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You are a strong senior full-stack software engineer with a proven track record of shipping and operating production systems at scale. You bring strong technical judgment, a high bar for quality, and the ability to lead complex initiatives end to end. You are comfortable working across frontend and backend systems, influencing architecture, and guiding teams through ambiguity.

At Rival, AI is central to how we build and how our product evolves. In this role, you are expected to lead AI-enabled feature development, own AI-focused epics, and elevate the team’s capabilities in modern AI-assisted development and AI product delivery. You understand how modern web applications are designed, built, and deployed in cloud environments. You are comfortable operating within AWS-based systems and take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of the software you deliver.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Rival, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of high-impact features across our product platform, with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled capabilities. You will own outcomes end to end, mentor engineers, strengthen engineering standards, and collaborate closely with Product, UX, QA, and stakeholders to deliver well-scoped, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Who are we? 

When you join Rival Group, you’re not just accelerating your career—you’re also helping shape the future of customer insights and market research.

We’re a forward-thinking, results-driven organization obsessed with helping innovative brands get closer to their customers in a way that feels fresh, organic, and fun. Rival Technologies, the tech arm of our business, is the world’s best conversational research platform and one of Vancouver’s fastest-growing tech companies. 🚀 Reach3 Insights, our consulting side, is an award-winning 🏆 market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver. Together, we’re helping brands like Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Dell Technologies, REVOLT TV, and Roblox get better insights they can use to deliver better products, create more impactful marketing campaigns, and improve the end-to-end customer experience.

Our customers LOVE our tech and services. We’re growing fast—and we’re inviting great people to join us on the ride 🎢

If making measurable, immediate impact while having fun sounds like your jam, then we invite you to apply! 👇

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design, development, testing, and release of production features across the Rival product suite
• Own feature epics from discovery and architecture through implementation,
  rollout, and iteration
• Build across frontend and backend systems in a modern JavaScript and TypeScript stack
• Partner with Product and Design to shape requirements, clarify trade-offs, and drive execution plans for complex initiatives
• Set and uphold a high bar for code quality, performance, security, reliability, and user experience
• Improve test coverage, CI reliability, tooling, and overall developer experience
• Drive technical design reviews and produce clear written design documentation
• Identify risks and dependencies early and communicate mitigation strategies
• Debug and resolve issues across the full stack, including cloud environments and production systems
• Influence architectural decisions and long-term technical direction
• Raise the bar through thoughtful code reviews, mentorship, and coaching
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and overall team development

AI and Modern Development Practices

Rival encourages engineers to thoughtfully leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.

• Apply strong judgment to AI behavior, correctness, privacy, security, and reliability risks
• Design evaluation strategies for AI features using test suites, human review, metrics, and monitoring
• Establish best practices for AI integration, including guardrails, validation,
  observability, and maintainability
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering speed and quality
• Collaborate cross-functionally on AI requirements such as telemetry, user feedback loops, and model performance tracking

What You'll Have:  

• 7+ years of professional experience building and operating production software systems
• Strong full-stack expertise across frontend and backend development
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives or epics end to end
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including architecture, testing strategy, performance, and reliability
• Experience building or integrating AI-enabled product features such as LLM workflows, retrieval systems, agent-style architectures, or automated decision support
• Ability to evaluate and improve AI feature quality using structured testing, monitoring, and feedback mechanisms
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in cloud-based environments, preferably AWS
• Familiarity with serverless and or microservices architectures from an application perspective
• Ability to reason about and debug issues across the full stack

Technology Stack & Tools

• Languages & Runtime: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
• Frontend: React, Redux, Next.js, Styled Components
• Backend & APIs: Express, GraphQL
• Data & Storage: PostgreSQL, Redis or Valkey, MongoDB
• Messaging & Search: Kafka, Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Cloud: AWS (application-level experience); CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform (working knowledge, no infrastructure ownership)
• Testing: Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Vitest, Cucumber
• Engineering & Collaboration Tools: Atlassian Jira and Confluence, with a solid understanding of Agile workflows, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and Scrum ceremonies

Why us for your next career adventure?  

