Application Server Engineer (NodeJS/AWS)
Founded in 2017, January.ai is an early stage precision health company based in Menlo Park. In response to a healthcare system designed to only address decline and disease, January is building a revolutionary, upstream consumer-health category to promote resilient health while predicting, postponing and preventing chronic conditions. We integrate data from multi-omic and formerly disparate sources into a unified view of users’ health, our machine learning reveals precise, personalized insights, which our software transforms into incisive daily actions. We are a passionate team with foundations firmly rooted in scientific evidence and believe in building transformative, frictionless and human-centric products that superlatively value individual privacy and community trust. We believe in meeting people where they are and facilitating their journey toward their personal best. Join our dream team of scientists, machine learning, and software engineers aspiring to help people live healthier and happier lives every day.
Position Overview
We are looking for someone to help us build out an efficient and lightweight server API layer in AWS to support our mobile applications. The server layer will integrate directly with various database storage systems (relational, schema, etc.), in addition to connections with 3rd party and internal backend services via APIs.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Designing and architecting relevant server APIs via coordination with mobile front-end developers
- Supporting APIs to allow integrations with our machine learning infrastructure
- Implementing Server APIs as Lambda functions
- Integration with third party API-based services
- Enhancing server regression test suite as new functionality is added
- Secure connectivity with other AWS services such as databases and s3
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience working in the AWS infrastructure leveraging lambda functions as an API layer supporting mobile devices
- Fluent understanding of NodeJS deployed in AWS environments
- Demonstrated successes deploying robust server applications at scale in AWS environments
- Knowledge of integrating with a wide range of data storage solutions and APIs
- Familiarity with agile development approaches
- Ability to work in a dynamic startup environment
January is an equal opportunity employer. We are a diverse team and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We’d love to hear from you! Local candidates preferred. We do not accept third-party solicitation for employment.