Remote Senior Software Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Client Engagement Details

Our client is disrupting the clinical trial enrollment process by transforming the way researchers identify eligible patients. Using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to mine structured and unstructured patient data, they find more, better-matching patients for trials in minutes, not months.

They work with some of the most prominent health systems, pharma companies, and CROs in the world, making their platform a crucial step in their clinical research workflow and greatly accelerating patients’ access to clinical trials.

Join the mission to bring life-saving treatments to patients faster with AI in clinical trials.

What You'll Do

• Develop web applications with a keen focus on user experience.
• Work closely with our existing tech event driven tech stack: Python, Elasticsearch, Typescript, and AWS Cloud Native architecture.
• Build APIs to ensure seamless data flow and storage.
• Actively collaborate with designers, front-end experts, other engineers, stakeholders, and clients.
• Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and paired programming exercises.
• Assure application reliability and quality, especially in a production setting with heightened user traffic and data processing.
• Actively participate in project scoping, estimating, and planning.

What’s in it for you

• Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
• Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
• Flexible hours. Join daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings. Other than that you’re in control of your own schedule.
• 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
• Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on software development experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on Python experience.
• 1+ years of full-time hands-on Typescript experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on React experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on AWS experience.
• 4+ years of full-time hands-on Servereless experience.
• Experience using AWS Cloud Native services: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, SES, and SNS.
• Understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Knowledgeable in secure coding practices.

Nice to haves

• Prior remote working experience.
• Worked in the healthcare domain.
• Experience with web applications that handle extensive data or witness high traffic.
• Prior experience with Kotlin/Java.
• Acumen in real-time data processing.
• Python experience
• Elastic Search experience

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 60+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What happens if the engagement is completed?

Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.