💵 Fair compensation

We’re committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap. 

• In determining salary, Rival Technologies considers many factors including the successful candidate’s skillset and experience as well as internal equity. The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000, with the upper portion typically reserved for tenured employees who have developed extensive job knowledge and expertise within the company.

Our compensation package also includes:

• Home office, Internet and Cellphone stipends
• RRSP plan with employer matching
• Parental leave top up

💆‍♂️ Flexibility and time off

• Hybrid working model and home office benefits
• Comprehensive paid time off that covers vacation, sick, and personal days. 

🩺 Health and wellness

• Extended health and dental plan
• Health spending account
• Generous sick, personal, and mental health days
• $1,000 annual mental health benefits with Canada Life

🤝 A great place to work you can be proud of

According to a survey of our employees conducted by an independent agency:

• 91% of our people believe management practices are equal and impartial
• 86% have pride in their work and the organization
• 91% agree that their teammates are friendly, supportive and welcoming

Our values at Rival:

• Courage
• Results
• Energy
• Kinship

The not-so-fine-print 🧐

If you think you’re a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. At Rival, we value the unique qualities and experiences that each candidate brings to the table. We believe in a personal approach to hiring and take the time to thoroughly review each resume ourselves. Rest assured, we do not use AI or automated systems to review or filter resumes. Every application is carefully reviewed by our hiring team to ensure a fair and personalized evaluation process. If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that individuals in underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Rival provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Rival is also committed to fostering a culture of belonging, which includes ensuring an accessible work environment and employment practices. If you require accommodation at any point in the selection process, please email peopleteam@rivalgroup.io

Finally, we know from time to time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview — we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.

Please note given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.

No recruiters and no phone calls, please!

Lantern is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our healthcare technology team and help shape the future of our platform. In this role, you will drive technical innovation, design and build robust Python-based microservices, and maintain existing C# .NET applications as we transition toward a modern, scalable architecture. You’ll work across the full stack—building secure APIs, developing intuitive frontends, and delivering cloud-native solutions that improve the lives of patients and healthcare providers.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer and technical leader who promotes a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’re comfortable working across domains, partnering with Product, and other stakeholders, and navigating ambiguity to make pragmatic architectural decisions. We value engineers who take ownership, communicate clearly, and are eager to mentor others while raising the technical bar.

At Lantern, we thrive on solving complex challenges and reimagining how healthcare is delivered. We’re looking for someone who brings creativity, curiosity, and a passion for building scalable, maintainable systems—along with a strong sense of teamwork, delivery focus, and a genuine enthusiasm for improving healthcare through technology.

Location: Hybrid - at least 3 days/wk in Vancouver, BC

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust backend solutions using Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) and contribute to .NET (C#) systems during the ongoing platform transition.
• Develop, document, and maintain secure RESTful APIs for integration with internal applications, third-party services, and mobile platforms.
• Build and maintain responsive frontends using React or Angular, tailored for care advocates and patient-facing applications.
• Leverage cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) to develop scalable, high-availability solutions using cloud-native services such as functions, messaging queues, storage, and managed databases.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines in co-ownership with infrastructure team to support continuous delivery and infrastructure automation with tools like Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, and QA teams to define technical requirements and ensure regulatory alignment.
• Participate in system architecture design, peer code reviews, and sprint planning to drive high-quality engineering outcomes.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to internal technical standards, documentation, and best practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Python and working knowledge of .NET (C#) for maintaining legacy systems.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience building secure, scalable REST APIs and backend services.
• Solid understanding of relational databases such as Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests using frameworks such as PyTest, xUnit, or Jest to ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorization flows.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms like Azure or AWS, including serverless and containerized services.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to modern design and development practices.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, X12) and HIPAA-compliant environments is a plus
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• RRSP with company match

Lantern is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our healthcare technology team and help shape the future of our platform. In this role, you will drive technical innovation, design and build robust Python-based microservices, and maintain existing C# .NET applications as we transition toward a modern, scalable architecture. You’ll work across the full stack—building secure APIs, developing intuitive frontends, and delivering cloud-native solutions that improve the lives of patients and healthcare providers.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer and technical leader who promotes a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’re comfortable working across domains, partnering with Product, and other stakeholders, and navigating ambiguity to make pragmatic architectural decisions. We value engineers who take ownership, communicate clearly, and are eager to mentor others while raising the technical bar.

