Company Overview:

Sapyen is a venture-backed HealthTech company pioneering the world’s most accurate, affordable, and convenient at-home male fertility test.

Why?

Pregnancy testing used to be complex, costly, and required a visit to the clinic. Then came the over-the-counter pregnancy test—a breakthrough that reduced costs, ensured accuracy, and made answers available to women anywhere. It transformed healthcare, empowering decisions at life’s critical moments.

Today, around 70% of healthcare decisions rely on diagnostic testing, according to the WHO. Access to these tests can shape treatment, impact futures, and alter life’s course.

Sapyen is bringing this same revolution to male fertility. Our vision is straightforward: make male fertility testing as accessible as a pregnancy test. We’re creating a world where men can understand their reproductive health with accuracy, affordability, and convenience—no lab visits, no barriers, just answers when they’re needed most.

Proof

• $45.5M in exclusive distribution agreements with the world’s largest IVF clinics secured within 12 months
• Stocked in 180+ pharmacies as the first-ever clinical-grade male fertility test to reach shelves anywhere in the world
• Named Australia’s Most Innovative Healthcare Company 2024 by the Australian Financial Review
• 2 pending patents extending sperm viability from 1 hour to 3 days, ensuring accurate result generation
• Backed by leading global venture funds across Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia

Job Description:

You will lead the development of Sapyen’s digital infrastructure—from building our results portal for patients and clinicians to integrating with EMRs and lab systems. This is a full-spectrum engineering role spanning frontend, backend, devops, and product integration.

As our first in-house engineer, you’ll lay the groundwork for our platform, define core engineering practices, and make key architectural decisions that shape our long-term stack. You’ll work closely with our design and clinical teams to deliver software that is elegant, secure, and essential to care delivery.

You’ll report to the VP of Strategy and Operations and collaborate with advisors, partners, and internal teams. You will need the ability to work autonomously, understand how development decisions impact both operations and customer experience and a keen sense for how to build for scale. The growth opportunity is substantial

Why should you join us?

• We’re a small, bold team setting a new standard in fertility care—writing the playbook on diagnostics, patient experience, and male fertility solutions. Here, you won’t just follow; you’ll define how we operate.

• We’re audacious problem-solvers. Despite male-factor issues contributing to 50% of fertility challenges, there hasn’t been a truly accurate, affordable, and convenient way to test male fertility. While 61% of men are hesitant to seek care due to feelings of emasculation, and many others lack timely, affordable access, we’re changing that. At Sapyen, your work will have a genuine, measurable impact.

• And we’ll invest in you. Excellence drives us, and we’re committed to building your career in a way that excites you. We’ll support you with ongoing learning and development, private health insurance reimbursements, and access to professional coaching. If you deliver, we’ll back you even further.

Here’s what you’ll work on

Product Engineering

• Build and maintain the Sapyen Results Portal, where patients and practitioners view results, reports, timelines, and clinical summaries.
• Design secure authentication and role-based access for patients, GPs, fertility specialists, and lab partners.
• Architect and manage databases for patient data, diagnostic events, and clinical records.

Integration Engineering

• Build and maintain APIs for EMR integrations, especially HL7/FHIR-based systems (e.g. Genie, Zedmed, Best Practice).
• Develop webhooks and microservices for sample tracking, status updates, and external lab coordination.
• Support middleware development for real-time syncing between internal dashboards and partner platforms.
• Develop and manage ecommerce platform integrations.

Web and UI Development

• Lead website development and management, including performance optimisation, landing page creation, and A/B testing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with designers to implement clean, responsive UIs for both patient- and clinician-facing apps.

Software Operations

• Implement devops workflows, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and staging environments.
• Monitor system uptime, implement logging and observability tools, and ensure data protection compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, Australian Privacy Principles).
• Support basic data analytics and dashboards used internally and externally.
• Develop and deploy LLM-based systems to support automated result generation, streamline workflows, and drive operational efficiency.

Foundational Engineering Work

• Select and shape our long-term engineering stack and tooling strategy.
• Write documentation and build re-usable libraries/modules as we scale product lines.
• Work across marketing, ops, and customer support to automate processes and reduce operational complexity.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally in a full stack or product engineering role.
• Strong fluency with frontend frameworks (React/Next.js preferred) and modern backend technologies (Node.js, Django, or similar).
• Experience integrating or building on top of EMRs, EHRs, or lab software preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), CI/CD, and basic infosec practices.
• Deep appreciation for user experience, with the ability to turn wireframes into frictionless digital flows.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills—you’ll work across teams and time zones.
• A high ownership mindset: you can lead without being handheld, and you care about outcomes, not just tickets.

Nice-to-Haves

• Previous startup experience.
• Prior experience building patient or clinician portals, especially in diagnostics or healthcare tech.
• Familiarity with medical interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR, IHE).
• Experience working with Shopify or similar platforms.

Important Details

• Location: Remote, India-based.
• Remuneration: Competitive Market Remuneration.
• Equity Options: Participation in Sapyen’s Employee Share Option Plan.

Benefits

At Sapyen, we demand excellence—and equip our team with the resources to achieve it:

• ₹1,000 monthly health & wellness allowance.
• ₹25,000 in professional development and training benefits.
• Coworking memberships for remote team members.

What it’s like to work here

• Excellence is the Baseline: As a lean, high-impact team, we move quickly, adapt on the fly, and are driven by results. Priorities shift, challenges arise, and rapid iteration is the norm. Success here requires resilience, agility, and a relentless focus on impact.

• Creating the Playbook as We Go: We’re building something new and transformative. This demands constant problem-solving, the ability to pivot when needed, and an unwavering commitment to refining our product as we grow. If you thrive on tackling the unknown and bringing ideas to life, this role will push you to new heights.

• True Autonomy and Ownership: At Sapyen, you’ll have a level of ownership that’s rare. Many projects will start as rough ideas needing definition, strategy, and execution—driven by you. This role calls for self-direction, decisive action, and the confidence to lead where paths aren’t clearly defined.