Junior Pathway Specialist (Internship)

📍 Location: Lisbon, Portugal 

About UpHill

At UpHill, we’re on a mission to revolutionize healthcare. By developing best-practice clinical pathways and care orchestration software, we help healthcare providers and life sciences companies across Europe streamline their processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and increase care coordination — resulting in better outcomes for patients and enabling high-quality healthcare to be delivered more cost-effectively.

We’re not just another healthtech company; we’ve built the most compliance-ready care orchestration solution in Europe. We’re a team of innovators who push boundaries, take ownership, and strive for excellence. If you’re excited about making a real impact, growing alongside passionate colleagues, and tackling meaningful challenges, you just might be an Uphiller.

Your Role: Junior Pathway Specialist (Internship)

We’re looking for a Junior Pathway Specialist (Intern) to join our team and help us transform how healthcare is delivered. If you have a keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and an interest in clinical processes and healthcare innovation, this is your opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and take part in shaping the future of care.

This role offers hands-on experience in creating, implementing, and testing clinical pathways within our products, contributing to our mission of delivering the best care to patients.

What You’ll Do

• Implement clinical pathways using the UpHill Suite of products.


• Ensure adherence to UpHill Notation and implementation standards.


• Perform manual testing on newly developed clinical pathways.


• Identify, replicate, and document atypical behaviors within clinical pathways.


• Contribute to the documentation of test descriptions and results.


• Learn and gradually apply automation testing techniques.


• Maintain an ongoing stream of medical content implementations.


• Produce, update, and ensure the quality of technical documentation for all content.


• Participate in internal meetings, contributing ideas for process improvements.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Biomedical Engineering or a related field.


• Eligible for an IEFP internship.


• Strong data architecture awareness and a data-driven mindset.


• Fluent in English (verbal and written).


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel.


• Organized, detail-oriented, and committed to meeting deadlines.


• Coachable, proactive, and eager to learn new tools and skills.

Bonus Points For

• Experience developing automated tests.


• Familiarity with JSON file structures.


• Experience with relational (MySQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases.


• Knowledge of JavaScript.


• Familiarity with clinical terminology and healthcare market dynamics.


• Fluency in Spanish.

What You’ll Get

• Health & dental insurance.


• MacBook Air 13".


• Flexible schedule and open vacation policy, including your birthday off.


• A personal budget for continuous education, designed by you.


• Involvement in decision-making processes and exposure to multiple business areas.


• Team holidays and company perks.


• A culture with no corporate BS — just people passionate about making healthcare better.

Ready to shape the future of healthcare with us? Apply now and become an Uphiller!