At Lantern, we thrive on solving complex challenges and reimagining how healthcare is delivered. We’re looking for someone who brings creativity, curiosity, and a passion for building scalable, maintainable systems—along with a strong sense of teamwork, delivery focus, and a genuine enthusiasm for improving healthcare through technology.

Location: Hybrid - at least 3 days/wk in one of our offices:  Dallas, TX (preferred) / Chicago/Evanston / New York / Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust backend solutions using Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) and contribute to .NET (C#) systems during the ongoing platform transition.
• Develop, document, and maintain secure RESTful APIs for integration with internal applications, third-party services, and mobile platforms.
• Build and maintain responsive frontends using React or Angular, tailored for care advocates and patient-facing applications.
• Leverage cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) to develop scalable, high-availability solutions using cloud-native services such as functions, messaging queues, storage, and managed databases.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines in co-ownership with infrastructure team to support continuous delivery and infrastructure automation with tools like Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, and QA teams to define technical requirements and ensure regulatory alignment.
• Participate in system architecture design, peer code reviews, and sprint planning to drive high-quality engineering outcomes.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to internal technical standards, documentation, and best practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Python and working knowledge of .NET (C#) for maintaining legacy systems.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience building secure, scalable REST APIs and backend services.
• Solid understanding of relational databases such as Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests using frameworks such as PyTest, xUnit, or Jest to ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorization flows.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms like Azure or AWS, including serverless and containerized services.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to modern design and development practices.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, X12) and HIPAA-compliant environments is a plus
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Full-Stack Developer, you will architect and build custom web applications across multiple client engagements, owning both the backend API layer and the frontend. A defining aspect of this role is working with AI as a logic layer within applications: integrating LLM APIs for validation, decision-making, classification, and content generation. You make strong technical decisions around authentication, security, state management, and performance, and you bring cloud engineering awareness for edge computing, CDN delivery, and serverless environments. This is not a traditional manual coding role. You orchestrate AI development tools, primarily Claude Code, through strategic prompting and rigorous review, taking full ownership of what ships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Architect and build custom web applications using Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono), Python (FastAPI, Flask), and Next.js/React.
• Design and build RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs that serve multiple frontends and integrate with third-party services.
• Integrate AI and LLM APIs as a core logic layer, building intelligent features such as validation, classification, content generation, and decision support.
• Implement authentication, authorisation (JWT, OAuth, RBAC), and security across applications.
• Design and manage database layers (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed equivalents), including schema design, migrations, and query optimisation.
• Architect with cloud-native patterns: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless deployments, and caching strategies.
• Write and maintain automated tests across the full stack: unit (Vitest/Jest), API/integration, component (React Testing Library), and E2E (Playwright/Cypress).
• Orchestrate AI development tools (Claude Code) through strategic prompting, ensuring high-quality, production-ready output.

EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong backend proficiency across Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono) and Python (FastAPI, Flask), with TypeScript and Python as working languages.
• Strong Next.js and React experience.
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs as an application logic layer: validation, classification, content generation, and decision-making within business workflows.
• Database design and management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed services (Cloud SQL, RDS, ApsaraDB).
• Authentication and authorisation patterns (JWT, OAuth, RBAC) and API security.
• Cloud engineering: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless architecture, container orchestration.
• Full-stack test automation: unit, API/integration, component, and E2E testing.
• Performance optimisation: caching, query optimisation, code splitting, monitoring.
• REST and/or GraphQL API design.
• Demonstrated ability to orchestrate AI development tools through strategic prompting and quality oversight.

