Overview

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Engagement Details

Our client is a private profitable US business with a software platform for therapists. Join us on a meaningful mission improving people's mental health.

Role & Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable and reliable systems
• Design, develop, and maintain server-side backend applications
• Work with databases to model, store, and retrieve data
• Implement data migration strategies to move data between systems
• Implement pub/sub workflows to decouple services and communicate with other systems
• Collaborate with front-end engineers to identify and address performance bottlenecks across React pages and backend services.
• Ensure that backend processing are reliable and idempotent
• Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure
• Understanding Google Cloud or AWS services such as compute, queues, cloud databases, etc
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor other engineers

What’s in it for you

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
2. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
3. Flexible hours. Join daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings. Other than that you’re in control of your own schedule.
4. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
5. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on Software Development experience.
• 5+ years of experience in server-side backend development
• 4+ years of full-time hands-on Java Backend API experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Python experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot framework
• Experience with database modeling and data migration strategies
• Experience with background processing systems
• Experience with pub/sub workflows
• Experience with idempotent and eventually consistent processing
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with DataDog, Grafana or other telemetry
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability principles
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Integration Tests
• Ability to lead and mentor other engineers
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Nice to haves

• 3+ years of experience in React
• Experience in Medical or Mental Health industries
• Good understanding of Python
• Experience in server-side Javascript (Node.js)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 5+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What happens if the engagement is completed?

Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.