Senior Backend Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components supporting mission-critical healthcare applications.
• Lead technical implementation activities involving service-layer business logic, data processing, error handling, and system integrations.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to align solution development with platform standards, roadmap priorities, and non-functional requirements.
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote best practices for maintainability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, defect remediation, and production support activities across multiple environments.
• Optimize backend application performance, monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities to improve operational stability.
• Contribute to technical design reviews, estimation efforts, release planning, and technical documentation activities.
• Partner with QA and DevSecOps teams to improve testability, deployment readiness, and operational resilience.
• Identify opportunities for code refactoring, reusable component development, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Support Agile delivery processes and contribute to sprint, increment, and release commitments across cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to various projects and initiatives as assigned, demonstrating adaptability and a collaborative mindset.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in backend engineering, enterprise application development, or software engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.
• Experience with SQL, relational database design, and backend data integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, secure application development, and enterprise security best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based development workflows, and production support operations.
• Proven ability to lead technical implementation efforts and mentor less-experienced developers within Agile teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, system design, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within Agile software delivery environments and collaborating across cross-functional technical teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government clearance.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal healthcare programs, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiatives, or regulated technology delivery environments preferred.
• Familiarity with InterSystems IRIS, FHIR APIs, healthcare interoperability workflows, or healthcare integration platforms is a plus.
• Experience with containerized deployments, AWS cloud services, or platform modernization initiatives is desirable.
• Relevant cloud, Agile, or software development certifications are a plus.
• Experience supporting high-availability or high-volume enterprise systems preferred.