Full-Stack Software Engineer (Wearables / Medical Devices)
Software Engineering · Full-time
Toronto, ON, Canada
** To apply, please submit your application via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/yEgCrFjaXzPzUBT98
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About the Company
Flutter Care is a Canadian medtech startup redefining maternal and fetal health through breakthrough human-centered innovation. Our mission is simple: bring more joy, confidence, and connection to every step of the perinatal journey while driving better health outcomes. We equip expectant individuals with intuitive tools that help them make informed decisions and advocate for their wellbeing. We’re a small, dynamic, and resourceful team that moves quickly, collaborates closely, and builds with intention. If you enjoy solving big, complex challenges that truly matter, this is the place to be. Backed by leading investors and accelerators, Flutter Care is on a strong path to becoming a category leader and we’re looking for ambitious talent to help us shape the future.
About the Role
Flutter Care is seeking a talented Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our team and play a key role in developing innovative wearable health technology designed to transform maternal and fetal care. You’ll build and maintain high-performance mobile applications, scalable backend services, and reliable cloud infrastructure that support seamless communication between wearable devices, mobile applications, and cloud-based systems. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in React Native, TypeScript, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and cloud-native development, with a focus on delivering secure, scalable, and reliable software solutions.
You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end software development lifecycle - from building intuitive mobile experiences and implementing stable device connectivity to designing backend APIs and optimizing real-time data pipelines. You’ll work hands-on with asynchronous data flows, device pairing and reconnection, offline data handling, and secure data transmission, ensuring reliable performance under real-world conditions. You’ll also contribute to system monitoring, debugging, automated testing, and CI/CD processes to maintain software quality and system reliability.
This role moves quickly and requires close collaboration across hardware, firmware, data, and product teams to deliver seamless end-to-end system integration. If you’re passionate about solving complex engineering challenges, building scalable technology, and contributing to impactful digital health solutions, we’d love to meet you.
Key Responsibilities
- Mobile Application Development: Design, debug, and maintain high-performance, resource-aware mobile applications with intuitive multi-screen user experiences
- Device Connectivity & Backend Integration: Develop and maintain communication with BLE connected devices ensuring stable pairing/reconnection handling and reliable data exchange with backend services and APIs.
- Backend Development: Build and manage backend services to support mobile and system integrations.
- Systems Design for Performance, Scalability & Reliability: Design and implement system architectures that optimize for high throughput, low-latency, and fault tolerant, data handling over extended durations.
- Security & Compliance Implementation: Design and enforce secure cloud architectures, including IAM, least-privilege access, and data protection practices aligned with regulated environments.
- Testing, Debugging & Validation: Troubleshoot and resolve issues across mobile, connectivity, and backend interactions to ensure a stable and reliable user experience. Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems. Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure management for reliable deployments.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with hardware, firmware, and data teams to support end-to-end system integration, product development, and documentation.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Experience working with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or similar communication protocols
- Experience developing cross-platform mobile applications with React Native and TypeScript
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, state management, and event-driven systems
- Experience integrating mobile applications with RESTful APIs and cloud services.
- Experience designing and building cloud-native backend systems
- Experience implementing secure cloud architectures (IAM, access control, data protection) and monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
- Strong systems design, problem solving,debugging skills in mobile and cloud systems.
Preferred:
- Experience with AWS services (e.g., API Gateway, Glue, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB)
- Experience designing end-to-end real-time high-throughput data ingestion pipelines
- Familiarity with background processing and offline data handling strategies
- Experience with secure data transmission and authentication (e.g., OAuth, JWT)
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in medical devices, digital health, or other regulated environments
- Familiarity with IEC 62304 and ISO 14971
Nice to Have:
- Understanding of data integrity considerations in physiological sensing or clinical/research data systems
- Exposure to quality management systems and documentation practices
- Experience with large-scale time-series databases or analytics platforms
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Experience contributing to risk and privacy assessments (e.g., TRA, TVA, PIA)
- Experience supporting or leading DevOps and infrastructure management efforts
Job Details
- Employment: Full-time
- Start Date: November 2026 (we are moving quickly)
- Location: In-person at our office in Toronto at MaRS Discovery District (101 College Street)
- Salary Range: Competitive
- Eligibility: Canadian work permit
How to Apply
Please submit your application via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/yEgCrFjaXzPzUBT98
Please note that only applications submitted through this link will be considered. You are encouraged to apply early, as we are moving quickly.
Encouragement to Apply:
We recognize that candidates may not meet every qualification listed. If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute in unique ways, we encourage you to apply. Your diverse experiences and perspectives can be invaluable to our team.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Flutter Care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we are dedicated to ensuring that our hiring practices are fair and equitable.
What We Offer:
- Opportunities for learning, growth, and promotion; we want you to be able to reach your full potential, and we will take the time to understand your personal and professional goals so we can help you achieve them.
- Patient-centered design values, with direct interaction with our users; we believe that the best products are those that involve diverse patient perspectives at every stage of development.
- Inclusive, collaborative, mission-oriented team environment; we celebrate our differences, learn from one another, and inspire each other as we work towards achieving shared goals.
- Social and team-building activities; we work together in person at our office, and believe the best teams are the ones that genuinely respect each other and enjoy their time together.
- Autonomy over your work and impact on the company's overall direction; we believe in hiring incredible talent, encourage you to experiment and bring new ideas across the company to the table, all while giving you the trust and room to do your best work.
- Exposure to novel medical device commercialization from prototype to clinical validation in a severely underserved area; we are not afraid to be the first movers, build new paths, and believe in dedicating ourselves to creating a more equitable world.
- Work with a team that cares and wants to do good; we believe in leading by example, operating with shared values, and holding each other to a high standard of integrity and respect.