Tech Lead Backend Engineer

Wellhub is a corporate wellness platform connecting employees to fitness, mindfulness, therapy, nutrition, and sleep partners in one subscription.
Backend
Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
Healthcare · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Tech Lead Backend Engineer

Wellhub (formerly Gympass) is a corporate wellness platform that connects employees to the best partners for fitness, mindfulness, therapy, nutrition, and sleep, all included in one subscription. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in NYC, we have a growing global team in 11 countries. We're hiring a Tech Lead Backend Engineer for our Billing team in Brazil. In this role, you'll be responsible for the platform that serves the entire Wellhub business, processing millions of transactions for users and companies globally. You'll research, architect, plan, and execute strategic projects with an A-Players software engineering team. Your work will influence B2B and B2C checkout conversion worldwide by creating new calculation mechanisms and improving existing ones. You'll work on loosely defined project scopes, elaborating strategies to deliver solutions that balance features and time to market. This role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills by nurturing and coaching less senior engineers, as well as to enhance your engineering skills by solving scalability problems and designing system architectures. We're looking for an experienced backend engineer skilled in architecting large-scale multi-tier web applications with high availability and scalability. You should have experience with microservices, high-volume distributed systems, and programming languages like Java or Kotlin with Spring. Knowledge of event-driven and cloud-based architectures (AWS and GCP) is essential. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, flexible work options, paid time off, parental leave, and access to our wellness platform. Join us in our mission to make every company a wellness company!

Last updated 11 days ago

Responsibilities For Tech Lead Backend Engineer

  • Research, architect, plan, and execute strategic projects
  • Influence B2B and B2C checkout conversion globally
  • Create new calculation mechanisms and improve existing ones
  • Elaborate strategies to deliver solutions balancing features and time to market
  • Nurture and coach less senior engineers
  • Solve scalability problems and design system architectures
  • Ensure high code quality

Requirements For Tech Lead Backend Engineer

Java
Kotlin
PostgreSQL
MySQL
  • Experienced in architecting large-scale multi-tier web applications with high availability and scalability
  • Experience with microservices and high-volume distributed systems
  • Skilled in Java or Kotlin with Spring
  • Experience with event-driven and cloud-based architectures (AWS and GCP)
  • Extensive experience designing and developing complex modern web applications
  • Experience in developing RESTful web services
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Extensive background in SQL/NoSQL technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB)
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Advanced English skills
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience

Benefits For Tech Lead Backend Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Education Budget
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible work options
  • Home office stipend
  • Monthly flexible work allowance
  • Access to Wellhub wellness platform
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental leave
  • Career growth opportunities

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