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Oura is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

Design, build, and optimize backend services that support real-time data processing and user-facing applications in a secure and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain scalable server-side applications
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to implement new features
  • Optimize backend systems for performance and reliability
  • Ensure data consistency across distributed systems
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues promptly
  • Participate in code reviews and system design discussions
  • Support data pipeline infrastructure for analytics and machine learning
  • Maintain API standards and documentation
  • Integrate third-party services and tools securely
  • Contribute to database schema design and query optimization
  • Implement monitoring and alerting for backend services
  • Enforce security best practices across the stack
  • Work with containerized environments and orchestration tools
  • Support deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
  • Evaluate new technologies for system improvements
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations
  • Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge
  • Drive improvements in system observability
  • Collaborate on incident response and post-mortems
  • Balance technical debt with feature development
  • Support internationalization and localization efforts
  • Design for high availability and fault tolerance
  • Participate in on-call rotations
  • Contribute to long-term technical strategy

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • Experience with time-series data systems
  • Knowledge of GraphQL APIs
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes in production
  • Background in machine learning infrastructure
  • Experience with real-time data processing
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Previous work in health tech or wearables
  • Security certification or training
  • Experience leading technical initiatives

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Remote with flexible hours

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on scalable systems

Our Engineering Culture

We value ownership, transparency, and continuous learning. Engineers are empowered to make decisions and drive improvements across the platform. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are central to how we operate.

Impact of Your Work

Your contributions will directly influence the reliability and scalability of systems that process sensitive health data and deliver insights to users worldwide.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
PythonAWSFastAPIDistributed SystemsMicroservicesData ModelingAPIsPerformance OptimizationSecurityCI/CDCloud Infrastructure
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About company
Oura
Oura creates award-winning products, including the Oura Ring and its connected app, to help people gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality. The company's mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
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Job Details
Category backend
Posted 8 months ago