Heidi - Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

• Ultimately you will have the opportunity to work with the engineering mastermind behind Heidi developing AI products which will change the face of healthcare • Autonomously deliver beautiful & robust code with considerations on code structure design and scalability. • Implement and optimize data storage solutions. • Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems using Python. • Architect and manage cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability. • Develop and manage message queue systems for real-time data processing. • Collaborate with frontend and AI teams to integrate new features and enhance existing APIs. • Optimize API performance and handle API versioning, documentation, and testing. • What we’ll look for: • Strong sense of ownership & strong problem-solving skills. • 5+ years of backend development experience. • Solid experience with MongoDB and Redis for data management. • Experience building & managing  message queue systems at scale. • Writing testable, effective and communicative code • Data modeling, design patterns, understanding trade-offs • Deep understanding of API design principles, including security, versioning, and performance. • Data & application security knowledge and skills • Experience in integrating with third-party systems • Competent with source code control and CI/CD pipeline technologies. • Architecting and building highly available, scalable, secure & performant systems • What do we believe in? • Heidi builds for the future of healthcare, not just the next quarter, and our goals are ambitious because the world’s health demands it. We believe in progress built through precision, pace, and ownership. • Live Forever - Every release moves care forward: measured, safe, and built to last. Data guides us, but patients define the truth that matters. • Live Forever - • Practice Ownership - Decisions follow logic and proof, not hierarchy. Exceptional care demands exceptional standards in our work, our thinking, and our character. • Practice Ownership - • Small Cuts Heal Faster - Stability earns trust, speed delivers impact. Progress is about learning fast without breaking what people depend on. • Small Cuts Heal Faster - • Make others better - Feedback is direct, kindness is constant, and excellence lifts everyone. Our success is measured by collective growth, not individual output. • Make others better - • Our mission is clear: expand the world’s capacity to care, and do it without losing the humanity that makes care worth delivering. • Flexible hybrid working environment, with 3 days in the office. • A generous personal development budget of $500 per annum • Learn from some of the best engineers and creatives, joining a diverse team • Become an owner, with shares (equity) in the company, if Heidi wins, we all win • The rare chance to create a global impact as you immerse yourself in one of Australia’s leading healthtech startups • If you have an impact quickly, the opportunity to fast track your startup career! • Help us reimagine primary care and change the face of healthcare in Australia and then around the world.