Senior Front-End Engineer (Web)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Finding a good job is very good.

Finding a good job in a dynamic, growing company is great.

Finding a great job in a world-changing organization is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  

Welcome to Proteus Digital Health, where we’re pioneering a new category of products, services and data systems based on ingestible computing. Our core technology – the digital health feedback system – provides an unprecedented view into an individual’s personal health choices and physiologic response. This care-altering feedback system enables patients to better manage their health, allows more effective collaboration with caregivers and clinicians, all while enabling new information-based business models.

What Amazon did with books, and Apple did with music, Proteus is poised to do with digital medicine. Come join our unique collection of innovative scientists, engineers, market makers, designers, doctors, developers, clinicians, and other digital health industry pioneers, and help us dramatically improve the lives of tens of millions across the globe.

Learn more about what we do (video): https://proteus.app.box.com/BuildersandInnovators

Job Title: Software Applications Development Expert (Web)

Team: Software Applications Development

Reports To: Software Applications Development Lead

The energy and culture at Proteus is a contagious mix of passion, focus, relentless determination, and serious fun. Proteans are mission-minded and collaborate in a way that’s refreshingly encouraging. With all of this comes success and then growth, which is why you’re reading this now because we are seeking an experienced Software Applications Development Expert (Web).

In this role, you will work closely with product management, UX designers, and services engineers to build rich web interfaces for patients, doctors, and support users. But it doesn’t end there. Here’s a summary of this great opportunity:

Job Description

  • Champion test driven development and continuous delivery of our work
  • Take ownership of, have opinions about, and drive development of features from design through deployment
  • Comprehensively support deployed software, addressing issues and answering questions from all areas of company focus
  • Collaborate with other application developers through frequent code reviews, pair programming, and planning exercises

Qualifications

  • B.S. in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related area of study
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • Solid JavaScript (and ensuing technical stack) skills
  • Consumer-facing applications currently available in the App Store or available on the web
  • Ability to design an application from an idea to implementation
  • Mastery of your favorite unit and end-to-end test tools
  • Strong software design, development and testing experience
  • Successful people leadership, development and mentoring experience
  • Expertise building secure applications to REST APIs using OAuth, XSS/CSRF protections, and secure local storage
  • Solid understanding of software development life cycle
  • Demonstrated ability to understand projects at the system level
  • Have opinions about how you develop software, and be willing to push those opinions and engage in healthy debate about them
  • Superb verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills along with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional, fast-paced setting

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.

Physical/Mental Demands 

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

Ready for the ride of your life? We’re looking forward to receiving your resume!

We provide our employees with a great benefits package, which includes: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, paid time off (PTO)—including your birthday off, employee stock options, a bright & awesomely designed physical work space, a complimentary wearable device (i.e. Fitbit), fitness centers, and, of course free snacks & beverages.

About Us: Proteus has received FDA market clearance in the U.S. and a CE mark in Europe for its wearable and ingestible sensor devices. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Proteus is privately held and funded by Carlyle, Essex Woodlands, Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic, Novartis, Otsuka, Oracle, ON Semiconductor and other investors.