Senior Software Engineer

Lyra is for you if you

Thrive on working with brilliant teammates to solve complex, meaningful problems

Are passionate about making a social impact and supporting people at their most challenging moments

Enjoy cross-functional collaboration with therapists, data scientists, engineers and product managers

In this role, you will

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!

We are looking for someone with:

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

Nice to haves:

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

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