About the Opportunity

We’re Cleerly – a healthcare company based in Denver, Colorado and New York, New York that’s revolutionizing how heart disease is diagnosed, treated, and tracked.  We were founded in 2017 by one of the world’s leading cardiologists and are a growing team of world-class engineering, operations, medical affairs, marketing, and sales leaders. We raised $223M in Series C funding in 2022 which will enable rapid growth and continued support of our mission.

Cleerly is creating a new standard of care for heart disease through value-based, AI-driven precision diagnostic solutions with the goal of helping prevent heart attacks. Our technology goes beyond traditional measures of heart disease by enabling comprehensive quantification and characterization of atherosclerosis, or plaque buildup, in each of the heart arteries.  Cleerly’s solutions are supported by more than a decade of performing some of the world’s largest clinical trials to identify important findings beyond symptoms that increase a person’s risk of heart attacks. 

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer to develop cutting-edge products that have a direct impact on the care pathway for heart disease diagnosis and treatment. This role will work closely with product manager, program manager, software engineers and scientists to design, build, and maintain robust APIs, data pipelines, and backend services.

Key Responsibilities

• Defining and driving the technical vision and roadmap for key areas of the platform, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives.
• Evaluating and recommending new technologies, architectural patterns, and development methodologies to enhance system capabilities and efficiency.
• Driving architectural discussions and decisions across multiple teams, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Collaborating with product management to translate complex business requirements into robust technical designs and actionable engineering plans.
• Implementing scalable solutions to complex business rules with care to drive precision heart care
• Solving highly complex and ambiguous technical challenges that span multiple systems or domains, often involving significant intangibles.
• Developing and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or documentation to disseminate advanced knowledge and best practices across the engineering team.
• Taking ultimate ownership for the successful delivery and operational excellence of critical platform components or features
• Performing code reviews, ensuring great unit test coverage and driving bug triage
• Participating in sprint planning and design meetings

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software development experience
• Excellent knowledge of Java/Spring Framework language
• Strong proficiency in Java Persistence API(JPA) 
• Experience with server-side web & microservices frameworks such as Node.js and Express
• Strong understanding of medical device integration, clinical workflows, and network security principles
• Ability to apply and implement best practice design patterns for code maintainability
• Demonstrable capability in designing, implementing, and securing RESTful web services
• Strong SQL developer skills, including experience in Postgres, MySQL (MariaDB), NoSQL, Redis, or similar
• Experience with AWS, GitHub, and continuous integration pipelines
• Experience in digital health (medical devices/imaging), and familiarity with HIPAA/HITRUST security requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Impress us more

• Prior experience of setting up DICOM services like Store, Storage commitment, Query/Retrieve, and Modality Worklist
• Experience with Python language
• Capable of communicating effectively in Korean 

OUR COMPANY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Job duties, activities, and responsibilities are subject to change by our company.

The base salary range for this role varies by location and is aligned to market benchmarks.

• Candidates located in higher-cost labor markets, including California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC represent the middle to high end of the range, while candidates located in all other U.S. locations represent the low to middle end of the range.
• Final compensation is determined based on location, experience, skills, and internal equity.

This role is eligible for a 15% target annual bonus, resulting in the following base salary and Total Target Compensation (TTC) ranges:

• Base Salary: $153,000 - $179,000
• TTC: $176,000 - $206,000

*Total Target Compensation (TTC): Total Cash Compensation (including base pay, variable pay, commission, bonuses, etc.) Additionally, stock options, paid benefits, and employee perks are part of your total rewards.