This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Backend Engineer in United States.
We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable systems for ingesting, processing, and managing diverse healthcare data sources. This role focuses on building secure, high-performance backend services that support real-time analytics, AI-driven insights, and patient-centered care pathways. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including product, clinical, and AI teams—to ensure backend capabilities align with user-facing experiences and healthcare workflows. This position offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, solving complex challenges in data integrity, compliance, and system scalability while contributing to cutting-edge healthcare technology.
Accountabilities:
- Design and implement scalable backend services for health data ingestion, transformation, and storage (wearable streams, EHRs, and user inputs).
- Build and maintain secure APIs and data pipelines for real-time and batch processing, ensuring integrity and compliance with HIPAA and other regulatory standards.
- Integrate with external health systems and devices, including FHIR APIs, BLE-based wearables, Apple HealthKit, and Google Fit.
- Ensure backend services achieve high availability, reliability, and low latency to support clinical decision-making.
- Collaborate with product, clinical, AI, and security teams to align backend development with user-facing applications and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, automated testing, and monitoring to maintain system quality and reliability.
- Mentor and support engineering teammates on secure coding practices, data handling, and backend architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years of experience delivering end-to-end software products, including design, architecture, implementation, and deployment.
- Strong backend development skills in Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django) and experience with distributed systems, microservices, and asynchronous workflows.
- Solid database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL and familiarity with Kafka or similar event-streaming systems.
- Experience building dashboards, admin tools, or internal applications with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, Tailwind) is a plus.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Familiarity with secure service communication, OAuth2, TLS, encryption, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, FDA 510(k)).
- Understanding of healthcare data standards such as FHIR and HL7, including parsing, composing, and secure data exchange.
- Excellent programming fundamentals, test architecture (PyTest, Hypothesis, Locust), and observability practices.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Bonus Skills:
- Experience with Java, Rust, or other JVM-based languages.
- Background in clinical workflows, remote patient monitoring, or population health management.
- Experience with data warehousing, analytics platforms, or data lakes for longitudinal health data.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and health/medical benefits.
- Remote work with flexible scheduling.
- Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship.
- Participation in impactful healthcare projects with meaningful real-world outcomes.
- Collaborative, mission-driven work environment.
Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching. When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.
The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.
Thank you for your interest!
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