Do you want to help shape tomorrow’s healthcare with AI? At Pacmed, we combine technology and humanity to keep healthcare accessible and future-proof. We are a growing AI company with solutions already running in multiple hospitals, and we are actively scaling further across the Netherlands.
With our software, we help healthcare professionals make better real-time decisions, use capacity more efficiently, and ensure smooth patient flows, from the emergency department and ICU to the clinic. Our mission is to help hospitals accelerate their care transformation and digitalization goals, so that every patient receives the right care at the right time.
Does this sound exciting? Then we have the perfect role for you! We are looking for a Senior (or Staff) Software Engineer who will be responsible for designing, building, and shipping the backend and infrastructure of our product.
As a Software Engineer, you will sit (or stand, if you prefer) right at the center of Pacmed’s software development and delivery process. You will report to our Head of Engineering, and work closely with a group of talented and driven developers, engineers, and data scientists in the Product Engineering team. Your focus will be on owning our most significant architectural designs and decisions, developing our software hands-on across the full stack, and coaching your colleagues to grow their own architectural and engineering skills. We're looking for someone who enjoys shaping how software is designed and built, takes ownership, and is motivated to keep learning, make our architecture better, our team stronger, and our product easier to build and evolve.
Why Pacmed is a great place to work
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We're a dynamic startup committed to improving healthcare in the Netherlands.
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We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for our team.
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We're a talented bunch dedicated to helping each other grow.
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We foster a culture of kindness and respect.
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We're a team of ambitious and fun-loving people, with regular team events!
What would be expected of you
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Own large technical decisions and designs, keeping our architecture coherent, scalable, and fit for a medical product.
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Develop our software hands-on across the full stack, setting the bar for quality.
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Coach and mentor your colleagues: design reviews as teaching moments, pairing, and supporting internal growth tracks.
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Contribute to and critically review work across all parts of our codebase to reduce single points of failure.
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Write and review professional, maintainable, well-tested code following best practices for medical applications.
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Own large portions of the codebase, contributing to planning their expansion, integration, and maintenance.
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Use AI tooling wisely and responsibly to assist you and others in writing good code.
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Collaborate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, such as hospital IT staff.
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Contribute to increasing the knowledge and awareness of your colleagues in terms of architecture, backend, and software quality topics.
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Participate in validation and verification activities, according to the latest medical and information security regulations.
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Be present in the office a couple of days per week. We are flexible, and at the same time we love seeing each other regularly and working together in person.
Requirements
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Substantial experience (6+ years) designing and owning software architecture in production
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Strong Python knowledge and software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing, and CI/CD
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Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred) and containerization (e.g. Docker)
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A coaching mindset: experience mentoring other engineers and being motivated to keep learning, speak up when something isn't good enough, and help others grow
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Fluency in written and spoken English
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Eligible to work in the Netherlands (EU). Unfortunately we are not able to sponsor visas at the moment.
At Pacmed, we think there is strength in diversity. Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Pacmed encourages you to reconsider and apply! Building responsible AI requires diverse perspectives, equitable practices, and integrity every step of the way. This is our commitment.
The perks our team loves
You'll get a stake in Pacmed's success through our Stock Appreciation Rights (SAR) program
Development Day once a month – spend 5% of your work time for personal development!
Regular social events, with quarterly outings and yearly off-site
Sponsored contribution of an equivalent of 6% of your salary to a private pension fund
Extra paid additional birth leave and maternity leave
Flexible working arrangements in working hours and working from abroad
…but also:
25 paid holidays per year based on full time employment
➕ The option to buy 5 extra holidays based on full time employment
️ Possibility to take a 3-months sabbatical once employed with a permanent contract
Lunch provided daily at the office, with plenty of vegetarian and vegan options
A ClassPass and OpenUp subscription
Option to customize public holidays: swap some standard public holidays for alternative days to accommodate personal or religious observances
️ Company laptop, phone allowance and home office equipment provided
Our Tech Stack
Our software is written in Python and Javascript (Typescript), with Azure as our cloud provider. On the data science side, you will work mostly in Python: we process clinical data with Pandas, Polars, and (Py)Spark, and we train and evaluate our models with scikit-learn and related libraries (e.g., scikit-survival, LightGBM). Interpretability and explainability are central to how we build: our predictions only create value when users understand, trust and use them. Around all this sits our product stack (FastAPI, SQL, VueJS, Docker) which you will encounter when your work finds its way into the product.
