Senior Backend Engineer

About Avive: Avive Solutions, Inc. ( https://avive.life ) is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are a dynamic organization that builds elegant, creative solutions to solve complex problems. Ultimately, our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation. Avive is taking a fresh approach to addressing this decades-old problem by innovating AED technology, coupled with a first-of-its-kind software platform solution to enable a quicker and more streamlined response to SCA emergencies. We believe that this unique combination of deploying advanced – yet still accessible – hardware, and software, has the potential to revolutionize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response and massively impact SCA survival rates. Check out this short video that shows a glimpse of how our team is working to re-think cardiac arrest response and save lives! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4zfOWo62E Learn more about working at Avive: https://avive.life/careers/ We are seeking a versatile and proactive Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and operate the services that power our products. The ideal candidate will own backend APIs, data pipelines, and event-driven systems; champion performance, reliability, and security; and collaborate closely with frontend, QA and DevOps teams to deliver a robust platform. Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, observability, and identity/access patterns is essential for ensuring a scalable and efficient backend environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python and Django. Develop and optimize data storage solutions with Postgre