II on the Healthcare Infra team, you will help build and maintain exciting features in the Healthcare space and connect members to our powerful data science algorithms. You will develop reusable, scalable platforms that enable the entire Healthcare organization to move faster in the rapidly changing consumer health space, working with partners both in and outside of WHOOP. You will help our members understand all aspects of their health: physical, mental, emotional, and hormonal, and work to build the underlying infrastructure that connects them to the wider Healthcare ecosystem.
This role is designed for a backend engineer passionate about building scalable systems, eager to tackle high-impact challenges, and committed to delivering user-centric solutions that resonate with our members' needs.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to engineering efforts within a cross-functional team, collaborating with designers, product managers, other engineers, and our Digital Health team to refine and advance the WHOOP platform.
- Develop and maintain robust backend services using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and other AWS technologies, ensuring stability and performance.
- Contribute to the ideation, technical design, and implementation of new features and platforms, transforming complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions
- Work on scaling challenges that span multiple systems and demand high availability and reliability.
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, while participating in code reviews and documentation practices.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Professional experience in backend development, with a strong foundation in object-oriented programming, API design, and relational databases (RESTful APIs, Postgres)
- Familiarity with asynchronous processing systems (Kafka, SQS).
- Experience writing automated tests and documenting code for a variety of audiences.
- A passion for approaching large-scale problems guided by data-driven insights and a commitment to agile, iterative development
- A proactive, collaborative team player, eager to take on new challenges, continuously learn, and adapt in a fast-paced, data-informed environment
Learn more about our Software Org and how to be successful in your engineering career at WHOOP via our Career Framework.
This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.
WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Top Skills
AWS
Java
Kafka
Postgres
WHOOP Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
1 Kenmore Sq, Boston, MA, United States, 02215
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