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Lead Backend Architect

Avive Solutions Inc.

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 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

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

About the company

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Avive Solutions Inc.

Avive Solutions, Inc. is a Bay Area-based venture-backed MedTech company that has developed an award winning next-generation automated external defibrillator (AED) and software solutions in an effort to significantly increase survival rates from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. We are FDA-approved and ready for sale! Join us on our journey to save lives.

Company details

Company typeScaleup
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

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

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