Circle Medical (YC S15) Is Hiring Ruby/Rails Engineers

ABOUT US 

Circle Medical is a Y-Combinator healthcare technology startup on a mission to bring quality, delightful primary care to everyone on the planet. Built by top-tier entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and physicians, our telemedicine software has pioneered how people find and receive care. 

Our founding team has decades of experience with successful technology startup exits. We’ve used our most recent round of funding from WELL Health, backed by Sir Li Ka-shing, to scale from California to over fifteen states across the US. 

We’re now entering the hyper growth phase, expanding nationwide from over fifteen states to all fifty states in the next six months. And this is only the beginning.

DESCRIPTION 

We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Team based out of our office in Montreal, Quebec. Hybrid or remote possibilities may be considered for the right candidate. We are also open to relocation assistance and visa sponsorship. Please note that in addition to Montreal, we have offices in New York City and San Francisco and we are open to hiring in these locations also.

We are looking for passionate, mission-driven engineers who take pride in the products they build. As a backend engineer, you’ll work alongside other engineers, product designers, operation experts and clinicians to build patient/physician-facing features in the core product. Our primary backend technologies are Ruby, Rails, and PostgreSQL. That being said, we believe in using the right tool for the job.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

    • Implement, test, and maintain features in the backend systems spanning across multiple domains: scheduling, billing, clinical tools for physicians, telemedicine, and others.
    • Design APIs used by the mobile app.
    • Integrate third-party APIs.
    • Write secure, HIPAA-compliant software.
    • Contribute to the engineering culture and hiring.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

    • 5 + years experience as a backend Engineer.
    • Excellent programming skills.
    • Experience shipping and maintaining a Web app in production.
    • Excellent knowledge of Ruby and Rails.
    • Excellent knowledge of PostgreSQL.
    • Rigorous unit testing and use of best practices.
    • Ability to take ownership.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU AN EDGE:

    • BS, MS or PhD in computer science, math, or similar field.
    • Experience shipping and maintaining a large software system.
    • Good knowledge of Javascript and ability to contribute to the front-end if needed.
    • Experience making product decisions.
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
    • Good knowledge of computer security.

COMPENSATION

In alignment with our values, Circle Medical has transparent salaries based on location (San Francisco, Montreal, or International Remote Contract), output levels, and options to trade cash for stock. This is a full-time, salaried position, based in Montreal, with an annual salary (cash and stock combined) of $133,350- $171,450 CAD plus, generous vacation, full medical/dental benefits (depending on working location.)

Circle Medical is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

FRENCH TRANSLATION

À PROPOS DE NOUS 

Circle Medical est une entreprise de technologie de santé en démarrage financée par Y-Combinator dont la mission est d’apporter des soins primaires de qualité et agréables à tous les habitants de la planète. Bâtie par des entrepreneurs, des ingénieurs, des concepteurs et des médecins de haut niveau, notre logiciel de télémédecine a été pionnier dans la façon dont les gens trouvent et reçoivent des soins. Notre équipe fondatrice possède des décennies d’expérience avec des sorties réussies d’entreprises de technologies en démarrage.

Nous avons utilisé notre dernière série de financement de WELL Health, soutenu par Sir Li Ka-shing, pour passer de la Californie à plus de quinze États à travers les États-Unis. Nous entrons maintenant dans la phase d’hyper-croissance, en nous étendant à l’échelle nationale en passant de quinze États aux cinquante États au cours des six prochains mois. Et ce n’est que le début.

Vous trouverez plus d’informations sur nous sur notre site Web.

DESCRIPTION 

Nous embauchons des ingénieurs en logiciels pour nous aider à améliorer la prestation des soins primaires.  Nous construisons un nouveau type de pratique médicale, qui tire parti de la technologie et de la conception pour offrir une expérience considérablement améliorée aux médecins et aux patients.

Nous recherchons des ingénieurs passionnés et motivés qui sont fiers des produits qu’ils construisent. En tant qu’ingénieur Back End, vous travaillerez en collaboration avec d’autres ingénieurs, concepteurs de produits, experts en exploitation et cliniciens pour créer des fonctions destinées aux patients et aux médecins dans le produit de base. Nos principales technologies de back-end sont Ruby, rails et PostgreSQL. Cela étant dit, nous croyons en l’utilisation du bon outil pour le travail.

CE QUE VOUS FEREZ : 

– Implémenter, tester et assurer la maintenance des fonctionnalités dans les systèmes dorsaux couvrant plusieurs domaines : planification, facturation, outils cliniques pour les médecins, télémédecine, etc.

– Concevoir des API utilisées par l’application mobile.

– Intégrer des API tierces.

– Écrire des logiciels sécurisés et conformes à la norme HIPAA.

Contribuer à la culture de l’ingénierie et à l’embauche.

CE QUE VOUS APPORTEREZ :

– Plus de 5 ans d’expérience en tant qu’ingénieur Back End.

– Excellentes compétences en programmation.

– Expérience de livraison et de maintenance d’une application Web en production.

– Excellente connaissance de Ruby et rails.

– Excellente connaissance de PostgreSQL.

– Tests rigoureux et utilisation des meilleures pratiques.

– Capacité à s’approprier les résultats.

QU’EST-CE QUI VOUS DONNERA UN AVANTAGE :

– BS, MS ou PhD en informatique, en mathématiques ou dans des domaines similaires.

– Expérience de la livraison et de la maintenance d’un vaste système logiciel.

– Bonne connaissance de Javascript et capacité de contribuer au front-end si nécessaire.

– Expérience dans la prise de décisions concernant les produits.

– Excellentes compétences en communication orale et écrite.

– Bonne connaissance de la sécurité informatique.

RÉMUNÉRATION

Conformément à nos valeurs, Circle Medical a des salaires transparents basés sur le lieu (San Francisco, Montréal, ou contrats internationaux à distance), les niveaux de résultats, et les options pour échanger de l’argent contre des actions.

Il s’agit d’un poste salarié à temps plein, basé à Montréal, avec un salaire annuel (en espèces et en actions combinées) de $133,350- $171,450 CAD plus, de généreuses vacances, prestations médicales et dentaires complètes (selon le lieu de travail).

Circle Medical est fier d’être un lieu de travail où les chances sont égales. Nous nous engageons à offrir des chances d’emploi égales, indépendamment de la race, de la couleur, de l’ascendance, de la religion, du sexe, de l’origine nationale, de l’orientation sexuelle, l’âge, la citoyenneté, l’état matrimonial, l’incapacité, l’identité sexuelle ou du statut de vétéran.

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