Founding Software Engineer in ProsperiA Health

ProsperIA is a social-impact spin-off from the MIT Media Lab, set on the mission to democratize early detection and treatment of chronic diseases via AI technologies and digital platforms.

Join the ProsperIA team (www.prosperia.health) as our Founding Software Engineer, and co-create solutions that will have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of thousands of people in Mexico and Latin America. Join our mission to democratize access to early treatment of the diseases that cause the most death and disability in our society, combining high-quality digital platforms with revolutionary AI-based solutions. Moreover, take the unique opportunity to gain ownership of part of this revolutionary company by co-leading its software development efforts (apply here).

The Founding Software Engineer will be the pillar guiding the development and operation of our digital platforms. He/she will participate in architecting future extensions of our platforms, development of backend systems and managing the infrastructure. Our backend stack is based on AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Serverless, Docker, Flask, Python, PostgreSQL. Our systems include several Machine Learning modules, but those are encapsulated and consumed simply via AWS Lambdas. Our frontend stack is based on React, and developed by a dedicated frontend developer.

We look for a committed team member passionate about building cutting-edge, AI-powered systems with high social impact. Depending on experience and commitment, we are willing to give the Founding Software Engineer employee stock options, for you to own part of ProsperIA and be a full member of our founding team.

1. Personality and organizational skills:

○ Impact-driven: high passion for achieving positive social impact at a large scale through technology.

○ Interest and some experience in project management

○ Interest and some experience in team management, for progressively managing a small team of developers.

○ High standards for the quality of your work

○ General positive attitude to life and work

○ Substantial experience working with backend technologies like AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Serverless, Docker, Flask (or Django), Python, and PostgreSQL.

○ Familiarity with frontend frameworks like React.js

○ Experience and interest in architecting sophisticated and modular software platforms.