Software Engineer (Backend, Healthcare)
Company: WHOOP
Location: Boston, MA
Salary: $125k - $170k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-13
About this role
- As a Software Engineer on the Healthcare Infra team, you will help build and maintain exciting features in the Healthcare space and connect members to our powerful data science algorithms
- You will develop reusable, scalable platforms that enable the entire Healthcare organization to move faster in the rapidly changing consumer health space, working with partners both in and outside of WHOOP
- You will help our members understand all aspects of their health: physical, mental, emotional, and hormonal, and work to build the underlying infrastructure that connects them to the wider Healthcare ecosystem
- Contribute to engineering efforts within a cross-functional team, collaborating with designers, product managers, other engineers, and our 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
### Benefits
- Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
- Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
- Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you’re eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
- WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
- Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, ...