Platform engineer Jobs in Burnaby, BC

Synthesis Health

Who We Are

We’re a mission‑and‑values‑driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Platform Engineer to help build the next generation of our cloud‑native healthcare platform. You will be a key technical contributor, responsible for designing, building, and owning critical components that form the backbone of our systems. You will focus on improving the scalability, performance, and reliability of our services, enabling our product teams to deliver innovative features to our customers faster and more securely.

If you are a builder who thrives on solving complex distributed systems problems, enjoys mentoring others, and wants to make a significant impact on healthcare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Build Core Platform Services : Design, develop, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure platform components and microservices that are critical to project success and product capabilities.
• Drive Performance and Reliability : Promote and implement best practices for observability, monitoring, and performance testing. Analyze and optimize application‑level performance for our critical workflows, ensuring they meet strict uptime and speed requirements.
• Improve System Architecture : Contribute to the analysis of our platform architecture, helping to identify performance bottlenecks, improve data and caching flows, and simplify architectural complexity.
• Elevate Code Quality : Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code for core platform services. Set a high standard for code quality and testing within the team by leading design reviews and providing constructive feedback.
• Lead with Technical Expertise and Mentorship : Formally or informally mentor junior engineers, helping to level up the team through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands‑on guidance. Significantly influence the team’s technical direction and decisions.
• Create Excellent Documentation : Produce clear, high‑quality architectural diagrams and technical documentation for the components you own, contributing to the team’s shared knowledge base.

What We’re Looking For

Hands‑On Expertise with Modern Tech Stacks : Practical knowledge of the principles and technologies behind our platform :

Preferred Qualifications

Why You Should Join Us

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Compensation and Benefits

Typical salary range for this position is $85,000 - $110,000 . We participate in location‑based hiring and salary ranges can be adjusted based on the candidate’s residence.

Other benefits include, but are not limited to : Medical, Dental, Vision, “Use as needed” vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.

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