Senior Back End Engineer - Manta Cares
$180k - $210k USD
About Manta Cares
Navigating cancer is like embarking on a treacherous hike—without a map, gear, or guide. Manta Cares provides the most comprehensive self-advocacy toolkit available, empowering patients every step of the way, transforming the cancer journey.
Manta Cares is a digital health company founded and led by cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and oncologists. Our team brings over 50 years of combined healthcare experience, with backgrounds at McKinsey, Stanford, MIT, and ASCO, among others. Backed by top-tier venture funds—including Pear Ventures, Sozo Ventures, and 1843 Capital—we generate revenue through partnerships with leading life sciences organizations.
A lot of what we do today is in stealth mode, and you will need to chat with us to truly learn more (our website will only tell you so much!).
About the Role
As our first in-house Back-End Engineer, you'll be at the heart of Manta Cares' technical foundation, working directly on the core systems that power our patient navigation platform. You'll take ownership of our existing Golang codebase and shepherd it towards production readiness, while architecting and optimizing the cloud infrastructure and deployment systems that will scale with our growth. This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical backbone of a product that makes a real difference in people's lives during their most challenging moments.
We're building a tight-knit engineering team in San Francisco, and you'll play a pivotal role in taking our platform from development to public release and beyond!
As a Founding Front End Engineer, you will:
Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC tools
Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud services and costs
Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Design and develop new features and APIs using Golang
Ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability of our back-end systems, troubleshoot issues in production
Implement best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation
Collaborate with other developers and the head of engineering and product manager
You must have:
5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong proficiency in Golang and its ecosystem
Experience with RESTful API design and implementation
Proven experience architecting and managing production cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
Expertise in database design and optimization (SQL and NoSQL)
Proven ability to quickly understand and work with existing codebases
Experience taking products from development to production
You might also have:
Familiarity with microservices architecture
Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of performance optimization and scalability best practices
Experience working in a startup environment
Strong communication skills and ability to work independently
Contributions to open-source projects
Experience in a fast-growing startup environment
Key Details
Full-time; Hybrid in the SF office, at least 2 days a week (currently Tuesday/Wednesday)
Salary: $180,000 - $210,000 (range is based on years of relevant work experience)
Meaningful equity package with significant upside potential
What we offer:
Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Flexible, unlimited Paid Time Off
In-person workspace in Mission Bay/Downtown SF
Weekly in office team lunches and monthly team events
Direct collaboration with company leadership
Opportunity to work on meaningful problems in the healthcare/life sciences domain
Exposure to the full product development lifecycle, from design to production support
Manta Cares is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.