Staff Backend Engineer

At Flinn, we’re redefining how medical device manufacturers create safer and better products. To lead the development of one of our new products and to extend and scale our technical platform, we are looking for an experienced Staff Backend Engineer. You will work with a strong AI team that previously built foundational NLP models for Amazon Alexa and a very entrepreneurial Product Manager who worked in Silicon Valley at various startups. As part of scaling Flinn, you will play a key role in growing our tech team further.

Work at the forefront of GenAI and ML, bringing state-of-the-art technologies to life.

Collaborate with an exceptional team of Top Data Scientists, Designers, and Engineers across disciplines with experience at Amazon, N26, TIER, Gorillas and IBM.

Lead a cutting-edge greenfield project with technologies like Node.js, AWS, Redis, and Elasticsearch.

Thrive in a flexible, empowering environment with unlimited vacation and autonomy over your schedule.

Receive a top-of-market salary and one of the most employee-friendly equity packages, including fair vesting terms and profit-sharing opportunities.

Be part of a well-funded startup led by a highly experienced founding team who know how to build and sustain long-term success.

Work sustainably: We are a net-zero company, and all unavoidable CO₂ emissions are compensated with carefully selected, high-quality removal certificates.

Do you want to learn more about us? Have a look at our Career Page.

Be involved in defining and shaping our technical roadmap.

Drive and spear-head architectural and software design decisions.

Take part in shaping our software development processes as well as quality and security standards.

Be hands-on in designing, developing and deploying scalable web applications.

Mentor other team members and be involved in hiring software engineers.

Proven track record of designing, implementing, delivering and maintaining complex web applications.

Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript (TypeScript is a plus).

Extensive experience building modern backend systems using Node.js (preferably using Express.js).

Solid understanding of both relational and non-relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL and Redis), experience with Elasticsearch is a plus.

Good understanding of containerization technologies (preferably Docker and/or Kubernetes) and at least one cloud computing platforms.

Experience developing in an environment with loosely coupled services and event based communication is a plus.

Experience in frontend development with React is a plus.

Motivation to write clean, well-tested, well-documented and maintainable code following strict compliance rules and guidelines.

You have a positive, problem-solving mindset and a clear bias for action, you bring in your ideas and solutions proactively.

You have a passion for sharing your knowledge, you mentor less experienced engineers, you lead by example.

You are a good communicator both with technical and non-technical folks and are able to give and receive direct and open feedback.

You are flexible, pragmatic, and able to react to new findings and keep adapting under dynamic environments.

You are passionate about creating products that solve real-world problems, while regarding technology as a tool and not an end in itself.