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WHOOP

Software Engineer II (Backend, Healthcare Infra)

WHOOP, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298

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Overview

WHOOP is on a mission to unlock human performance. The company helps users understand their bodies and daily lives through wearable metrics like heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep quality to provide personalized insights into fitness, health, and recovery. As a Software Engineer II on the Healthcare Infra team, you will help build and maintain features in the Healthcare space and connect members to data science algorithms. You will develop reusable, scalable platforms that enable the Healthcare organization to move faster in the rapidly changing consumer health space, working with partners both inside and outside WHOOP. You will help members understand all aspects of their health and build the underlying infrastructure that connects them to the wider Healthcare ecosystem. This role targets backend engineers who are passionate about scalable systems and delivering user-centric solutions informed by data.

Responsibilities

Contribute to engineering efforts within a cross-functional team, collaborating with designers, product managers, other engineers, and the 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. Location and notes: This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office. WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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