Senior Backend Engineer

Sword Health is on a mission to free two billion people from pain as the world’s first and only end-to-end platform to predict, prevent and treat pain. 

With 67% of members achieving a pain-free life and a 70% reduction in surgery intent, at Sword, we are using technology to save millions for our 25,000 enterprise clients across three continents. Today, we hold the majority of industry patents, win 70% of competitive evaluations, and have raised more than $300 million from top venture firms like Founders Fund, Sapphire Ventures, General Catalyst, and Khosla Ventures.

Recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2024, this award highlights our focus on being a destination for the best and brightest  talent. Not only have we experienced unprecedented growth since our market debut in 2020,  but we’ve also created a remarkable mission and value-driven environment that is loved by our growing team. With a recent valuation of $3 billion, we are in a phase of hyper growth and expansion, and we’re looking for individuals with passion, commitment, and energy to help us scale our impact. 

Joining Sword Health means committing to a set of core values, chief amongst them to “do it for the patients” every day, and to always “deliver more than expected” on behalf of our members and clients.

This is an opportunity for you to make a significant difference on a massive scale as you work alongside 900+ (and growing!) talented colleagues, spanning three continents. Your charge? To help us build a pain-free world, powered by technology, enhanced by people — accessible to all.

What you'll be doing:

• Stay up to speed with all web technologies, software architecture principles and design patterns;
• Understanding the current lifestyle and development of new lifecycles with emphasis on software quality processes;
• Actively participate in the training and building skills of other web developers;
• Continuous monitoring of performance on production environments;
• Create and run load tests, and analyze applications’ performance;
• Develop our professional web-based app with an emphasis on rich interaction and responsive design;
• Develop analytics dashboards and web data visualization tools;
• Work closely with our clinical team to determine the ideal workflow of the system from the user’s perspective.

What you need to have:

• Extensive experience with web development (experience with Golang or/and NodeJS are mandatory);
• Knowledge of SQL language and managing SQL databases (experience in NoSQL databases a plus);
• Ability to write high-performance, reusable code;
• Knowledge of Software Engineering patterns with special focus on Web Services development;
• Knowledge of caching software like Memcached or Redis are a plus;
• Knowledge of continuous integration / deployment process and tools;
• Excellent communication skills, problem solving and proactive attitude;
• Good level of written and technical English.

To ensure you feel good solving a big Human problem, we offer:

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity;
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company;
• Career development and growth, with a competitive salary;
• The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare;
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation; 
• Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions);
• Remote or Hybrid work policy (Portugal only);
• To get to know more about our Tech Stack, check here.