Summary
Join a backend team building reliable Python services for a highly regulated, safety-critical domain. You will develop well-scoped features, write tests and quality controls, use AI coding agents to work efficiently, and gradually grow toward owning a technical domain end-to-end.
Highlights
Build well-scoped Python backend features with strong testing and quality controls in a regulated environment. The role provides an opportunity to learn safety-critical engineering practices, use AI coding tools, and grow toward ownership of a technical domain.
Description
Company Information
Clinical Ink is the global life science company that brings data, technology, and patient science together to unlock clinical discovery.
Our deep therapeutic-area expertise, coupled with Direct Data Capture, eCOA, eConsent, telehealth, neurocognitive testing, and digital biomarkers advancement, drive the industry standard for data precision and usher in a new generation of clinical trials.
With offices in the United States and Denmark, Clinical Ink is rewriting the clinical development experience.
Job Description
Clinical Ink is seeking a Backend Engineer to to join Clinical Ink's Disease Management team based in Denmark and the United States.
In this role, you build well-scoped backend features across our Python services, with the tests and quality controls that prove they work.
You’ll learn what it means to build in a regulated, safety-critical environment, lean on AI coding agents to move fast, and grow toward owning a domain of your own.
The Backend Engineer's responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Implement backend features in our Python stack: API endpoints, data models and migrations, and the glue between services.Write meaningful tests and make it (or its equivalent) pass — correctness is proven by the controls, not by hopingContribute to integrations with wearables and clinical data sources under guidanceInstrument what you build — add the metrics and logs that make your code observable — and learn our tooling (CloudWatch, Sentry) and how the platform runs in productionLearn and respect the safety/privacy context — PHI handling, least privilege — as part of normal developmentUse AI coding agents effectively, and build the habit of verifying what they generateCommunicate clearly in code, PRs, and updates
Qualifications
Solid programming fundamentals and some backend experience (Python a plus; we care more about strong fundamentals and learning speed)Comfort with APIs, databases/SQL, and version control; eagerness to learn good testing and designA real drive to build and ship, and curiosity to keep learningOpenness to AI-augmented development with a healthy, verify-it mindsetExposure to FastAPI / SQLAlchemy / Postgres, AWS, or healthcare data (FHIR, wearables) preferredAny experience in regulated, safety-critical, or high-reliability software preferred
Additional Information
Clinical Ink is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.
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