Key skills
Cloud technologiesJavascript FrameworksBackend engineeringRESTful APIsEvent-driven architectureEffective communicationProblem-solving mindsetCollaborative mindsetJavaScriptTypeScriptAIMLAWSRESTfulPerformance Optimization
About this role
Pearl is a company focused on revolutionizing dentistry through AI solutions that enhance patient care quality. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to take ownership of product engineering, design and scale components for their clinical product suite, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful user experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Takes ownership of a product from an engineering perspective
- Designs, builds, and scales robust backend and frontend components for our clinical product suite
- Brings a product-focused mindset to engineering work, balancing technical execution with usability, business goals, and real-world constraints to deliver impactful user experiences
- Collaborates cross-functionally with ML, product, and engineering teams to develop intelligent, reliable features
- Ensures high-quality software via automated tests, code reviews, and observability practices
- Mentors other engineers and advocates for best practices in coding, security, and DevOps
- Contributes to a culture of ownership, innovation, speed, and continual learning
- Engages directly with external partners when needed to troubleshoot or customize integrations
Requirements:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience and previous startup experience
- Strong experience with backend engineering using Cloud technologies, preferably using AWS
- Strong experience with Javascript Frameworks, Node/Typescript/Javascript
- Ability to maintain and evolve a large-scale single page application with a focus on modular architecture, performance optimization, and long-term maintainability
- Identifies and resolves architectural bottlenecks, ensuring a smooth developer experience and consistent UI behavior across complex user flow
- Understanding of RESTful APIs and event-driven architecture
- Effective communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Eagerness to solve meaningful problems in healthcare using cutting-edge technology
- Humble, curious, and collaborative mindset