Software Engineer II (backend, Healthcare)

Whoop Whoop · Consumer · Boston, MA · Software

Software Engineer II (Backend) in the Healthcare group at WHOOP, responsible for building and maintaining features that drive health outcomes and connect users to data science algorithms. The role involves developing robust backend services using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and AWS, focusing on stability, performance, and scalability. It requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and a strong foundation in backend development principles.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. Develop and maintain robust backend services using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and other AWS technologies, ensuring stability and performance.
  3. Contribute to the ideation, technical design, and implementation of new features and platforms, transforming complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions
  4. Work on scaling challenges that span multiple systems and demand high availability and reliability.
  5. Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, while participating in code reviews and documentation practices.

Skills

Required

  • backend development
  • object-oriented programming
  • API design
  • relational databases
  • RESTful APIs
  • Postgres
  • asynchronous processing systems
  • Kafka
  • SQS
  • automated tests
  • documenting code

Nice to have

  • Java
  • AWS technologies