TECHNOLOGIES

Deep understanding of the following technologies is essential:

• Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Express, Hono, Python, FastAPI, Flask.
• Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS.
• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed database services.
• Authentication: JWT, OAuth, RBAC.
• Cloud and edge: Alibaba Cloud, GCP, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Lambda.
• AI/LLM API integration and orchestration.
• Testing: Vitest/Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress, API testing.
• Docker, CI/CD, Git, Claude Code.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a consulting or agency environment across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Apollo GraphQL Server for federated or schema-first APIs.
• Event-driven patterns (webhooks, message queues, real-time notifications).
• Multi-model AI strategies (routing between LLMs based on task requirements).
• Graph databases (Neo4j) or vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Export/print workflows (PDF generation, report exports).

WHO YOU ARE

You are a full-stack developer who takes ownership of the complete application, from API design and database schema through to the frontend. You treat security, performance, and data integrity as first-class concerns. You are comfortable working with AI as a logic layer, and you understand cloud-native architecture well enough to make informed decisions about edge computing, caching, and deployment. You thrive in a consulting environment, adapting to new domains and communicating clearly with technical teams and client stakeholders.

WHAT APPNOVATION HAS TO OFFER 

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Direct Access to Cutting-Edge AI Platforms
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture 
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas are valued
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Full-Stack Developer, you will architect and build custom web applications across multiple client engagements, owning both the backend API layer and the frontend. A defining aspect of this role is working with AI as a logic layer within applications: integrating LLM APIs for validation, decision-making, classification, and content generation. You make strong technical decisions around authentication, security, state management, and performance, and you bring cloud engineering awareness for edge computing, CDN delivery, and serverless environments. This is not a traditional manual coding role. You orchestrate AI development tools, primarily Claude Code, through strategic prompting and rigorous review, taking full ownership of what ships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Architect and build custom web applications using Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono), Python (FastAPI, Flask), and Next.js/React.
• Design and build RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs that serve multiple frontends and integrate with third-party services.
• Integrate AI and LLM APIs as a core logic layer, building intelligent features such as validation, classification, content generation, and decision support.
• Implement authentication, authorisation (JWT, OAuth, RBAC), and security across applications.
• Design and manage database layers (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed equivalents), including schema design, migrations, and query optimisation.
• Architect with cloud-native patterns: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless deployments, and caching strategies.
• Write and maintain automated tests across the full stack: unit (Vitest/Jest), API/integration, component (React Testing Library), and E2E (Playwright/Cypress).
• Orchestrate AI development tools (Claude Code) through strategic prompting, ensuring high-quality, production-ready output.

EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong backend proficiency across Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono) and Python (FastAPI, Flask), with TypeScript and Python as working languages.
• Strong Next.js and React experience.
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs as an application logic layer: validation, classification, content generation, and decision-making within business workflows.
• Database design and management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed services (Cloud SQL, RDS, ApsaraDB).
• Authentication and authorisation patterns (JWT, OAuth, RBAC) and API security.
• Cloud engineering: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless architecture, container orchestration.
• Full-stack test automation: unit, API/integration, component, and E2E testing.
• Performance optimisation: caching, query optimisation, code splitting, monitoring.
• REST and/or GraphQL API design.
• Demonstrated ability to orchestrate AI development tools through strategic prompting and quality oversight.

TECHNOLOGIES

Deep understanding of the following technologies is essential:

• Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Express, Hono, Python, FastAPI, Flask.
• Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS.
• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed database services.
• Authentication: JWT, OAuth, RBAC.
• Cloud and edge: Alibaba Cloud, GCP, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Lambda.
• AI/LLM API integration and orchestration.
• Testing: Vitest/Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress, API testing.
• Docker, CI/CD, Git, Claude Code.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a consulting or agency environment across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Apollo GraphQL Server for federated or schema-first APIs.
• Event-driven patterns (webhooks, message queues, real-time notifications).
• Multi-model AI strategies (routing between LLMs based on task requirements).
• Graph databases (Neo4j) or vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Export/print workflows (PDF generation, report exports).

