Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at MedMe Health (W21)
$100K - $150K CAD  •  0.05% - 0.20%
Software for pharmacies to move beyond dispensing
Toronto, ON, CA / Remote
Full-time
6+ years
About MedMe Health

Closer look at our culture & team: https://www.instagram.com/medmehealth/

About the role
Skills: GraphQL, Node.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Hi, I’m Ashwin, Principal Engineering Manager at MedMe Health.

At MedMe, we are passionate about empowering pharmacists to provide services beyond just prescribing for patients in the community. Our mission is to build an all-in-one cloud-based platform that empowers pharmacists to schedule, document, and manage clinical services at scale. We help pharmacies transform into community health hubs.

We are building software for an industry that has relied on pen and paper throughout its history. This is why crafting, building, and constantly improving the end-to-end customer experience is essential. It’s crucial that we listen deeply to the diverse needs of our pharmacies which could be located anywhere from dense urban jungles to small remote communities. We design and build for their needs to ultimately provide more proactive and sustainable care for the patients in their communities.

MedMe has the two largest pharmacy chains in Canada as clients; we are servicing over 3500 pharmacies, and we power over 14 million patient services. We played a critical role across the country throughout the pandemic in getting the larger population vaccinated, and are expanding internationally. Our investors include M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), MaRS IAF, and Y-Combinator.


The opportunity

  • Building web applications using React and NodeJS (both in Typescript) using GraphQL and a Postgres database on AWS infrastructure
  • Collaborating on key technology decisions to shape the architecture and product roadmap
  • Sharing your depth and breadth of knowledge through peer mentorship
  • Taking an active role in developing our team and maintaining a quality codebase through code reviews, sprint planning, and retrospectives
  • Working with code and project management tools such as JIRA/Notion/Figma

As an example, here are some projects you could expect to work on:

  • Creating new patient and pharmacist flows (eg. intakes, modules, features) to meet the needs of both our national enterprises and mom-and-pop pharmacy partners
  • Scaling our test environments using the AWS CDK (IaC)
  • Working with 3rd party digital health platforms (eg. EHRs/pharmacy software, remote monitoring devices) to facilitate integration and data interoperability that allows pharmacists to deliver more personalized, proactive care
  • Building & versioning APIs that are consumed by third parties

Our Tech Stack

  • React
  • Node.js/Typescript with GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS infrastructure (CDK or Terraform a plus)
  • Typescript (both frontend and backend), with some Go
  • Dockerized / Container Infrastructure
  • Github & Github actions

We value technology problem solvers over technology specialists. In general, you should be comfortable with web applications, understand the presentation layer, state management, service calls and server side business logic, persistence, infrastructure, and so on. If you don’t have material direct experience with specific technologies listed above but have worked on similar types of products in the past, you may still be a good fit for our team.

About You

  • You are an experienced engineer with more than a few years of experience.
  • You are a team player and you enjoy working with your fellow team members to work through the ideas, problems,
  • You have a growth mindset and you seek out opportunities to grow.
  • Your communication style is open, concise, and effective; you can easily explain technical to non-technical parties.
  • You care about the product and about the end-user.
  • You are a process-builder; we enjoy working with engineers who are ready to help improve our processes and make them more scalable.


How We Hire

  • Round 1: Online Assessment (asynchronous)
  • Round 2: Virtual 30-minute interview with an Engineering Lead
  • Round 3: Virtual 60-minute technical (live coding) interview
  • Round 4: Virtual 60-minute system design (collaborative)
  • Round 5: Virtual/Onsite 60-minute interview with one of our Founders

Then, references + offer!

Perks at MedMe

Flexible health benefit plan Full dental, vision, physical & mental health plus health spending account Performance development support (yearly budget for courses & conferences)


Location

  • We are fully remote in Canada, however, we like to plan on-site team retreats!

MedMe is a proud equal opportunity workplace that is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We’re looking for motivated and compassionate people who can execute from the ground up and support the work that MedMe believes in.

MedMe is committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application

Technology

We're looking for a passionate individuals in relentless pursuit of making an impact to join us on our journey in building the best platform for pharmacists as they shift from their dispensing based roles, to one that provides virtual care to chronically ill patients. Without adequate software and new workflows, we may see an entire workforce of 40,000 highly-trained clinicians (in Canada alone) slowly be phased out by robots and automation.

In addition to facilitating the transition for pharmacists to a new healthcare role based on their current education/training, MedMe is also for the first time capturing clinical pharmacy data with plans to integrate with health peripheral data (such as those from Fitbits and Apple Watches). This provides tremendous insights on the treatment journey of patients outside of the hospital, and opens up massive AI opportunities for: preventative medicine, insurance costs/ROI, pharmacological effectiveness, and healthcare consumer behaviours.

Interview Process
  • Round 1: Online Assessment (asynchronous)
  • Round 2: Virtual 30-minute interview with an Engineering Lead
  • Round 3: Virtual 60-minute technical (live coding) interview
  • Round 4: Virtual 60-minute system design (collaborative)
  • Round 5: Virtual/Onsite 60-minute interview with one of our Founders

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