Lead Software Quality Engineering, Backend

Who Are We? Prolaio believes that continuous learning and collaboration can make a significant difference in how heart care is administered. We are creating smarter ways to address heart disease and heart risks by uniting patients, care teams, and researchers on a secure, technology-enabled platform that drives clinical innovation and offers a path towards better patient outcomes.

This is precision cardiology, and we know it’s within reach. What Will You Do? The Overview The Backend Software Quality Engineering Lead will oversee and actively contribute to the validation and verification of our cloud-based data platform.

In this role, you will act as a true player-coach—balancing technical leadership, team mentorship, and direct individual contribution. You will be responsible for the integrity of our high-volume data pipelines and backend services, leading a small team of automation test engineers while also contributing to test case automation and executing test strategies.

Responsibilities

, but prefers to remain an active contributor rather than stepping into a pure management role.

Requirements

-gathering process to ensure clinical safety in a Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) environment. The Specifics Hands-on Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, coach, and mentor a team of backend automation engineers by example.

Engineering: Act as a collaborative bridge between Product, Engineering, and Regulatory teams. You will use your experience to translate complex clinical needs into actionable, testable verification plans, actively writing test cases that ensure full feature coverage. , BigQuery, Cassandra).

You will be personally responsible for verifying the accuracy of complex datasets, specifically focusing on the precision of time-series data. , ISO 13485, IEC 62304), ensuring automated testing provides the necessary evidence for regulatory compliance. Why Prolaio?

Impactful Work: You will join in the fight against heart failure (HF) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with the goal of extending and saving the lives of our patients while also being at the forefront of changing the healthcare industry through technology. Innovative Environment : You will be part of an organization doing something that’s never been done before. Professional Growth : You will join a growing team and have a substantial impact on our daily and future operations with the opportunity to continuously learn and grow.

Collaborative Team : You will be part of a team of collaborative, curious, and committed individuals focused on the collective good, inclusiveness, scientific excellence, and advancing digital health for cardiology.

Responsibilities (Defining Roadmaps, Professional Development)

but will split your time between leadership and active technical contribution (writing test code, reviewing PRs, and executing tests). Active Framework Evolution: Quickly master and directly contribute code to our existing backend test frameworks. You will be hands-on in maintaining, scaling, and optimizing these tools, ensuring they remain performant as our cloud infrastructure evolves.

Who You Are

Technical Leadership: 8+ years in backend testing or software development, with a proven track record of blending hands-on technical contribution with team mentorship or formal lead experience. You prefer leading by example from within the code, rather than managing from a distance.