[Hiring] Senior Platform Engineer @BetterDoc GmbH

"Your help is hard to put into words, because you offer a service that you would think only millionaires get! If I could, I would give you 13 out of 10 points."

- Heidrun, 74 years

(for learning more on her case, please read until the end)

Who is the right doctor or the right clinic for my situation? Who has the most experience with my condition? The choice of the right doctor has a significant impact on the success of the treatment.

From experience, we know that internet research on the quality of doctors and clinics is time-consuming and frustrating for lay people. Targeted marketing is hardly distinguishable from actual competence and quality. With BetterDoc, the patient has access to crucial information: we find the best possible doctor for the personal situation based on reliable data.

We are building a product that helps patients get the best possible health outcome for their situation. We are proud to trust our people instead of controlling them. We value curiosity and learning - to support this, we offer dedicated time for personal development and growth, every Friday.

We depend on self-motivation. We offer a lot and count on you to grab what you need.

You take responsibility in changing the way healthcare works in Europe and beyond. With your work you help 1 Mio people in 2028 to get the best possible health outcome through the right doctors or clinics. You leverage technology to enable our engineering teams and users.

• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ensure seamless deployment, operation, and scaling of applications written in Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, and Python.
• Ensure compliance with privacy and security requirements and enable us to demonstrate industry standards by appropriately embedding compliance into infrastructure and processes.
• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure as code.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements in cloud infrastructure, security, cost optimization, and DevOps practices, ensuring BetterDoc’s platform remains efficient and effective.
• Transition our applications towards an event driven architecture
• Develop and enforce security best practices for applications and infrastructure, including identity and access management, network security, and encryption.
• Analyze and optimize AWS usage and costs, implementing strategies to reduce expenses while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure, compliance processes, cost management, and operational guidelines.
• Monitor and manage our environments by integrating telemetry and observability into the platform. Maintain best practices around notifications and response processes.
• Implement DevOps infrastructure components and best practices. Deploy CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.

Development Opportunities

• Lead and mentor 1–2 (junior) engineers, supporting their professional growth and technical skills.

• Bachelor or master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum of 3 years experience in software engineering
• Minimum of 2 years experience in cloud platform and infrastructure projects
• Experience operating/maintaining Cloud solutions in Enterprise environments
• Experience in designing, deploying, and managing AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python, Ruby, or Javascript
• Proficiency in Linux
• Experience in building highly available, scalable, distributed systems in a Microservices based architecture
• A solid grasp of development, automation, and monitoring tools and practices. With the tools that include Terraform, Grafana, Bash, GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, CI/CD
• Working knowledge of Containerization, network protocols, encryption, and security.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, including setup, configuration, and optimization.
• Familiarity with working in an agile environment.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles and the ability to implement robust security measures.
• Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset, passionate about delivering value through technology.

At BetterDoc, you will work to deliver value, not to implement a feature. We value curiosity, the will to learn and the drive to deliver great software. We look for people that want to see their influence on what was created and who are proud of their craft. Your place of work is in or within reasonable distance of Cologne to allow you to work closely with our management team even if most of the work is remote.

Please be aware that if you do not live in a country belonging to the European Union or you are not planning to move to the EU, we cannot follow up on your application.

• An interesting and challenging role with excellent development prospects and creative opportunities
• Room for creativity and personal development
• Training and seminars to deepen your knowledge and become a perfect expert in Data Engineering
• “Innovation Fridays” to learn, explore and share innovative ideas.
• The opportunity to elevate the topic of "Quality in Medicine" to a unique level in Europe and help millions of people with your work
• A motivated and high-profile team (Engineers, Medical Experts, Data Analysts and Scientists, Product Designers, etc.)
• Opportunity to participate in the long-term incentive program
• Flexible working hours & remote work
• International work atmosphere
• "Deutschland-Ticket" for local transport with a subsidy from BetterDoc
• Latest hardware (Macbook Pro)
• Contribution to the Urban Sports Club
• Company pension plan (bAV) with a 30% employer contribution
• Additional flexibility through workations within the EU
• ... And last but not least – helping people like Heidrun:

The senior citizen has been experiencing leg and foot pain while walking for several years. Her previous doctor diagnosed peripheral arterial occlusive disease in both legs. The patient underwent surgery to insert stents, but only achieved slight improvement.

Unhappy with the results of the operation and her overall health situation, the 74-year-old sought the expertise recommended by BetterDoc. The specialist thoroughly examines the senior citizen and suggests that circulatory problems may be due to a narrowing of an abdominal artery. Consequently, he refers her to a hospital for further investigation. An angiography is conducted, confirming the specialist's suspicions: the patient indeed has a severe narrowing of an abdominal artery, causing the pain in her legs.

This issue can be addressed through surgery, offering a causal treatment for the patient's pain.

BetterDoc verfolgt die Mission, allen Menschen Zugang zur bestmöglichen medizinischen Versorgung zu ermöglichen.