Senior Software Engineer - UpDoc

About UpDoc

At UpDoc, we are building the world's first clinically validated, physician-supervised conversational agent that manages chronic diseases; the first step towards a true "AI doctor". With partners including Stanford, Mayo Clinic, Eli Lilly, UCSF Health, and Microsoft, UpDoc is working to build a future where all patients can access high-quality, high-touch care. Learn more about us here.

We are seeking a talented and motivated senior engineer to join our team. You will primarily work on our backend services. This is a fully remote position.

Who You Are

You're an experienced senior engineer with strong backend expertise. You're a pragmatic, thoughtful engineer with experience owning projects end-to-end. You're excited to build the technical foundation for AI-powered healthcare and apply solid engineering principles to deliver reliability when it matters most.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain high-quality backend systems in Python.

• Work with frontend, product and other engineering team members to scope and define backend functionality for the product.

• Design internal and external APIs that power the UpDoc platform.

• Develop and maintain integrations with third-party healthcare services.

• Help with aspects of the end-to-end engineering stack such as DevOps, CI/CD and observability.

• Participate in day-to-day engineering tasks such as code review and troubleshooting production issues.

• Collaborate with clinical experts to ensure our services are accurate, reliable and trustworthy.

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.

• Comfortable working with type-hinted, modern Python.

• Ability to deliver reliable, maintainable systems in a fast-paced environment where safety matters.

• Knowledge of backend-relevant software engineering fundamentals, e.g. networking basics, HTTP, caching, database design, RPC, etc.

• Experience with cloud platforms (especially Azure), DevOps/IaC practices and containerization.

• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

• Extensive experience with software testing methodologies and practices.

• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues in production environments.

• Demonstrated ability to learn continuously, work independently and communicate effectively.

• Experience owning projects end-to-end.

Highly Desired

• Extensive experience with Python and knowledge of the Python ecosystem.

• Experience with FastAPI and Pydantic.

• Experience with healthcare industry standards, such as FHIR, and regulations, including HIPAA and SOC 2.

• Experience in an early stage (< 20 employees) startup environment.

• Experience building applications with LLMs.

Why you should join us

• Join a small, high-impact team building the future of healthcare.

• Work with cutting-edge LLM tools that support world-class medical institutions.

• Shape core technical architecture in an emerging field.

• Competitive compensation and equity in an early-stage startup.