Lead Software Engineer – Fleet Management

SafelyYou is working to ensure the highest-quality care for seniors in any care setting, anywhere in the world, driven by proven AI, unmatched clinical expertise, and an immeasurable passion for caregiving.

• CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCATED IN CANADA OR THE UNITED STATES

If you don’t meet every requirement but are excited by the role, we still encourage you to apply

About SafelyYou

SafelyYou’s passionate mission is to empower safer, more person-centered care across senior living through world-leading AI, industry-changing hardware, and remote expert clinicians, significantly improving outcomes for residents while increasing peace of mind for families and reducing costs for communities.

Originating in 2015 as the doctoral research of CEO George Netscher—and inspired by his own family's experience with Alzheimer's disease—SafelyYou was spun out of UC Berkeley’s Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, one of the top five AI research groups in the world. And today, our company is solving critical challenges in senior living, from resident falls and ER visits to staffing concerns, length of stay, and NOI. All helping ensure that communities can focus on improved care for residents while still reaching their financial goals.

SafelyYou is one of five most innovative fall technologies referenced in the Senate Falls Report (2019), a winner of the McKnight’s Tech Partner of the Year, and has been named to Fortune’s Impact 20 list, which recognizes companies making people’s lives better through innovation.

Your Role at SafelyYou

We’re seeking a Lead Software Engineer (P5) to drive technical leadership on our Fleet Management team , which is responsible for the deployment, observability, and lifecycle of software across tens of thousands of edge devices. These devices are critical to SafelyYou’s ability to detect falls and deliver meaningful insights to care staff.

If you love distributed systems, reliability engineering, and “make it work in production at scale” problems , you’ll feel at home here.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role (~70–80% IC work) with mentorship responsibilities, not a people-management position.

Key Responsibilities :

Lead the architecture and implementation of Go-based edge services used in real-time fall detection systems

Own our OTA pipeline : ensure safe, scalable, and observable deployment of software to over 60K devices

Drive improvements in observability, monitoring, alerting, and production readiness of the fleet of sensors

Guide and coach a team of engineers, reviewing designs and helping others grow through mentorship

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Hardware, AI, and Operations teams to deliver reliable end-to-end outcomes

Set the tone for high-impact engineering through design reviews, technical leadership, and reliability-focused thinking

The Ideal Candidate :

Professional experience with Go (Golang) in production systems

Prior experience in IoT, edge devices, embedded, or hardware-software interfacing

Experience with distributed systems : deployment safety, reliability, incident response, or operating software at scale

Comfort in Linux environments, plus strong debugging and performance instincts

Ability to own systems end-to-end : design → implementation → rollout → monitoring → iteration

Strong technical communicator and mentor - ready to guide P1–P4 engineers

Nice to Have (Not Required)

Familiarity with OTA upgrade pipelines, rollback mechanisms, and CI / CD tooling for device fleets

Exposure to healthcare, compliance-sensitive, or mission-critical systems

Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, or other cloud-native tools

Why Join Us? You Can Make a Difference!

SafelyYou offers a competitive compensation package, including but not limited to :

A mission-driven company culture

Fully remote

Competitive salary & benefits, including fully paid employee premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k Program

Monthly Education, Well-being & WFH stipends

Non-accrual PTO

Growth Potential

Company Retreats

Medical & Family / Parental Leave

At SafelyYou, we believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, competitive, and resilient company. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that celebrates diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We value all the perspectives our team members bring to the table, and that is why we don’t look for culture fit, but culture add. We want to hear from YOU! We encourage you to apply even if you do not fit 100% of the technical requirements.