Lead Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Platform Engineering Lead to own the technical implementation and scalability of our cloud infrastructure. This is a pivotal leadership position where you will drive technical excellence, directly impacting the lives of millions of patients by enabling a new asynchronous and remote operating model for healthcare.

Requirements

• Own the platform & infrastructure: Lead the architecture, security, and stability of our GCP platform, ensuring it is built for 100% YoY growth.
• Lead the backend team: Manage and inspire a high-performance team of senior and mid-level backend engineers (3-5 people), fostering a culture of engineering excellence that balances pace with uncompromising quality.
• Drive platform efficiency: Act as the primary steward for technical cost-optimisation and resource management, ensuring the platform scales efficiently as our user base grows.
• Architect complex integrations: Design robust systems to handle deep integrations with external partner APIs, managing diverse authentication mechanisms and resilient data patterns.
• Drive technical strategy: Act as a key partner to the CTO and Director of Engineering, aligning technical execution with business objectives.
• Embed operational excellence: Refine best-in-class engineering practices - including IaC via Terraform, CI/CD, and security audit readiness - to prevent major production incidents.
• Lead AI workflows: Act as an authority to drive agentic workflows forwards across the team

Benefits

• Flexible working times
• Work abroad for up to 90 days per year
• 25 days annual leave (on top of public holidays)
• Take your birthday off and another for a significant day of your choice
• Generous well-being perks
• An annual learning budget to support your growth
• Delivering social impact through improved patient healthcare
• Working at a well-funded and rapidly growing start-up, solving a global problem in a new way
• A whole lot of fun on an exciting journey