Lead Software Engineer (Santa Monica, CA)

Location
Santa Monica, California
Workplace
On-site

About this role

\nDuties
  • Develop and enhance features for the Collectly product in a secure, well-tested, and performant manner.
  • Integrate Collectly with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems.
  • Build and maintain ETL data pipelines.
  • Design scalable database schemas and optimize queries for PostgreSQL.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Founders, Frontend, UX, and other core team members to deliver high-quality features in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
  • Engage with customers to gather feedback, understand workflows, and ensure product improvements align with real-world needs.
  • Conduct technical research on emerging tools, frameworks, and best practices to improve Collectly’s platform and guide architectural decisions.
  • Solve complex technical problems while maintaining high standards for code quality, maintainability, and scalability.
  • Participate in code reviews to uphold internal standards and mentor peers.
  • Identify and address technical debt, proposing sustainable solutions to improve team efficiency.
  • Represent Collectly and its values in customer interactions, external communications, and technical discussions around projects.
  • Independently ship small and mid-sized features, while collaborating with the team on larger initiatives.
  • This position leads integration efforts for Pre-visit Intake Automation, AI Eligibility and Benefits, and AI Cost Estimates products.
Requirements
  • Associate’s degree in Software Engineering, or similar field, and 6 years of experience as a Web Developer or Python Developer.

  • Knowledge of:
    - PostgreSQL internals, autovacuum, and transaction isolation levels;
    - Python internals, including details of data type implementation regarding memory management and performance optimization.

  • Experience in:
    - optimizing database queries using advanced PostgreSQL features;
    - using CTEs, Window Functions, and complex data types in PostgreSQL;
    - building containerized applications with Docker, writing multi-stage Dockerfiles, building cross-platform Docker images, and orchestrating multi-container environments;
    - deploying scalable services using Kubernetes and AWS, managing EKS clusters, defining resources, configuring traffic routing, and implementing autoscaling;
    - architecting CI/CD pipelines on GitLab;
    - building complex data schemas and queries using SQLAlchemy while implementing polymorphic relationships and preventing N+1 problems;
    - building RESTful web services using FastAPI and Flask, utilizing validation, async endpoints, and middleware;
    - building dynamic JavaScript web applications using modern frameworks and integrating them with RESTful APIs;

    - building and deploying web applications using C# and .NET Framework;
    - complex ETL workflows using Celery Canvas primitives, while managing intermediate state and monitoring queue health; and
    - Python asynchronous programming (asyncio, coroutines, and event loops).

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$200,000 - $200,000 a year
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