Lead Backend Architect

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Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
190K-205K Annually
Expert/Leader
Hardware • Healthtech • Internet of Things • Social Impact • Software • Manufacturing
Our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation.
The Role
Design, build, and maintain scalable Python/Django backend services and APIs. Optimize PostgreSQL and Redis, implement Elasticsearch, run Celery background workers, ensure test coverage with pytest, operate distributed low-latency systems, monitor and optimize for reliability and cost, collaborate across teams, and document technical designs and runbooks.
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About Avive:
 
Avive Solutions, Inc. (https://avive.life) is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are a dynamic organization that builds elegant, creative solutions to solve complex problems. Ultimately, our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation.
 
Avive is taking a fresh approach to addressing this decades-old problem by innovating AED technology, coupled with a first-of-its-kind software platform solution to enable a quicker and more streamlined response to SCA emergencies. We believe that this unique combination of deploying advanced – yet still accessible – hardware, and software, has the potential to revolutionize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response and massively impact SCA survival rates.
 
Check out this short video that shows a glimpse of how our team is working to re-think cardiac arrest response and save lives!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4zfOWo62E
 
Learn more about working at Avive:https://avive.life/careers/
 
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python and Django.
  • Develop and optimize data storage solutions with PostgreSQL and Redis, ensuring reliability and
    performance.
  • Implement Elasticsearch for search and analytics across large datasets.
  • Architect and operate distributed systems that handle high-throughput and low-latency workloads.
  • Build and operate asynchronous task queues and background workers using Celery and Redis.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and unit-test–focused code with strong coverage using pytest.
  • Build and maintain REST APIs, ensuring proper authentication, authorization, and versioning
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend services for scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Document technical designs, APIs, and operational runbooks.
  • Perform other backend software engineering duties as assigned and according to capability 

Required Education and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
    • Proven experience developing and maintaining backend systems in production environments.
    • Strong programming expertise in Python and Django with 10+ years of experiance 
    • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization.
    • Experience with Redis for caching, message queues, or real-time data.

Preferred Experience

  • Practical use of Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and data analytics.
  • Experience building and consuming APIs, including documentation and testing.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems design patterns.
  • Strong focus on unit tests and automated testing using pytest or similar frameworks.
  • Proficiency with Docker and containerized application deployments.
  • Proven experience with Celery and managing background workers in production.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Agile/Scrum team experience

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
 
NOTE: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties or functions to be performed by the incumbent. Personnel are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties/functions requested by their supervisor.
 
Candidate may reside in US or Canada 
 
Anticipated salary range: $190,000 - $205,000

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Proven experience developing and maintaining backend systems in production environments
  • Strong programming expertise in Python and Django with 10+ years of experience
  • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization
  • Experience with Redis for caching, message queues, or real-time data
  • Practical use of Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and data analytics
  • Experience building and consuming APIs, including documentation and testing
  • Strong focus on unit tests and automated testing using pytest or similar frameworks
  • Proficiency with Docker and containerized application deployments
  • Proven experience with Celery and managing background workers in production
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems design patterns
  • Agile/Scrum team experience
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The Company
HQ: Brisbane, CA
125 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Avive Solutions, Inc. is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are a dynamic organization that builds elegant, creative solutions to solve complex problems. Ultimately, our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation. Avive is taking a fresh approach to addressing this decades-old problem by innovating AED technology, coupled with a first-of-its-kind software platform solution to enable a quicker and more streamlined response to SCA emergencies. We believe that this unique combination of deploying advanced – yet still accessible – hardware, and software, has the potential to revolutionize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response and massively impact SCA survival rates. Despite tackling a massive and complex public health issue, which has had the same dismal survival rate of 10% for decades, Avive does so with optimism and fervor. Fueled by the words and experiences of those whose lives have been impacted or lost to SCA, the Avive team has simply refused to accept the status quo, working relentlessly to move the needle on survival rates. Rory Beyer, Moseley Andrews, and Sameer Jafri came together with a seemingly simple idea – that anyone can and should be able to positively impact the outcome of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) rescue. Drawn together by their complementary skills and background, they met at a conference focused on SCA prevention and quickly came to share a vision for the profound impact that a more effective solution could have on thousands of families every year. With Rory and Moseley’s technical expertise and a novel AED concept they had developed at MIT, combined with Sameer’s experience in SCA prevention through his non-profit organization – Saving Hearts Foundation, the three co-founded Avive in 2017. Our story is just beginning, and we hope you’ll come write it with us. https://youtu.be/XUiwcB_9bzw We are actively hiring, see how you can contribute at https://avive.life/careers/

Why Work With Us

If you'd like to learn more about what it’s like to work at Avive, visit https://avive.life/careers/ And check out our Glassdoor reviews at: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Avive-Solutions-EI_IE8305608.11,26.htm

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