At Vara, we believe better breast cancer detection should be a standard offering for every woman, everywhere. Our AI-powered software platform, developed in close collaboration with radiologists in Germany, leads to higher cancer detection, lower false positive rate and alleviates the repetitive workload involved in routine screening – proven in the largest prospective study in healthcare to date with ~500,000 participating women.

Our mission is to make breast cancer screening more effective, measurable, and accessible. By enhancing early detection and ensuring outcomes backed by clinical evidence, we’re proud to contribute to national efforts focused on improving women’s health.

Founded in 2018 as the first company to emerge from Europe’s leading AI venture studio, Merantix, Vara has grown into an international team of 25 driven professionals. Our diverse team brings together entrepreneurs, healthcare experts, and technology innovators united by a common goal: transforming breast cancer screening for the better.

Want to work on something with a purpose, and make healthcare safer and more efficient?

We are looking for a motivated Software Engineer to join our team, working on our Clojure services, handling more than 1.5M studies with more than 20M images per year, to support the future of breast cancer detection. You will be building platforms to securely view and annotate X-rays, deliver medical reports, and aid the efficiency and accuracy of radiologists across Germany and beyond. Working closely with stakeholders and the Machine Learning team, you’ll see the full impact of your work across the entire development cycle: ideating and refining solutions for user needs, designing and implementing them alongside 3 other experienced developers, ensuring quality with our QA, deploying into production, and measuring the immediate impact your work can have.

Our application is written in full-stack Clojure (Clojure for the backend, ClojureScript for the frontend), and our tech stack includes Postgres, S3 object storage, Docker, and Terraform.

We define ourselves by a culture of friendship and ownership. We're looking for a capable, driven, and thoughtful person who can think outside of the box and add to our vision. Our hierarchy is flat and communication direct, which means that we operate and learn fast, as a team.

Not in Berlin? We’re open to fully-remote candidates, as well as those who would prefer to work from our office.

Basic Qualifications

You are a great fit for our team if this describes you:

• You take ownership of your work and care about producing great results

• Experience with one of: Clojure, ClojureScript, another functional language, or JVM-hosted language

• Interest in Clojure and functional programming

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work well with others across both business and technical teams

• Keen technical and problem-solving abilities and a talent for assessing issues at their root

• Familiarity with engineering best practices, including Git, code reviews, and testing

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks

• A structured work style that enables you to develop solutions with minimal guidance

• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications are just that - even if you don't have all of these, we still want to talk!

• 3+ years of developing and deploying systems into production

• Experience using Docker to deploy software to cloud providers (GCP, AWS, OTC, Azure, etc.)

• Experience in medical fields or with the DICOM protocol

• Experience with continuous delivery and automation

• Experience with Cloud Provisioning tools like Terraform

• Experience with PostgreSQL

• Knowledge of Networking topics: IP, DNS, VPN, TCP, etc

Flexible Work & Team Spirit

Whether from home or at our Berlin office, you’re free to shape your workday in the way that suits you best. We believe the best ideas come from collaboration, which is why we actively foster team spirit through regular get-togethers, offsites, and team events.

Fair & Competitive Compensation

We regularly benchmark salaries within the tech and healthcare sectors to ensure that your work is recognized and fairly rewarded.

Work at the Merantix AI Campus

Join us at the Merantix AI Campus – the heart of Berlin’s AI scene. Connect with inspiring people, innovative startups, and be part of a community that thrives on creativity and knowledge-sharing.

Your Growth, Our Priority

Your personal and professional development matters to us. You’ll work on exciting projects and have regular development talks with your leads to help shape your career path and reach your goals.

We stand for an open, diverse working environment and are actively committed to equal opportunities. We welcome all applications, regardless of ethnic origin, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, disability or gender identity.

We especially encourage people from groups that are underrepresented in the tech industry to apply.

We are also happy to support you throughout the immigration and visa application process.