Staff Software Engineer
OUR MISSION
Calibrate is on a mission to change the way the world treats weight. We’re defining a new category in metabolic health that mirrors what the research shows—that weight reflects our biology, not our willpower. Our program was designed by world leaders in obesity and nutrition science to improve metabolic health and drive long-term weight loss that’s impactful, realistic, and sustainable.
Obesity is America’s underlying pandemic and largest category of chronic disease, and Calibrate is closing the gap in care for 175mm adults in a $600bn market where we spend millions of dollars each year and do not lose millions of pounds.
To bring Calibrate to everyone who needs it, we’re building the first value-based model in obesity treatment, aligning incentives for patients, providers, payors, and pharmaceutical companies. We’ve built a suite of products that combine medication with our proprietary intensive lifestyle intervention to deliver results that last.Calibrate launched in 2020 direct-to-consumer and has since expanded into enterprise channels to increase access to effective obesity treatment.
Calibrate’s programs bring decades of clinical research directly to consumers, immersing members in a biweekly 1:1 coaching program and curriculum that educates and encourages them to build enduring healthy habits across the four areas essential to lasting metabolic health: food, sleep, exercise, and emotional health. A purpose-built app enables daily tracking of food, energy levels, weight, and bi-weekly goals and helps members interact with their Coaching and Medical teams, while a members’ group and events calendar create additional opportunities to engage with the Calibrate community.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a staff software engineer at Calibrate, you will be responsible for collaborating with product, design and stakeholders to lead impactful projects that both drive our product roadmap forward and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design services and systems with a focus on iterative development, reliability, and simplicity.
- Build, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions to address dynamic business needs.
- Partner closely with product and design on discovery and experimentation to release solutions for impactful user and business problems.
- Lead by example, demonstrating technical excellence, and providing mentorship to help team members grow.
- Assist your team in making decisions that align with organizational objectives, supporting these decisions, and taking accountability for their outcomes.
- Foster collaboration within the engineering team through consistent communication and building robust relationships with teammates, managers, and stakeholders across the organization.
- Manage technical dependencies, timelines and deliverables for projects
- Participate in rotating on-call duties, including incident management.
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
- 8+ years of software development experience, with strong skills in Python
- Experience with PostgreSQL and other SQL-based databases
- Experience with AWS (or other cloud services), infrastructure as code, and CI/CD
- Experience with mobile development is a plus.
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to align team efforts with organizational goals.
- Extensive experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of technical leadership and mentoring.
- Strong expertise in designing and developing scalable and maintainable software systems.
- Proficiency in systematic debugging, incident management, and operational monitoring.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to foster a culture of effective communication and collaboration.
- Deep understanding of security principles and practices, with experience in driving security initiatives.
- Ability to manage risk, change, and uncertainty in a dynamic environment.
BENEFITS
At Calibrate, we’re committed to putting our team members in control of their health. In 2025, we are proudly offering the following benefits:
- Attractive salaries with opportunities for equity in our early-stage, high-growth company.
- Enjoy a generous paid time off policy, including multiple paid company holidays, wellness days, and floating holidays to support your work-life blend.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefit options to keep you and your family healthy.
- Calibrate-funded disability and basic life insurance, ensuring peace of mind during unforeseen events.
- Access to several wellness programs, including a complimentary Peloton membership, Headspace membership, and therapy on your schedule with Headspace Care.
- Employee Assistance Program through Prudential to receive counseling on a wide range of topics.
- Remote-first ways of working, with the flexibility to work from any state.
- Competitive paid parental leave program to support new parents.
OUR VALUES
We’re in it together: We have an audacious mission, and we’re building a lot of things for the first time — from the first DTC pharma business within the healthcare ecosystem to the data infrastructure for providing real-world evidence in the largest category of chronic disease. It takes superpowers to build something simple and intuitive within the complex healthcare market, so we identify and work as a team from our individual points of strength. Not everyone has to be good at everything, but we know that when we harness what we’re each great at, we’re unstoppable.
Small wins create big wins: We ground every experience in optimism, recognizing and celebrating successes along the way. We break projects down into smaller components. And we focus on where we have momentum. We always plan for larger goals with the knowledge that our plans will evolve as we achieve smaller milestones.
You’re in control: We don’t let location stand in the way of the best talent — and from coaches to engineers, we are a remote-first team. Our business is multi-faceted, so each Calibrater is hired to be an expert in their piece of it — in control of their own initiatives, in control of their own impact, and in control of driving their own (real) results.
Real results matter: We’re obsessed with outcomes because when our members win, we win, and the data proves that we’ve built the best metabolic health program on the market. We’re purposeful, optimistic, and relentlessly confident that we can solve the biggest medical issue of the 21st century.
Calibrate is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. To achieve our mission of changing the way the world treats weight, we are building an environment where every Calibrater can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do the best work of their careers. We value diversity and recruit, hire, and promote individuals solely based on talent, qualifications, competence, and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.
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