Whoop
Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core)
Boston, MA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 hours ago
JavaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewAPI DevelopmentKafkaData ScienceCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
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About the role
- Our wearable technology monitors vital physiological metrics to offer personalized insights that enhance fitness, health, sleep, and recovery.
- This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA.
- Interested in the role, but don't meet every qualification?
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of foundational backend capabilities that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Drive technical planning for complex initiatives by defining scope, sequencing work, identifying risks, and communicating technical tradeoffs.
- Deliver high-impact platform capabilities while balancing technical quality, business priorities, and data-informed engineering decisions.
- WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core team, you will build the foundations that power the WHOOP App and develop features that empower members to optimize performance and longevity.
- You will partner closely with other engineers, product management, design, data science, and performance science to shape and build the polished member-facing experiences for these features.
Requirements
- Experience designing scalable, reliable, and observable systems using cloud-native and event-driven architectures such as Kafka or SQS.
- Strong engineering judgment with experience balancing technical quality, business priorities, and long-term maintainability.
- Experience writing well-tested, maintainable software and establishing engineering best practices through technical leadership.
- The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence engineering direction, and mentor other engineers.
- Deep expertise in backend development, including Java, API design, distributed systems, and relational databases such as Postgres.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical partners.
- Enthusiasm in leveraging AI tools while maintaining high standards for quality and engineering excellence.
- Bonus: Experience building shared platform capabilities or contributing across mobile and backend
- Learn more about our Software Org and how to be successful in your engineering career at WHOOP via our Career Framework https://engineering.prod.whoop.com/careerframework.
- This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
- Interested in the role, but don't meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.
- WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify https://www.e-verify.gov/ to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Benefits
- You will play a critical role in building and scaling the foundational systems that power the WHOOP member experience for fitness, sleep, strain, recovery, and integrations.
Company info
- At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan.
- At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience.
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