Backend Engineer

About the role

At Terra, we aim to be the infrastructure for health data and products alike. To do this, we need world-class engineers capable of designing systems from first principles, writing efficient, extensible, and readable code to build products for our customers.

You will be working closely with our sales and engineering team to:

We currently use AWS and GCP along with programming languages such as Python, GO, and Java for backend development. We do not discriminate by language, and if you have a preferred language within reason, we are happy to let you build with it!

What We Value

We believe outstanding engineers don’t need extensive training from big-tech companies but rather can learn through passion, curiosity, and resourcefulness. They should consider engineering as a craft, continuously refining their skills, solving challenges creatively, and learning from failures. This dedication to growth and excellence makes you an outstanding engineer.

Must haves:

• Approach engineering as an artisan, treating it as a craft to be perfected
• Be fast. We operate at 200mph, and so should you.
• Be relentless. We never stop, so you are even faster than us.
• Be customer-driven. We think customers first, and so should you.
• Be driven and go above and beyond.
• Explain and communicate clearly.
• Be prepared to challenge us and disagree. We are thinking and acting as a team.
• Work autonomously.
• Want to work hard.
• Above all, be a genuinely nice person.

Big plus:
You are an athlete, or care about quantifying your data.

Salary depending on experience: £33,000 - £80,000 + stock options