WHO YOU ARE

You are a full-stack developer who takes ownership of the complete application, from API design and database schema through to the frontend. You treat security, performance, and data integrity as first-class concerns. You are comfortable working with AI as a logic layer, and you understand cloud-native architecture well enough to make informed decisions about edge computing, caching, and deployment. You thrive in a consulting environment, adapting to new domains and communicating clearly with technical teams and client stakeholders.

WHAT APPNOVATION HAS TO OFFER 

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Direct Access to Cutting-Edge AI Platforms
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture 
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas are valued
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model

Synthesis Health

Who We Are

We’re a mission- and values-driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer who serves as the universal data architect for our platform.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between application engineering and data infrastructure. You will possess a "big picture" understanding of our entire data ecosystem—OLTP, OLAP, NoSQL, and Relational. You will own the optimization of our high-volume data pipelines, but equally, you will tune the operational databases that power our services and design the warehousing strategies that drive our analytics.

You will be the authority on data physics: defining how we ingest massive bursts of medical information, how we model it for high-performance transactional locking, and how we transform it for analytical querying without friction.

This is a high-leverage leadership role. You will set the standard for data engineering excellence, mentoring Senior engineers and defining the architectural patterns that keep our platform performant as we scale 100x and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

Polyglot Data Architecture & Performance

• Universal Store Optimization: You will be the ultimate authority on the performance of our persistent stores. You will tune AlloyDB (PostgreSQL) for complex transactions (OLTP), optimize NoSQL layers, and structure BigQuery for analytical speed (OLAP).
• Prevent Congestion & Latency: You will proactively identify and resolve "hot spots" in our data architecture. You will design strategies for sharding, partitioning, and active-archiving that ensure our operational systems remain lean while our analytical history grows indefinitely.

High-Volume Pipeline & Ingestion Strategy

• Ingestion at Scale: You will architect robust, backpressure-aware pipelines to handle high-throughput ingestion of HL7 and DICOM metadata. You will ensure our systems can absorb bursty traffic without degrading the user experience.
• Stream & Batch Convergence: You will design the flows that move data from operational stores to our data warehouse, ensuring freshness and consistency. You will determine when to use real-time streams versus batch processing to balance cost and latency.

Service Design & Data Governance

• Define Data Contracts: You will act as a key voice on the Architecture Review Board (ARB), defining the "rules of the road" for how microservices interact with the data layer. You will enforce strict data contracts that decouple services from the underlying storage engine.
• Mentorship: You will elevate the data engineering capabilities of the entire organization. You will mentor other engineers on advanced query optimization, data modeling (Star Schema vs. 3NF), and the nuances of distributed data consistency.

What We’re Looking For

• Elite Data Engineering Experience: 8+ years of experience designing and optimizing data-intensive applications. You have a track record of solving hard scaling problems across the entire data lifecycle.
• Universal Data Fluency: You have deep expertise across the spectrum: Relational (AlloyDB/PostgreSQL internals, MVCC, locking), NoSQL (Document stores, Key-Value), and Warehousing (BigQuery/Snowflake internals, columnar storage).
• Pipeline Proficiency: Expert-level knowledge of building and optimizing data pipelines using tools like Kafka/PubSub, Beam/Dataflow, or dbt. You understand how to handle late data, duplicates, and exactly-once processing.
• Service & System Design: You understand how data stores fit into a broader microservices architecture. You can design synchronous vs. asynchronous data access patterns that protect the database from application-layer thundering herds.
• Coding Skills: Strong proficiency in Python, Java, SQL. You write clean, maintainable code for infrastructure and data transformation.
• Performance Obsession: You have a proven ability to debug complex data performance issues, from tuning query execution plans and resolving lock contention to optimizing high-throughput ingestion pipelines for minimal lag.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare Data: Familiarity with the specific challenges of healthcare data (DICOM hierarchy, HL7 message structures) and compliance (HIPAA).
• Real-Time Analytics: Experience architecting real-time analytics dashboards or hybrid transactional/analytical workflows.
• Migration Experience: Experience leading zero-downtime database migrations or major schema refactors in a 24/7 environment.

