Staff Engineer - User Experience (Backend) (Medtech)

TL;DR

Staff Engineer - User Experience (Backend): Lead design and modernization of patient-facing backend services, APIs, and orchestration for secure health platform interactions with an accent on event-driven architecture, scalability, and regulated data handling. Focus on defining API contracts, implementing async workflows with AWS services, improving reliability of communication pipelines, and driving architectural standards through cross-functional leadership.

Strong preference for candidates based in Vancouver, BC able to work hybrid. Open to remote candidates across Canada.

Base salary: $180,000–$210,000 in local currency, depending on experience and location.

Company

Health technology company providing whole-body MRI scans for proactive healthcare, scaling patient platform with APIs, notifications, and event-driven systems.

What you will do

• Lead design and modernization of patient-facing backend services using API-first and event-driven patterns.
• Drive API best practices, define contracts, and implement orchestration with BFF patterns.
• Build event-driven workflows using AWS EventBridge, SQS/SNS, and async processing.
• Improve reliability, observability, and fault tolerance for email, SMS, and notification pipelines.
• Design secure systems for sensitive patient data with authentication/authorization and regulated compliance.
• Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and collaborate with Product, Security, QA, and Frontend teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years backend engineering in platform or high-scale distributed systems.
• Strong Python (FastAPI, Flask) and modern backend frameworks.
• Deep AWS event-driven expertise (EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Lambda, ECS).
• Async task processing (Celery), REST/GraphQL APIs at scale, microservices.
• Observable systems (Datadog), secure auth (OAuth2, JWT), databases (Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis).
• IaC (Terraform/CDK), CI/CD, regulated environments (HIPAA, PHI/PII).
• Excellent technical communication and influence in ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Communication platforms (email/SMS gateways, notifications).
• BFF for React frontends, contract testing (Pact).
• Startup to scale-up experience, healthcare/security standards (HIPAA, ISO).

Culture & Benefits

• Pioneers with bias for action, experimentation, and grit.
• Platform-builders focused on foundations, ownership, and mission.
• Patient-centric impact; free whole-body scans for team.
• Flexible vacation, comprehensive health/dental/vision/mental health benefits.
• RRSP/TFSA access, growth opportunities, weekly team connections.