Our mission is to accelerate progress in the medical device industry by

  • Providing quality services to our clients
  • Creating Tools
  • Sharing Knowledge

With the ultimate purpose of improving patient health. We do so while providing meaningful, flexible, and financially rewarding careers to our team.

Values

Our values guide our work. They are a starting point for conversation, although we recognize they can be in tension with one another. Our company values are to:

Take Ownership

  • We follow through with our commitments.
  • We don’t dump our work on others.
  • We try to solve problems before asking for help, but we also know when to ask for it.
  • We don’t leave broken code, even if we didn't write it ourselves.
  • We write automated tests to guide our design and ensure our code continues working.
  • We write code that is as simple as possible for others to understand.
  • We make the time to design a good system architecture from the beginning.
  • We value logic and reasoning over seniority when making technical decisions.
  • We avoid prescribing solutions to a problem upfront; we give people breathing room to make safe mistakes and explore new ideas.

Focus on Value

  • We add value by identifying work we don't need to do.
  • We take calculated regulatory and engineering risks to save time when it doesn't impact patient safety.
  • We strive to make our regulatory and quality procedures add value beyond mere compliance.
  • We understand the purpose of a feature before implementing it, so that we don’t waste resources when more effective solutions may be available.
  • We don’t provide unrealistic project estimates to close deals.
  • We educate our clients so they can make good business decisions, never exploiting a lack of technical or regulatory expertise.
  • We recommend partner firms if we believe they would be more appropriate in addressing a client’s problem.
  • We write code that can be maintained economically, even if not by us.
  • We use technologies with our client's best interests in mind, even if said technologies are less appealing to us as engineers.

Put Patients First

  • We create devices that we'd feel comfortable using on our grandparents or children.
  • We strive to understand our users' needs; we want clinicians to love our devices.
  • We only work with clients who prioritize patient-safety and cybersecurity risks.
  • We work on projects we believe will make the world better.
  • We financially contribute to open source projects that we use.
  • We create open source tools to help others in our industry.

Continue Improving

  • We help each other grow.
  • We continually improve ourselves and our processes.
  • We make time for detailed, in-depth code reviews.
  • We seek projects that will provide us with an opportunity to learn.
  • We spend time most weeks learning and discussing topics related to our work.
  • We document our work to learn and share knowledge.
  • We experiment with new technologies to know which are the best tools for any job.
  • We don’t just hack our way through problems.
  • We aren't satisfied knowing that it works; we want to know why it works.
  • We view each system logically and without superstition—there is no magic.

Communicate Effectively

  • We write clear, professional, and unambiguous external communication.
  • We invest in improving our writing, presentation, and conversational skills.
  • We avoid micromanagement.
  • We compliment others when they do good work.
  • We do not complain.
  • We provide a flexible work environment.
  • We love working with talented people, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or background.
  • We push back on unrealistic deadlines.
  • We encourage vacation to maintain a sustainable workload.