Why You Should Join Us

• Solve Our Toughest Puzzles: This is a high-leverage role. You will be working on the most impactful technical challenges that are critical to the company's success.
• Define the Architecture: You won't just be maintaining a system; you will be a primary author of its future state, with the autonomy to make it happen.
• Lead from the Front: This is a chance to establish yourself as a key technical voice in a rapidly growing company.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits: We offer a strong salary, a 100% remote culture, and significant opportunities for growth.

We are a values-driven company. Our values:

• Clinical service first.
• Collaborate with our customers.
• Listen, respect, learn.
• Innovate to excel.

The behaviors we look for:

• Be nice.
• Be creative.
• Be honest.
• Be helpful.

Compensation and Benefits

Typical salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000 (CAD). However, Synthesis participates in location based hiring and salary ranges can be adjusted based on candidate's residence. 

Other benefits include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, “Use as needed” vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.

Synthesis Health

Who We Are

We’re a mission- and values-driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Platform Engineer to help build the next generation of our cloud-native healthcare platform. You will be a key technical contributor, responsible for designing, building, and owning critical components that form the backbone of our systems. You will focus on improving the scalability, performance, and reliability of our services, enabling our product teams to deliver innovative features to our customers faster and more securely.

If you are a builder who thrives on solving complex distributed systems problems, enjoys mentoring others, and wants to make a significant impact on healthcare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Build Core Platform Services: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure platform components and microservices that are critical to project success and product capabilities.
• Drive Performance and Reliability: Promote and implement best practices for observability, monitoring, and performance testing. You will analyze and optimize application-level performance for our critical workflows, ensuring they meet strict uptime and speed requirements.
• Improve System Architecture: Contribute to the analysis of our platform architecture, helping to identify performance bottlenecks, improve data and caching flows, and simplify architectural complexity.
• Elevate Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for core platform services. You will set a high standard for code quality and testing within the team by leading design reviews and providing constructive feedback.
• Lead with Technical Expertise and Mentorship: Formally or informally mentor junior engineers, helping to level up the team through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands-on guidance. You will significantly influence your team's technical direction and decisions.
• Create Excellent Documentation: Produce clear, high-quality architectural diagrams and technical documentation for the components you own, contributing to the team's shared knowledge base.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in Distributed Systems: 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of designing, building, and operating scalable and high-performance services.
• Strong Architectural and Design Skills: You can independently tackle complex technical challenges within your domain, architecting robust solutions and making sound technical trade-offs with minimal guidance.
• Performance and Debugging Expertise: You have hands-on experience instrumenting and debugging performance issues across a full stack—from application code and databases to caching layers and infrastructure—using modern performance profiling and monitoring tools.
• Hands-On Expertise with Modern Tech Stacks: You have practical knowledge of the principles and technologies behind our platform:
  • Microservices, event-driven design, and distributed architectures.
  • Cloud platforms (GCP preferably), with hands-on experience in Docker and Kubernetes (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run).
  • Expertise across relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL/AlloyDB, MongoDB, Redis) and data warehousing (e.g., BigQuery).
  • Real-world experience with Pub/Sub messaging systems (e.g., Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Kafka).
  • Statically typed languages (e.g., TypeScript, Go, C/C++, Java, Rust).
  • Gitflow branching model.
• Clarity in Communication: You can clearly articulate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Your diagrams and documents are a source of clarity.
• Leadership Through Influence: You have a demonstrated ability to influence your team's technical direction, driving consensus, and elevating the bar for engineering excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare Domain Experience: While engineering excellence is paramount, your application will stand out if you have experience in regulated industries. Deep familiarity with healthcare data standards (DICOM, HL7) and compliance regulations (HIPAA) is a significant advantage.

