Company Overview:

heva is an innovative company offering software solutions tailored to the needs of doctors who serve international patients.

Role Overview:

As a Lead Software Engineer at heva, you will be responsible for leading the engineering team, with a strong focus on backend development. You will actively write backend code while guiding the AI and frontend teams to deliver scalable, high-quality, and innovative solutions. This role requires technical expertise in backend development, experience with leadership, and the ability to bridge communication between engineering and other cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment, ensuring alignment with heva’s technical and business goals.
• Define technical priorities, allocate resources, and manage team deliverables to meet project timelines.
• Write and maintain scalable backend code, primarily using Golang and PostgreSQL.
• Design and optimize backend architecture, ensuring system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Integrate AI services built in Python into the backend infrastructure to support innovative features.
• Provide strategic guidance and leadership to the frontend team, which uses React and TypeScript.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
• Drive the adoption of efficient development processes, tools, and methodologies across the engineering team.
• Ensure proper documentation for systems, processes, and APIs to maintain technical transparency.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a lead role
• Strong expertise in backend development with Golang and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Python, specifically for AI and data-driven applications.
• Solid understanding of frontend technologies, particularly React and TypeScript, to guide and collaborate with the frontend team.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Professional proficiency in English and Spanish.