Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d) Digital Health

About this position

To join our Product Development Team, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d) to start as soon as possible.

The Product Development Team

At BetterDoc, we have developed and now enhance a system to support the assignment of patients to physicians who can best treat them - depending on the patient's condition, we find the best doctor to treat him or her. Our next big steps are automation of the patient-physician matching process and the equipment and operation of the data science platform.

We value curiosity and learning - to support this, we offer dedicated time for personal development and growth.

We are proud to trust our people instead of controlling them. Our team organises itself and reflects on how to improve our working mode.

We depend on self-motivation. We offer a lot and count on you to grab what you need.

Your mission

You take responsibility in changing the way healthcare works in Europe and beyond. With your work you help 1 Mio people in 2028 to get the best possible treatment at the right doctors or clinics. For achieving this you leverage technology for our employees and customers, so they apply their expertise more effectively and efficiently.

• You enjoy working as part of a cross functional team. Together with your colleagues, you will code, review PRs, deploy to production, etc.
• You can write and maintain high-quality and well-tested code that is aligned with the overall service architecture and utilises abstractions and code isolation effectively. You can also prepare a fast proof of concept when you need to.
• You understand our engineering strategy and often involve yourself in discussions on the implications for the team you are working in
• You commit to realistic amounts of work, and work with teammates both to ensure they understand priority and urgency, and to deliver upon them accordingly
• You look for opportunities to simplify product & technical design
• You approach engineering work with a security lens, actively look for security vulnerabilities both in the code and when providing peer reviews
• You have excellent communication skills and written English, are self-motivated, and comfortable working in a remote position.
• You deliver praise and constructive feedback to teams, teammates and manager in a useful manner
• You encourage teammates to openly share their opinions and contribute to discussions in a respectful manner. Approach disagreement non-defensively with inquisitiveness. Use contradictory opinions as a basis for constructive, productive conversations. Be open to changing perspectives and plans based on others' input
• You regularly think about team practices and processes and discuss improvements

Your profile

• In your professional career as a software engineer (min three years) you have been working on state of the art software architecture and you are familiar with recent trends and modern Software Development
• You are comfortable with Elixir and/or Ruby on Rails since these are our primary languages
• Additionally, you are acquainted with at least two common web development frameworks (Django, React, )
• Practical experience following Domain Driven Design
• Good understanding of SQL, Databases and basics of User Experience Design
• Solid foundation in software patterns, data structures, algorithms, software design and experience designing & building scalable data-intensive architectures

At BetterDoc, you will work to deliver value, not to fulfil a spec. We value curiosity, the will to learn and the drive to deliver great software. We look for people that want to see their influence on what was created and who are proud of their craft. Your place of work is in or within reasonable distance of Cologne to allow you to work closely with our management team even if most of the work is remote.

Please be aware that if you do not live in a country belonging to the European Union or you are not planning to move to the EU, we cannot follow up on your application.

What BetterDoc offers you:

• An organisation built on trust instead of control
• Dedicated time for personal development and growth
• Limited travel, ready for remote work, flexible working hours
• An interesting and challenging job with excellent development prospects and creative possibilities and the opportunity to raise the "quality in health" for millions of people
• Opportunity to participate in the long term incentive programme
• Job ticket for local transportation if you are based in Cologne
• International working atmosphere in a motivated and high-calibre team
• State of the art hardware
• Membership in our patient s club (so that you can use our service!)