Software Engineer, Developer Tools

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

Are you passionate about developer tooling?

The Developer Tools team creates internal tools and frameworks focused on improving the lives of every software engineer working at the company. By optimizing the developer experience, we’re able to help Tempus deliver the right experience to our physicians and drive positive outcomes for our patients, faster.  Our team’s portfolio spans from brew-like CLI tools to full-stack applications bearing resemblances to TinyURL, and even includes core Python & TypeScript logging libraries used across the company.  We’re looking to expand into more interesting areas such as LLM-based tooling and VS Code plug-ins to help our Product, Compliance, Quality Solutions, and Operations partners. Join us in our mission to help delight our fellow engineers.

What You Will Do:

• Be a key contributor within the Developer Tools Team
• Own and maintain existing tools
• Help design and implement thoughtful features and tools to improve software engineering productivity and code quality
• Regularly provide support to internal customers and occasionally drive training sessions. Author clear and concise documentation to reduce support costs
• Contribute to the success of peers via code reviews to ensure adherence to industry best practices
• Partner with teams company-wide to identify pain points in their development processes
• Act as our team’s representative for your Tempus AI site (Chicago or NYC)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or CS-related field
• 1+ years of professional experience as a software engineer OR an advanced degree in a CS-related field
• 1 year of recent coding experience in Python
• 1 year of command-line experience in macOS
• A willingness to become a company expert in Golang and/or TypeScript
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience building developer tools, plug-ins for developer tools, linters, etc.
• Coding expertise in TypeScript and/or Golang
• Professional experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Demonstrated experience using Terraform
• Experience with Postgres or MySQL
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience using any of the following: Flask, Node.js, React, CloudSQL, Okta, Slackbots, OpenAI, & VSCode extension frameworks 
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies
• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance and data security standards

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