Backend Engineer

Who are we

Formelio is a scale-up company that designs and builds innovative digital healthcare products that are decentralized, standardized, and reusable. We take a holistic approach to healthcare by collaborating with stakeholders across all domains to ensure that our solutions meet the needs of practitioners and citizens alike. Whether you're a healthcare professional or a patient, our products are designed to make your life easier.

We are a team of creative and ambitious professionals from over 15 countries, including software engineers, designers, product owners, and healthcare experts. We believe in fostering a culture of individual autonomy and responsibility with a highly flexible work environment that allows team members to work from home, the office, or anywhere between.

What will you do

Formelio is constantly seeking talented back-end engineers to join our team. Our agile teams are comprised of skilled engineers who collaborate closely to drive innovation in healthcare throughout the Netherlands. We are currently in search of a senior back-end engineer who excels in dynamic and forward-thinking environments.

As a back-end engineer at Formelio, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our mission to enhance healthcare in The Netherlands. Our teams are continually engaged in software development, problem-solving, and fostering collaborative efforts to empower individuals to take charge of their health. At Formelio, we embrace a microservice architecture and leverage cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Helm, Java, Rust, Golang, JS, and FHIR.

Your primary responsibilities as a back-end engineer at Formelio will include:

• Collaborating seamlessly with your agile team during sprint cycles.
• Partnering with software architects to conceive and develop new applications supporting Formelio's ecosystem.
• Crafting and maintaining microservices utilizing the latest technology stack.
• Implementing robust DevOps pipelines to automate deployments to our Kubernetes clusters.
• Working on complex interoperability problems with different source systems.

Join us at Formelio and be a driving force in reshaping healthcare for the better. Your expertise will contribute to our ongoing efforts to make healthcare more accessible and efficient for all.

What’s in it for you?

At Formelio you are part of the entire process - from software architecture design to product delivery. We strongly encourage you to speak your mind and to participate in everything that concerns Formelio. This is a unique chance to work in a scale-up organization, and you can affect not only our software but also the company itself. Additionally, we also offer you the following:

• A competitive salary, based on education and previous experience, up to €5000 a month.
• Commuting allowance, including the option of a sponsored OV-Chipkaart.
• 200 hours of holiday leave (1.0 FTE) and 8% holiday allowance.
• A company laptop.
• A pension plan with only 3% of your own contribution.
• Developmental options related to your career growth, such as internal training and the ability to take external training if desired.
• Option to work remotely or at our vibrant office at WTC The Hague.

What do you possess as a Backend Engineer?

We are actively seeking individuals with positive energy who excel in a flexible working environment. If you thrive on effective communication, both within your team and with stakeholders, and are comfortable working in a scale-up setting with tight deadlines and milestones, then you may be the perfect fit for our team. Strong organizational and time management skills are essential in this role. In addition to these soft skills, the following qualifications would be highly desirable:

• University degree in computer science or technical degree with a few years of engineering experience.
• Proficient in spoken and written English.
• A team player who thrives in a multidisciplinary team.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of independently devising solutions to complex challenges.
• Experience with our technology stack, which includes Java Spring Boot and Kubernetes. Knowledge of NodeJS and Rust is considered a plus.
• Eagerness to acquire new technical skills, and stay up to date with emerging trends.
• Language-agnostic approach to software engineering.
• Experience in a lead-dev or architect position would be a plus.
• Experience in the health-tech industry would be a valuable asset.

Interested?

Please apply by pressing the Apply button and always include a CV and a short motivation. We look forward to hearing from you.

P.S. If you don’t fit all the requirements, but still consider yourself a great fit, please apply! We'd love to consider you and see if we can find a way to hire you.