Job Description:

We are redefining how people approach their health. Join us on a thrilling mission to tackle epic health problems that span the globe! We combine scientific research and cutting-edge AI to unlock the power of science for every body. Our vision is a world where everyone can take control over their health by understanding their unique biology. We are the team behind the COVID Symptom Study app with over 4.5+ million users. Our engineering data science, biology, nutrition science expertise has led to multiple break-through papers in leading scientific journals. A remote-first, well-funded startup with offices in London and Boston, we are backed by founders, investors, and entrepreneurs who have built multi-billion dollar technology companies. ZOE engineering teams are working on unique product challenges: building delightful user experiences, analysing data for millions of users, predicting food responses, integrating with labs, automating our logistics, or acquiring customers at scale. We are always looking for innovative thinkers and doers to join our team. Together, we can improve human health and touch millions of lives.

The team

Our product engineering teams build the software that powers the ZOE experience. We help our members achieve their health goals and give them access to the best nutrition advice that science can offer. Our cross-functional teams have unique challenges: we turn our science into delightful user journeys, programs and recommendations that lead to life-changing experiences. We combine mobile development with backend, machine learning and deep domain expertise. We are integral to the success of ZOE.

Your day will include:

  • ✔️ Working closely with our product managers to tackle complex problems across our backend
  • ✔️ Designing systems ranging from data collection, recommendation, search, content delivery, or modelling complex domains like the relationship between foods
  • Writing code across our microservices and data pipelines
  • ✔️ Shipping in production. Preferably daily or more!
  • ✔️ Mentoring and supporting engineers in other teams
  • ✔️ Learning, learning, learning! There is always a new challenge to tackle

Our stack is bound to evolve. It is currently:

  • Backend: Python, FastApi, Django, PubSub, K8S/GKE, GCP, PostgreSQL BigQuery, DBT, - - Github actions, Terraform, ….
  • Frontend: Typescript, React, ReactNative

We are looking for:

  • ✔️ A polyglot engineer who is intellectually curious and who has built high scale/complexity distributed systems, in the cloud
  • ✔️ Experience with microservices, containers, kubernetes and devops principles
  • ✔️ Someone who has led or mentored teams, such as in design and integration patterns, domain modelling or engineering excellence
  • ✔️ A great communicator that can inspire others to follow their technical leadership
  • ✔️ Experience working in a high pace environment. You lead by example, contribute to the roadmap, get your hands dirty and get things done

We will also appreciate:

  • ✔️ Experience building customer-facing products
  • ✔️ Experience building data pipelines with SQL, DBT, BigQuery or similar
  • ✔️ An incredible growth mindset. You read books, watch talks, listen to podcasts and are never afraid to try new things
  • ✔️ Experience with event-driven architecture and domain-driven design

Company Benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Share Options
  • The opportunity to make the world healthier, and have fun learning about cutting-edge science across biology and genomics
  • Active contribution against the fight with COVID19 and the opportunity to save lives
  • An exciting early-stage start-up environment, without the funding worries, and with a commercial team that has built billion-dollar revenue businesses
  • A crucial role as one of the first colleagues in a truly world-class multidisciplinary and diverse team
  • Access to our Lunch & Learns where we invite experts or scientists from our team. You can also be involved in our Engineering showcases or utilise our online resources and talks.
  • We'll ensure you are using the best languages, technologies, and tools for your industry. - - If there's something we're missing, and that you'd love to use, let us know. All opinions here are valued and heard.
  • Remote First Culture
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Flexible Working Schedule
  • Life Insurance
  • Smart Health & Medicash
  • Stock Options
  • Employer Pension Contribution

Interview Process

  • Talent Intro (30 mins)
  • Hiring Manager call (30 mins)
  • Code Review & Systems Design (90-120 mins)
  • VP of Eng / Engineering Manager meet (30 mins)

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