Senior Software Engineer

Do you want to help shape tomorrow’s healthcare with AI? At Pacmed, we combine technology and humanity to keep healthcare accessible and future-proof. We are a growing AI company with solutions already running in multiple hospitals, and we are actively scaling further across the Netherlands.

With our software, we help healthcare professionals make better real-time decisions, use capacity more efficiently, and ensure smooth patient flows, from the emergency department and ICU to the clinic. Our mission is to help hospitals accelerate their care transformation and digitalization goals, so that every patient receives the right care at the right time.

Does this sound exciting? Then we have the perfect role for you! We are looking for a Senior (or Staff) Software Engineer who will be responsible for designing, building, and shipping the backend and infrastructure of our product.

As a Software Engineer, you will sit (or stand, if you prefer) right at the center of Pacmed’s software development and delivery process. You will report to our Head of Engineering, and work closely with a group of talented and driven developers, engineers, and data scientists in the Product Engineering team. Your focus will be on owning our most significant architectural designs and decisions, developing our software hands-on across the full stack, and coaching your colleagues to grow their own architectural and engineering skills. We're looking for someone who enjoys shaping how software is designed and built, takes ownership, and is motivated to keep learning, make our architecture better, our team stronger, and our product easier to build and evolve.

Why Pacmed is a great place to work

• We're a dynamic startup committed to improving healthcare in the Netherlands.
• We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for our team.
• We're a talented bunch dedicated to helping each other grow.
• We foster a culture of kindness and respect.
• We're a team of ambitious and fun-loving people, with regular team events!

What would be expected of you

• Own large technical decisions and designs, keeping our architecture coherent, scalable, and fit for a medical product.
• Develop our software hands-on across the full stack, setting the bar for quality.
• Coach and mentor your colleagues: design reviews as teaching moments, pairing, and supporting internal growth tracks.
• Contribute to and critically review work across all parts of our codebase to reduce single points of failure.
• Write and review professional, maintainable, well-tested code following best practices for medical applications.
• Own large portions of the codebase, contributing to planning their expansion, integration, and maintenance.
• Use AI tooling wisely and responsibly to assist you and others in writing good code.
• Collaborate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, such as hospital IT staff.
• Contribute to increasing the knowledge and awareness of your colleagues in terms of architecture, backend, and software quality topics.
• Participate in validation and verification activities, according to the latest medical and information security regulations.
• Be present in the office a couple of days per week. We are flexible, and at the same time we love seeing each other regularly and working together in person.

Requirements

• Substantial experience (6+ years) designing and owning software architecture in production
• Strong Python knowledge and software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing, and CI/CD
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred) and containerization (e.g. Docker)
• A coaching mindset: experience mentoring other engineers and being motivated to keep learning, speak up when something isn't good enough, and help others grow
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Eligible to work in the Netherlands (EU). Unfortunately we are not able to sponsor visas at the moment.

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