Senior Software Engineer - System Public

Welcome systems thinkers. System builds software to help the world see and solve anything as a system, starting in healthcare. We are a Public Benefit Corporation driven by purpose and shaped by values. We hire systems thinkers who are motivated by our purpose, share our values, and have the skills to advance our mission.

Requirements

• Design, build, and maintain backend services that advance the company’s public benefit mission and support open data and open knowledge initiatives, ensuring reliability, scalability, and measurable societal impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate public benefit objectives and open science principles into technical requirements and system designs.
• Architect and maintain backend systems that reliably serve large user bases and high-volume data workloads, while prioritizing data transparency, accessibility, and ethical use.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design robust APIs and open data interfaces that empower external researchers, partners, and the public.
• Prototype and research new tools for improving existing data infrastructure (e.g., vector databases, distributed data systems, high-performance storage layers), with an emphasis on sharing and enabling open science.
• Be involved in code reviews, unit testing and development strategies in an agile environment
• Influence culture, recruit new engineers, and shape a rapidly growing startup
• Help shape our engineering culture, contributing to best practices and lessons you’ve learned throughout your career