Senior Backend Engineer · AI Platform

Description

Lunit, a portmanteau of ‘Learning unit,’ is a medical AI software company devoted to providing AI-powered total cancer care.

Our AI solutions help discover cancer and predict cancer treatment outcomes, achieving timely and individually-tailored cancer treatment.

🗨️ About the Team

The candidate will work as part of the BE team focusing on building server-side applications to support the wider AI Platform and AI Research departments.
The Backend Engineering team is tasked with designing, developing, and upkeeping the server-side codebase for our cloud-native services, serving our researchers, software development, and product teams. We specialize in implementing the functions and server-side logic that operate in the background, making our primary focus the construction of functions/APIs utilized by front-end engineers and researchers.
Our team is an international team of enthusiastic researchers/engineers with diverse interests. We foster a friendly and open environment, encouraging idea/knowledge sharing and collaboration in software engineering.

🗨️ About the Position

Our mission is to Conquer Cancer through AI, by providing a robust data and AI platform solution, your expertise and commitment to the platform will be crucial to actively contribute to the development of innovative AI models. Lunit AI solution has been recognized as best-in-class worldwide and is being used in real-world hospitals, laboratories, and research studies.
We are a dynamic team, driven by an insatiable appetite for learning and an unwavering commitment to adopting good programming practices. We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence, constantly seeking out new knowledge and techniques to elevate our work to the highest standards. Join us and be part of a group that thrives on pushing boundaries, embracing challenges, and striving for continuous growth in the world of programming.

🚩 Roles & Responsibilities

Development and operation of Lunit’s machine learning annotation tool and additional AI platform tools and services software
- Develop, optimize, and maintain backend API services
- Deploy, configure, and integrate additional third-party backend services
- Write test code and review peers' code for quality and maintainability
- Troubleshoot production issues and take the initiative to prevent them from recurring
Assisting in and supporting infrastructure management of the same systems
Find and implement additional automation opportunities, and engineering practices to improve the speed of development/deployment and to improve application security, performance, and reliability
Support the TL to preach, coach, and train BE engineers with emerging backend technologies for enhancing existing services and promoting tech skills
Assist TL in analyzing and resolving complicated tech issues in performance, stability, security, and concurrency

🚩 Tools Used

Technical tools/technologies: Python(FastAPI, Django), Postgresql, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, Argo CD, Grafana, Loki
General: Slack, Confluence, Jira

🎯 Qualifications

6+ years of professional experience in BE development
Proficient in English
Proficiency in at least one server programming language
Familiar with database systems with profound hands-on experiences in relational(SQL database) and non-relational(NoSQL) databases
Experience with designing, building, delivering, and operating secure and high-performance API systems
Deep understanding of web platform technology foundation knowledge(communication protocol like http/https, socket, security, etc)
Effective communication skills: ability to convey information, thoughts, and ideas clearly and efficiently to other developers
Strong communication skills to co-work with the PM to convey user requirements with qualified technical writing and designing documents
Adaptability to refine technical designs or solutions to match changing stakeholder requests and business conditions
Solid OOP and software design and system architecture knowledge
Experience with CI/CD and DevOps/DevSecOps, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes
Experience in RESTful API design
Problem-solving: ability to work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams to analyze situations from monitoring and logs to quickly identify root causes, risks, and challenges to develop an effective solution systematically
A good coach in guiding and developing Jr. or middle backend engineers

🏅 Preferred Experiences

Experience with Python and Python Web development frameworks like FastAPI, Django, etc
Experience in at least one of the cloud experiences like GCP, AWS, Azure, …etc
Interest in machine learning and data systems
Knowledge of networking and Linux

📝How to Apply

🏃‍♀️ Hiring Process

Document Screening → Introductory Interview → Assignment → Competency interview (Technical + Behavior)→ Culture-fit Interview → Onboarding
- All interviews are conducted in English.
- After the final interview, we may proceed with reference checks if needed.

🤝 Work Conditions and Environment

🎸 ETC

If you misrepresent your experience or education or provide false or fraudulent information in or with your application, it may be grounds for cancellation of the employment.
Lunit is committed in providing the preferential processing to those eligible for employment protection (national merits and people with disabilities) relevant to related laws and regulations.

🌻Benefits & Perks

The new office is one minute away by foot from Gangnam Station Exit 3 making it very convenient
Up to 12, 000 won is covered for both lunch and dinner when working at the office
Up to 300,000 won is covered upon joining to decorate your personal workspace
Provide the latest computer models, such as Macs and 4K monitors, and renew them every three years
Attending seminars and purchasing books are covered
Regular in-house AI and medical seminars are held
Korean language education is provided for Lunitians who do not speak Korean as their first language
Access high-quality AI learning resources & deep learning DevOps system
Up to 1.2 million won worth of benefits points can be claimed annually
Korean National holiday gift: Seollal and Chuseok gift/voucher
Annual medical checkups and employee accident insurance are provided
Financial support for participation in employee gatherings (once a month)