Senior Backend Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the backend development team, ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend architectures.

• Take ownership of backend development from requirement analysis to deployment and maintenance.

• Define technical strategies, coding standards, and best practices.

• Collaborate closely with frontend, mobile, QA, DevOps, and product teams.

• Design and manage RESTful APIs and third-party service integrations.

• Ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with healthcare industry standards.

• Work with healthcare data, patient records, clinical workflows, and healthcare system integrations.

• Optimize database performance, system reliability, and application scalability.

• Conduct code reviews, identify technical challenges, and ensure code quality.

• Mentor junior and mid-level developers and support their technical growth.

• Troubleshoot complex backend issues and drive continuous system improvements.

• Participate in technical planning, sprint estimation, and architectural discussions.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.

• Proven experience working on healthcare-related software, platforms, or applications.

• Strong proficiency in backend technologies such as Node.js, Python, Java, or similar.

• Strong knowledge of database design and management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).

• Experience designing scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

• Good understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Experience with authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure data handling.

• Understanding of healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 and FHIR is highly preferred.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and deployment processes.

• Strong problem-solving, system design, and architectural skills.

• Excellent communication, leadership, and team management abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a backend engineering team.

• Experience integrating with Electronic Health Records (EHR/EMR) systems.

• Familiarity with healthcare data privacy and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.

• Experience building AI-powered healthcare solutions or integrating AI services.

• Experience with high-availability systems and large-scale data processing.

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