Senior Engineer at Koa Health

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Spain

Koa Health is a digital mental health company, dedicated to bringing high-quality mental healthcare to people around the world. Against the backdrop of decades of rising demand, mental health has never been more important. With no increase in the supply of clinicians, tens of millions of people are stranded today without access to care. So widespread are these challenges across society that stigma has all but disappeared - for good. There has never been a more critical moment for the work that we’re leading at Koa Health.

Our mission is to bring mental wellbeing to everyone, and we have built the technology to deliver this mission around the world.

You'll be leading the technical development of our cutting-edge anxiety programs, created in collaboration with world-renowned psychology experts. These programs are already helping thousands of people improve their mental well-being, and you'll play a key role in scaling them to reach even more individuals in need.

Your new role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Engineer around Barcelona (flexible to remote work from other cities in Spain) who will be leading the technical development of our cutting-edge anxiety programs, created in collaboration with world-renowned psychology experts. These programs are already helping thousands of people improve their mental well-being, and you'll play a key role in scaling them to reach even more individuals in need.

In this role, you will be leading the team from a technology perspective (no direct reports) and play a key role in defining, developing, and maintaining web applications as well as their corresponding backends with a focus to add resiliency and new features to the projects. Our tech stack includes NodeJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, DynamoDB, GraphQL, AWS, EKS, Serverless, Flutter, Angular and React; and we are committed to building scalable and robust solutions that push the boundaries of technology.

You will:

Design, implement, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications having a proven track record of examples using our technology stack: NodeJS (experience with NestJS and Express are big pluses), TypeScript, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, AWS and EKS.
Drive the implementation of critical and complex components within the system.
Lead and mentor a team of developers, providing technical guidance and ensuring the adherence to best engineering practices.
Actively participate in coding tasks, demonstrating expertise in software development.
Take a lead role in architecting solutions that are both innovative and scalable, considering long-term maintainability and performance.
Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain code quality, consistency, and ensure compliance with coding standards.
Identify and prioritise areas of technical debt, and work collaboratively with the team to address and mitigate such issues.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, technical leads, designers, and other engineers, to ensure seamless delivery of high-quality software solutions and contribute to the ongoing enhancement of our development processes.
Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies, and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes with the adoption of new tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
Managing escalations from the support team for complex end user issues.
Assist the customer team in cases of strategic or demanding customers.
Ensure availability of a software solution that patients depend on as a mental health support by reacting to alerts.

You will have:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
Hands-on experience designing and implementing systems in web apps (mobile apps is a great plus).
Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with expertise in NodeJS (NestJS and Express are big pluses), Angular, Javascript/TypeScript, MongoDB, (PostgreSQL and DynamoDB are great pluses), AWS, (EKS, Serverless are big pluses).
Expertise with AWS services and how to use them.
Experience with Infrastructure as code, automation, CI/CD is a plus.
Experience with integration and end to end tests is a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Experience in managing technical debt and implementing solutions for long-term code maintainability.
Excellent leadership and communication skills.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Demonstrated ability to architect scalable and maintainable solutions.

About Koa Health

Against the backdrop of decades of rising demand, mental health has never been more important. The Covid pandemic has led to a four-fold increase in mental disorders around the world, impacting individuals, companies, and communities.

Today, we simply don’t have enough mental health clinicians to meet demand. Koa Health aims to solve the gap between demand and supply with a unique human-digital hybrid approach, built upon the best digital technology. Koa’s digital assets deliver the highest quality care, measured through engagement, program completion, patient and clinician satisfaction. Koa technology substantially increases clinician productivity, allowing our precious clinicians to treat more people.

Having secured a successful and oversubscribed Series A funding totaling €30m (ca.$36M) in October 2020 and additional €20m funding in May 2022, we are currently closing our Series B round of investment, with €12M secured from our existing investors. You can read more about Koa Health on our website here. There has never been a more critical time for the work that we’re leading at Koa Health. And this is where you come in!

Why Koa Health?

We are at the forefront of innovation in digital health, working on one of today’s hottest topics – mental health. By working with Koa, you will make a positive impact on the lives of many people.

Aside from the power of our mission, we provide all the support and benefits to make your life at work and outside of work fun and comfortable year-round, such as:

Competitive rewards package that includes: Food Allowance, Private Health Insurance, Pension Contribution, Life Insurance, Bonus Scheme, and Share Options
We believe in walking the talk: We are focused on supporting your wellbeing and therefore provide you with a Wellbeing Allowance and Wellbeing Leave, as well as a generous annual leave allocation to help manage both your mental and physical health as you see fit
Flexibility: We’re hiring your skills and experience, so ask you to use these in the most effective way you can whilst managing your work-life balance in your own way
An international environment: Our teams, our clients and our collaborators span the US, the UK, Europe, and Asia. Our breadth of experience offers the opportunity to understand and get involved in healthcare systems worldwide.

An inclusive workplace

We firmly believe that diversity and inclusion should be embedded in the fabric of our organization and we know true progress comes with long-term commitments and actions. We are building a space where our people feel respected for who they are and are rewarded based on the impact they make to the business.

Regardless of your personal identifiers, at Koa Health you can be yourself, and feel respected, accepted and supported. We promote an inclusive culture where people who think and act differently can discover ways to learn from each other. Promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity must be a company-wide effort. As a scale-up company, we are creating a safe space that fosters acceptance and invites differences as part of our first steps toward building a resilient and inclusive work environment.

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