Why You Should Join Us

• Solve Challenging Problems: This is a high-leverage role. You will be working on impactful technical challenges that are critical to the company's success.
• Build the Future of Healthcare: You won't just be maintaining a system; you will be a primary builder of its future state, with the autonomy to own major components.
• Make a Major Impact: This is a chance to establish yourself as a key technical voice on a team that is transforming healthcare.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits: We offer a strong salary, meaningful equity, a 100% remote culture, and significant opportunities for growth.

We are a values-driven company. Our values:

1. Clinical service first.
2. Collaborate with our customers.
3. Listen, respect, learn.
4. Innovate to excel.

The behaviors we look for:

1. Be nice.
2. Be creative.
3. Be honest.
4. Be helpful.

Compensation and Benefits

Typical salary range for this position is $85,000 - $110,000. However, Synthesis participates in location based hiring and salary ranges can be adjusted based on candidate's residence. 

Other benefits include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, “Use as needed” vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.

About the Role

As a Sr. Systems Full-Stack Engineer, you will bridge the gap between design and development by rapidly transforming concepts into production-ready applications using modern full-stack frameworks and AI design tools. You will play a key role in the early stages of innovation, taking ideas from concept to prototype to production with a strong focus on frontend excellence, design system alignment, and solid backend foundations. Leveraging tools like v0.dev, bolt.new, and Lovable, you will accelerate design-to-code workflows while ensuring every component meets enterprise standards for accessibility, performance, and scalability. You will collaborate closely with UX Designers, AI Builders, and Innovation Leads, using platforms like Figma and Supabase to deliver cohesive, high-quality applications. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys experimentation, and has a passion for pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve in modern software development.

Key Responsibilities

• Rapidly turn concepts into interactive prototypes using AI design tools (v0.dev, bolt.new, Lovable, etc.).
• Build secure, scalable full-stack applications from prototype to production, emphasizing robust backend architecture, relational database design, and complex logic structures.
• Develop and translate UI prototypes into production-ready frontends, adapting flexibly across modern JavaScript frameworks (React/Vue) and structured low-code enterprise platforms (OutSystems) based on client needs.
• Align all components with existing design systems, including tokens, color, typography, and brand guidelines.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services (e.g., Supabase), integrating SQL/NoSQL databases for efficient data management.
• Implement authentication, caching, and performance optimizations across the stack.
• Collaborate with UX Designers, AI Builders, and Innovation Leads throughout the development lifecycle.
• Maintain component libraries and design systems in Figma to streamline design–dev workflows.
• Document technical decisions and implementations in Jira.

Qualification

• 6+ years of full-stack development experience.
• Strong foundational understanding of web architecture, with expertise bridging modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue) and enterprise application platforms (e.g., OutSystems, Appian).
• Proven backend experience with a strong emphasis on relational database design (SQL), complex logic structures, and strongly-typed/compiled environments (e.g., C#, Java, TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with AI design tools (v0.dev, bolt.new, Lovable) and workflow automation (N8N).
• Strong background in backend development, including API design (REST/GraphQL) and database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Skilled in authentication (OAuth, JWT), caching, and performance optimization.
• Deep understanding of design systems, tokens, and component-driven development.
• Expert Figma user, proficient with design system management and CSS frameworks (e.g., TailwindCSS).
• Experienced with TypeScript, modern JavaScript (ES6+), and cloud deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven track record of delivering production-grade applications and maintaining high attention to detail.
• Strong collaboration, problem-solving, and adaptability in fast-paced environments.
• Portfolio demonstrating full-stack builds, design system work, and AI design tool use.
• Previous working experience with OutSystems is a plus
• Experience in the Insurance sector is a bonus

What Appnovation Offers

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model