AI Agent Backend Engineer

About the role

We're seeking a Back-End Engineer to join our dynamic team at Ochsner Health. Our mission is to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate, and we're looking for someone who shares our passion to make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains server-side services, APIs, and system architecture for AI-enabled applications.
• Builds and consumes RESTful APIs using Python/FastAPI and async frameworks.
• Owns server-side data structures, service and system architecture, security implementation, and back-end performance and stability.
• Develops and documents REST APIs and integration endpoints consumed by front-end engineers, conversational flows, and connected enterprise systems.
• Designs and manages data storage solutions and server-side data structures, and produces reusable, well-tested code libraries.
• Implements authentication, authorization, and security controls appropriate to a HIPAA-regulated environment, including secure handling of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII).
• Inspects and optimizes services for speed, scalability, latency, and stability, and troubleshoot defects and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborates with product managers, quality assurance, integration engineers, and front-end and design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Follows change-management and backup practices before making significant changes to production services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience: 5 years professional back-end/server side software development experience, including building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Preferred: AWS experience; modern deployment practices (containers, CI/CD); hands-on experience with Agentic or LLM-integrated services; experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases; experience in a healthcare or other regulated, HIPAA-relevant environment.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to translate business and product requirements into technical solutions.
• Independently manage system reliability, uptime, and production stability.
• Anticipates and mitigates security and data privacy risks.
• Adapts to evolving AI/LLM-enabled architectures.
• Ability to balance speed, scalability, and compliance in development decisions.
• Ability to design scalable, high-performance backend systems.
• Collaborates with cross-functional technical and product teams.

Benefits

At Ochsner Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial security. This includes:

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities

Pay

Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible working hours to accommodate your needs.