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Python Back-End Developer

Belgium, Namur, France, Paris

About Dreem Health, by Sunrise 

Dreem Health is America's leading digital sleep clinic, focused on fixing the broken sleep care journey. We connect patients with sleep specialists through a straightforward telehealth platform, eliminating lengthy wait times and complicated in-lab testing. Our clinicians diagnose sleep disorders using home-based tests and deliver effective treatment plans that patients can easily follow. We do this with the pace and creativity of a startup, and the focus of a team that knows every improvement in care makes a difference for patients.

Dreem Health is part of the Sunrise Group, a breakthrough technology company that's revolutionizing sleep care with innovative diagnostic and treatment technologies, including a home sleep test that's changing how sleep apnea is diagnosed. Together, we're tackling one of healthcare's biggest challenges: helping the 1+ billion people affected by sleep disorders get the care they deserve. With 85+ team members across the U.S. and Europe, and more than $50M in venture funding from leading investors including Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Eurazeo, Kurma, and VIVES, we are scaling our vision of making great sleep available to everyone.

As a Python Back-end Developer, you will play a key role in scaling our digital sleep clinic. You will be responsible for building and improving back-end systems that are robust, secure, and compliant with healthcare standards. Working closely with product managers, designers, and other developers, you will help us deliver high-quality healthcare solutions that have a real impact on patients’ and providers’ lives.

Our Back-end Tech Stack: Python, Django, Celery, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Platform (mainly Cloud Run), Docker, Terraform, Datadog, Sentry, GitHub. Our team is also familiar with TypeScript, Node.js.

Our Tech Challenges:

  • Supporting our rapid growth by automating recurring workflows for the medical, billing, sales teams, and delivering new features for patients and providers.
  • Expanding and maintaining our internal platform for patient management, monitoring, and telehealth services (videoconferencing, secure messaging).
  • Integrating with external partner APIs while managing complex data synchronization.
  • Safeguarding the security and integrity of sensitive health data, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR).
  • Continuously enhancing the performance, reliability, and maintainability of our back-end systems.

We are a team of 10 developers, juniors and seniors, working remotely across France and Belgium. We value trust, autonomy, and collaboration, and we believe in maintaining a healthy balance between delivering impact and enjoying our work.

Key responsibilities

  • Backend Development: Work closely with the team to design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Python, Django, and related technologies.
  • API Development: Create and evolve RESTful APIs to power our front-end and mobile applications and support integrations with third-party partners.
  • Performance & Optimization: Monitor, identify, and resolve bottlenecks to ensure fast, efficient, and scalable applications that deliver a smooth user experience.
  • Architecture & Design: Contribute to the technical architecture of our platform, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and robustness as the product evolves.

Key qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
  • +3 years of professional experience as a Back-end Developer
  • +2 years of hands-on experience in Python
  • Experience with Django, including Django REST framework
  • Experience with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL

Other

  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform
  • Interest in Cybersecurity
  • Interest in DevOps
  • Previous startup experience
  • Experience with HIPAA compliance and health care systems

Important skills

  • Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Languages: French and English

More than just skills, we're looking for someone engaged and passionate about transforming sleep care with us.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package tailored to your location, including health coverage, remote work, and other region-specific perks.

Dreem Health / Sunrise is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome people of all backgrounds and are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels included and respected. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

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