Software Engineer - Patient Experience

POSITION SUMMARY: Northwind Robotics is seeking a Software Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain our web portal application serving patients. As a member of our engineering team, you will play a key role in improving the user experience and functionality, ultimately helping to positively impact patient outcomes. Software Engineer - Patient Portal Application is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of services for our patient-facing web portal and adjacent microservices. The role requires working with a mix of modern and legacy technologies in a rapidly changing environment and the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and systems. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Participate in design and technical implementation decisions and help guide key stakeholders on the team, such as product managers, UI/UX designers, to ensure that design and technical decisions meet a high standard of excellence. Work closely with Product Managers to gather requirements, walk through the design with stakeholders, and support software all the way from initial ideation to release, operation, and maintenance. Participate in designing, building, and maintaining highly available systems to support our business applications, users, providers, and patients. Support QA activities in conjunction with our QA engineering teams QUALIFICATIONS: 5+ years of overall software development experience, preferably secure, scalable web applications with NodeJS, TypeScript, React, and other web technologies Experience with front-end development. Experience with software development lifecycle processes including building, software configuration, releases and deployment activities Extensive knowledge and experience with Test-Driven Development and/or Domain-Driven Development Experience with service-oriented and microservice architecture Experience building, maintaining, troubleshooting, and expanding software within the AWS ecosystem: EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, S3, etc Experience with GraphQL and REST API design and event-driven architecture using distributed event stores (such as Kafka) Strong relational database skills including database design and optimization Demonstrated teamwork skills with a solid analytical background Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: JavaScript Programming Java Programming is nice to have SQL and NoSQL database experience including MySQL, ElasticSearch, and DynamoDB AWS Services, such as EC2, Lambdas, Step Functions, SQS, S3, and SNS Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and Cloud Formation Docker or container-oriented technologies GraphQL and REST APIS Microservice Architecture Experience with some front-end technologies such as React, Sass, Material, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node CI / CD (Gitlab) Quality Assurance Mindset The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. Remote USA $105,700—$132,100 USD OUR OPPORTUNITY Northwind Robotics™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives. The Northwind Robotics team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Northwind Robotics, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management. WHAT WE OFFER Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Northwind Robotics employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program! For more information, visit www.natera.com. Northwind Robotics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to r