Senior Software Engineer (Backend / Python)

Join Cara Care, a digital health company on a mission to improve digestive health through technology. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and operate scalable software components, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive technical excellence. You should have strong backend development skills, familiarity with cloud native architecture, and a passion for continuous improvement.

• Design, develop, and operate scalable software components across the stack, from backend APIs to patient-facing applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore, define, and deliver new product features and improve the current platform.
• Drive technical excellence in architecture, code quality, and security, particularly in compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Strong understanding of Containers, Kubernetes ecosystem. Familiarity with cloud native architecture and the cloud native landscape
• Strong Linux system administration capabilities. Strong familiarity with self hosting, setting up and managing and securing bare linux cloud instances
• Solid understanding of relational databases (Postgresql, Mysql, ..etc)
• Strong backend development skills using any modern established language (Python, Go, Node.js, Java, PHP). Our stack includes Python, Django, PostgreSQL
• Basic familiarity with monitoring and observability concepts. Familiarity with Prometheus, Loki and Grafana stack is a huge plus
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and its core services (or any other major cloud provider AWS, Azure...etc)
• Curiosity, pragmatism, and a drive to continuously improve both product and platform
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally across backend
• Good understanding of distributed systems and service oriented architecture
• Basic Networking experience is a plus
• GitOps experience with ArgoCD or FluxCD is a huge plus
• Familiarity with Ansible or similar config management tools is a plus
• Experience in product-centric teams and working closely with non-technical stakeholders
• Bonus: experience in regulated industries, healthcare, or security-conscious environments