Of course, no single person knows and uses all these tools! So don't worry if you don't know some of them. And if you are curious about any new tool, you will definitely have the chance to pick them up and learn on the job.
At the same time, we are always eager to add beneficial new technologies to our stack. If you want to contribute your expertise with a specific tool that you love, we have a Tech Funnel process to evaluate and possibly adopt anything that might be interesting and beneficial to the team and/or our product.
Growing at Pacmed
At Pacmed we are fully committed to help you grow in the direction that you envision for yourself. Together with your manager, you will craft a development path to guide you in the process. Every quarter you will review your individual growth goals, both with your manager and your team lead, to make sure that you are working on the right things and achieving the goals you have set for yourself.
As a successful Senior or Staff Software Engineer, here's an example of what the next years at Pacmed could look like. Of course, this is just a hypothetical path: everyone's professional growth looks different, and every step of the way is highly dependent on a number of factors, including but not limited to one's own performance, but also the needs of the team and the availability of positions.
In the short term (1-2 years), you would establish yourself as the technical anchor of the team: owning our most significant architectural decisions and designs; scoping and driving medium- and long-term technical projects; contributing to the strategic vision of the product and tech team; and visibly raising the engineering and architectural capability of your colleagues through coaching and mentoring.
In the longer term (2-5 years), you will continue progressing on the Individual Contributor track, progressing to technical leadership positions in such as Staff and Principal Engineer. You will lead the architectural and technical strategy of the tech team as a whole, being responsible for our largest technical decisions and architectural designs, and for delivering code and products of the highest quality. You will work closely with management and other departments, bringing your technical knowledge and expertise to the table as input to most strategic decisions.
Note: we will not ask you to do a take-home coding challenge for this position. We value your time, and we do not believe in asking candidates to do unpaid work.
1️⃣ ✨ Introductory chat
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With whom? One of our engineers.
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How long? 15-30 mins
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How? Online (MS Teams)
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What? A short call to align on the fundamentals and practicalities: salary expectations (both ways), motivation, and main requirements. You will hear more about Pacmed and you will be asked some questions to check that we can proceed to the next stage.
2️⃣ ️ First Interview
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With whom? Two of our colleagues from the Product-Tech Team.
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How long? 45 minutes
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How? Online (MS Teams) or in our Amsterdam office. This could be combined with step 3.
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What? This will be a way to get to know each other, talk about your background, experience, and motivation, and to see whether Pacmed could be a great fit for you, and what you could bring to the team. We'll also tell you a bit more about the company, team, way of working, and the product, and you can ask any questions you might have about Pacmed or the position.
3️⃣ ️ Technical Interview
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With whom? Two of our senior engineers.
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How long? 1.5 hours
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How? In person at our office, but possible to arrange it online if needed. This could be combined with step 2.
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What? This is where you will be able to shine. We will work together on some technical challenges such as performing a code review, fixing a CICD pipeline, or other fun problems.
4️⃣ Final chat (+ optional lunch at the office)
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With whom? Michele (Head of Engineering) and/or Bas (CTO).
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How long? 45min
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How? In person at our office, but possible to arrange it online if needed.
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What? This will be an informal chat with the CTO and your future manager, to go more in depth about your growth plans, motivation, way of working, and culture fit/add. It will also be a chance for you to ask all the questions you might still have after going through the technical interviews. In addition, if you are able to come to the office, we would love for you to have lunch with the rest of the team, to get to know them and have a chance to experience what it means to work from the Pacmed office.
We're looking forward to meeting you!
