Heartflow
Senior/Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, California · Staff+
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$13,149 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Heartflow is a medical technology company advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, the #1 cause of death worldwide, using cutting-edge technology.
- Our pipeline of products is growing and so is our team; join us in helping to revolutionize precision heartcare.
- We will calibrate level based on your experience and the interview process.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and operate backend services and APIs for the Heartflow clinical platform, owning your work from design review through production monitoring
- Build and improve the services and data pipelines that move patient imaging data and analysis results through the platform reliably and securely, at scale
- Implement secure-by-default patterns for authentication, authorization, access control, and data integrity, in line with platform-wide security architecture standards
- Mentor engineers through code review, pairing, and design feedback; help onboard new team members and raise the engineering bar around you
- Partner with Product, Clinical, Operations, and Regulatory to scope work, and communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-engineering stakeholders
Requirements
- 10+ years, including demonstrated technical leadership beyond a single team, for the Staff level
- Technical Proficiency:
- Demonstrated experience designing, shipping, and operating production services in a distributed or microservices architecture
- Track record of owning a meaningful service or component end to end, including its reliability and performance in production
- you can explain why your code is correct, not only that it works
- Methodologies: Experience with Agile development methodologies and project management tools
- Security Knowledge: Working knowledge of web and OWASP security best practices
- Platform: Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate, S3, SQS, VPC), infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, CDK), CI/CD, and observability
- Communication: Ability to write and speak clearly about technical work, including to stakeholders outside engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
Compensation
- A reasonable estimate of the base salary compensation range is $180,000 to $215,000 (for Senior level) or $190,000 to $250,000 (for Staff level), bonus and equity. #LI-Hybrid
Benefits
- Produce the design, verification, and traceability documentation required for FDA-regulated medical software, and build to HIPAA requirements for handling patient data
- Experience with medical imaging data (DICOM), healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR), or systems that handle PHI
- Experience working within a controlled development process - FDA-regulated medical software, or another regulated or safety-critical domain
Company info
- Heartflow has become aware of a fraud where unknown entities are posing as Heartflow recruiters in an attempt to obtain personal information from individuals as part of our application or job offer process.
This listing is sourced directly from Heartflow's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.