# Software Engineer II (Backend, Healthcare)

**Company:** [WHOOP](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/whoop)
**Location:** Boston, MA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Skills:** Java, Kafka, Postgres, AWS, REST APIs, SQS, Object-Oriented Programming, API Design, Relational Databases, Agile
**Posted:** 2025-11-10

> Builds and maintains backend services using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and AWS to deliver healthcare features connecting users to data science insights for health optimization. Requires backend development experience with APIs, databases, and asynchronous systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Contribute to engineering efforts within a cross-functional team, collaborating with designers, product managers, other engineers, and our Digital Health team to refine and advance the WHOOP platform.
- Develop and maintain robust backend services using **Java**, **Kafka**, **Postgres**, and other **AWS** technologies, ensuring stability and performance.
- Contribute to the ideation, technical design, and implementation of new features and platforms, transforming complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions.
- Work on scaling challenges that span multiple systems and demand high availability and reliability.
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, while participating in code reviews and documentation practices.

## Qualifications
- Professional experience in backend development, with a strong foundation in **object-oriented programming**, **API design**, and **relational databases** (**RESTful APIs**, **Postgres**).
- Familiarity with asynchronous processing systems (**Kafka**, **SQS**).
- Experience writing automated tests and documenting code for a variety of audiences.
- A passion for approaching large-scale problems guided by data-driven insights and a commitment to **agile**, iterative development.
- A proactive, collaborative team player, eager to take on new challenges, continuously learn, and adapt in a fast-paced, data-informed environment.

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