Staff Software Developer
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
Verily
Verily is an Alphabet precision health company that helps pharma and consumer health companies develop safe, effective treatments faster and enable patients, providers and payors to make better care decisionsWho We Are
Verily is a subsidiary of Alphabet that is using a data-driven approach to change the way people manage their health and the way healthcare is delivered. Launched from Google X in 2015, our purpose is to bring the promise of precision health to everyone, every day. We are focused on generating and activating data from a variety of sources, including clinical, social, behavioral and the real world, to arrive at the best solutions for a person based on a comprehensive view of the evidence. Our unique expertise and capabilities in technology, data science and healthcare enable the entire healthcare ecosystem to drive better health outcomes.
Description
Our team is responsible for integrating and combining data from a variety of sources (e.g. EHR, ePROs, Digital Biomarkers, devices) in order to provide curated and insightful data sets that can contribute to clinical and research goals. We are also responsible for delivering a customer identity and access management platform to product teams to reduce duplication of effort, support a common user experience, and accelerate time to market. Be at the forefront of innovation and tackle exciting challenges within a collaborative and dynamic work environment.
You will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling our next-generation platform infrastructure. This includes contributing to our core services, improving developer tooling, and championing best practices for cloud-native development. We are tackling exciting challenges in areas like containerization, service mesh, and serverless computing. If you are passionate about building robust and scalable systems that empower engineering teams, this role is for you!
Responsibilities
- Design and develop highly scalable and reliable platform components using modern technologies.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and define platform roadmap.
- Cultivate innovation by owning product areas and advocating for forward-looking technical strategies
- Champion best practices for cloud infrastructure, security, and observability.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of the team.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend systems.
- Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, Go, or Python.
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Hands on experience leading project teams and setting technical direction.
- Clear written communication, especially in design and architecture documents.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Passion for building high-quality, well-tested software.
- Experience working at a software product company.
- Demonstrated large scale business impact from delivered solutions.
- Interest and ability to learn new coding paradigms and languages.
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Why Join Us
Build What’s Vital.
At Verily, you are a part of something bigger. We are a diverse team of builders innovating at the intersection of health and technology—united by a shared spirit of curiosity, resilience and determination to make better health possible for all. This builder mindset means your fingerprints will be on the work that shapes the future of health.
Fulfilling our precision health purpose starts with the health of our Veeps, which is why we offer flexibility, resources, and competitive benefits to support you in your whole-person well being.
Our culture reflects the behaviors that stem from living our values every day in how we Innovate Healthcare and Technology, Gain Velocity as One Verily, and Respect Individuals. As One Verily, we uphold our collective accountability to sustain this culture and to create a VIBE (Verily’s Culture of Inclusion, Belonging, and Equitability) where all Veeps feel included, a sense of belonging, and have opportunities to grow.
If this sounds exciting to you, we would love to hear from you.
You can find out more about our company culture on our LinkedIn Company Page and Verily Careers page.
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