- Design and implement backend systems for a HIPAA-compliant patient portal in the behavioral health space
- Take ownership of complex features end-to-end — from architecture through deployment
- Contribute to system design decisions and raise the technical bar across the team
- Integrate with external EHR systems through async, event-driven pipelines
- Mentor junior engineers through code review and technical guidance
- Deliver frontend features in React when needed
Required skill
- s5+ years building production applications on Python/Django or similar stack
- sStrong systems thinker: reasons about distributed state, failure modes, and long-term design tradeoffs — not just feature deliver
- yDeep SQL and data modeling instincts — migrations, query optimization, schema desig
- nDistributed systems experience: async workflows, event-driven architecture, message queue
- sAWS proficiency — Lambda, SQS, SNS, or comparable service
- sReact experience (class components a plus
- )Able to navigate ambiguous requirements, ask the right questions, and flag tradeoffs clearl
- yProficient with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) as a daily drive
rNice to hav
- ePrior experience in healthcare or other compliance-heavy domain
- sEHR or third-party platform integration experienc
- eAppetite to grow toward technical leadershi