[Hiring] Senior Backend Software Engineer I @Tandem Diabetes Care

Role Description

A highly skilled senior team member responsible for the design, documentation, development, and testing of a modern web application using leading edge best practices and design patterns. This role works independently to identify software improvements and contribute to the overall testing and validation of software products.

• Independently designs, develops, modifies, and tests software units per corporate software process documents.
• Independently identifies opportunities in software process, discusses with peers, and implements proposals to address gaps.
• Utilizes AI tools such as Github Copilot to develop modern and maintainable code.
• Responsible for software design specifications, interface descriptions, and other software documentation.
• Translates high-level requirements into software design and implementation.
• Develops, executes, and verifies unit and integration tests in coordination with the Software Test team. Employs Test Driven Development (TDD) to ensure quality.
• Regularly performs code reviews and provides feedback to peers and junior engineers.
• Responsible for the training, mentoring and development of junior team members.
• Independently diagnoses, replicates and addresses build and deployment issues; may instruct others in this process as well.
• May be tasked to develop proof-of-concept projects that demonstrate new technologies or development patterns.
• May act as designated Tandem Software Development representative with outside entities such as clinical research organizations.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, including Privacy/HIPAA, and other legal and regulatory requirements with support from subject matter experts within the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer sciences or related field or equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience.
• 5 years’ experience in the field of cloud or web application software development or in a related area.
• Expert knowledge of at least C# and .Net Core.
• Experience designing, developing, and testing containerized micro-services.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that deploy containerized services to Kubernetes via Helm.
• Experience utilizing SQL databases, such as SQL Server, MySQL, etc.
• Experience utilizing NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, CosmosDB, Cassandra, etc.
• Experience with an enterprise messaging bus (e.g., Event Hubs, Kafka, Kinesis) is preferred.
• Proficient with the use of Docker containers for both development support and deployment.
• Familiarity with selecting and deploying cloud technologies in Azure and/or AWS.
• Skilled at defining and translating high-level requirements into software design and implementation.
• Able to work independently and deliver high-quality work without close supervision.
• Able to articulate work assignments and direct the work of more junior team members.
• Able to effectively convey information related to work product and lead group discussions.
• Able to assert own ideas and persuade others through effectively consolidating, evaluating, and presenting relevant information.
• Adept at seeing change as an opportunity to improve business performance and campaigning for it when necessary.
• Knowledge of REST API contract design.

Requirements

• Remote: This position is fully remote and open to candidates within the United States. Equipment for the role will be provided and training will occur virtually.

Benefits

• The starting base pay range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000 annually.
• Base pay will vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and may also fluctuate depending on candidate’s location and the overall job market.
• Tandem offers health care benefits such as medical, dental, vision available your first day, as well as health savings accounts and flexible saving accounts.
• You’ll also receive 11 paid holidays per year, a minimum of 20 days of paid time off (with accrual starting on day 1).
• You will have access to a 401k plan with company match as well as an Employee Stock Purchase plan.

Company Description

Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We’d love for you to team up with us to “innovate every day,” put “people first,” and take the “no-shortcuts” approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ+ technology — an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery. But we’re so much more than that. Our company’s human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin.