Description
EmploymentStatus: Full-time
Location:Vienna, Austria - Hybrid (preferred) or Remote - EU
Compensation:competitive compensation + performance-based bonus and equity options.
- Final compensation is negotiable based on experience and qualifications._
Benefits:free in-office: lunch, drinks, coffee, snacks, Wiener Linien ticket, a yearly company retreat, regular team events
Job Summary
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. In this role, you’ll work on the backend of our platform, helping medical device companies get their products to market faster. You’ll take ownership of features from start to finish, designing the architecture, writing the code, and seeing everything through to production. Your work will have a direct impact on the future of healthcare technology.
About You
You’re passionate about software and making a real impact. You’re curious, enjoy solving tough problems, and love the idea of working in a fast-moving environment where you can take initiative. You’re comfortable collaborating in English with team members from different areas, and you take pride in owning projects from beginning to end. Above all, you’re excited about using technology to improve patient outcomes.
What You’ll Own & Contribute To
Database Design
Backend Development
Build new integrations between the Ketryx platform and other systems, APIs, and workflows. Contribute to improving latency, throughput, and fault tolerance across the backend stack.
Maintainable Systems
Write clean, well-tested code and contribute to standards around migrations, documentation, and testing. Help ensure the system remains easy to understand, debug, and extend.
Operational Reliability
Participate in monitoring, debugging, and incident response. Help identify performance bottlenecks and reliability issues, and contribute fixes and improvements.
Collaboration
Work closely with Product, Client Operations, Compliance, Security, and other engineers to deliver features that meet both business and regulatory requirements and resolve any technical challenges that come up
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer, with strong experience in backend development
- Solid skills in TypeScript
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL: schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
- Solid understanding of backend performance and maintainability, including refactoring and technical debt management
- Comfortable collaborating across teams and participating in technical discussions and design reviews
- Comfortable working in English and collaborating across teams
Bonus Points
- Experience with Prisma and Next.js
- Experience with GraphQL (urql or Apollo)
- Familiarity with AWS services like S3, RDS, and Elastic Beanstalk
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes in production or near-production environments.
- Strong habits around testing (Jest, Cucumber, Playwright)
- Experience working in regulated industries like healthcare or finance
- Experience with Kotlin and Spring
- An interest in mentoring and helping others grow
Our Tech Stack
Frontend:TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, JollyUI
Backend: PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL (urql), Prisma
Testing: Jest, Cucumber, Playwright
Infrastructure: AWS (e.g. S3, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk), Sentry
Collaboration: Slack, GitHub, Figma, Jira, Confluence
Compensation
At Ketryx, we offer a competitive and transparent compensation package that reflects your experience and skills:
- What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous stock options possible
- Work in an exciting field with a positive impact on the world
- Opportunity to learn and grow as part of a global team
- Generous PTO for full-time
Ketryx is at the forefront of helping teams incorporate AI/ML into medical software and that’s why we need you!