Senior Software Engineer

Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally. They are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to build backend services for their AI/ML product features, taking ownership of their work and leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities:

• Be part of a team working on building out backend services that will support our core ML/AI product features
• Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions
• Deploy and manage various applications in production
• And of course, you will be coding every day!

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience delivering production ready products
• Ability to write high-quality code in Java (Kotlin a plus) and Python
• Experience implementing, production-level RESTful APIs
• Experience with relational and low-latency databases
• Experience working with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes
• A desire to learn new technologies quickly
• A love of building systems from scratch
• A thoughtful approach to balancing quality and deadlines in fast-paced settings
• Excellent communication skills with a talent for building consensus and alignment
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to distill complex problems into clear priorities that move the team and business forward
• Experience with modern async Python web frameworks (e.g., FastAPI) and handling data streaming (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events)
• Understanding of basic machine learning principles and how to support inference of ML models in production
• Experience defining and using Protobuf messages
• Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
• Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment