Our hiring partner is building the technology infrastructure the nation needs to deliver the healthcare everyone deserves. As a health technology company providing benefit administration solutions to employers, unions, health plans, and government entities, they are replacing fragmented, outdated systems with an industry-first unified claims processing architecture. This platform seamlessly consolidates pharmacy and medical benefit administration onto a single, secure system -delivering true price transparency, eliminating unnecessary middleman fees, and leveraging advanced AI-powered care delivery.

The company is the intelligence platform powering benefits plans for millions of Americans and is proudly leading the next generation of care. They are seeking a senior engineer to lead high-impact, client-facing initiatives that redefine the pharmacy benefits landscape through collaboration and cloud-native technology.

Why This is a High-Impact Opportunity

1. Lead Client-Facing Initiatives: Lead large, high-impact projects with direct visibility into outcomes, working closely with product managers, designers, and major clients to gather business and technical requirements.
2. Drive Enterprise Integrations: Be at the forefront of technical solutioning, driving enterprise API integrations, data migrations, data exchange, and prioritizing security.
3. Solve Complex Scalability Challenges: Design and implement scalable systems capable of handling high-volume transactions, with hands-on exposure to architecture and system design.
4. Mission-Driven Work: Join a collaborative, high-growth environment where your contributions shape the future of pharmacy benefits for millions of Americans.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Backend Software Developer to join the mission to transform pharmacy benefits. In this development role, you will lead large, high-impact projects, working closely with product managers, designers, and clients to gather both business and technical requirements with a product mindset. You will be at the forefront of technical solutioning, driving enterprise API integrations, data migrations, data exchange, and prioritizing security.

This role involves extensive client interactions, API development, and ensuring scalability. You will collaborate cross-functionally across internal teams and various departments within client organizations to accelerate program technical deliveries.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the development and deployment of cutting-edge solutions from design to production.
2. Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to refine and implement requirements, ensuring seamless integration and user experience.
3. Engage with major clients and cross-functional teams to architect innovative solutions and enhance product functionality.
4. Establish and maintain consistent, enterprise-grade APIs across services, ensuring interoperability and scalability.
5. Build robust backend applications in Python on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, ECS, and other cloud technologies.
6. Implement backend code in a serverless, cloud-native environment (Flask/AWS Lambda/ECS).
7. Design and implement scalable systems capable of handling high-volume transactions.
8. Ensure security best practices are followed in all aspects of development and deployment.
9. Conduct code reviews to maintain high code quality and standards.
10. Demonstrate technical leadership, driving timely execution and high-quality software delivery.
11. Make informed architectural decisions through careful evaluation and leveraging prior experience.
12. Self-manage tasks, collaborate effectively with both internal and external teams, and drive projects to successful completion.
13. Represent the software development team's products to stakeholders, providing technical insights and solutions.

Required Qualifications

1. 7+ years of related job experience with a broad range of technical skills.
2. A desire to work in a health technology company; previous Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) experience is a plus.
3. Strong experience in Python (Flask/SQLAlchemy) and TypeScript (React).
4. Advanced PostgreSQL database knowledge, including common table expressions, windowing functions, views, stored procedures, and indexing techniques (full-text or geospatial).
5. Experience working with microservices, an API-based application paradigm, and distributed caching techniques.
6. Proven ability to deliver complex web applications to the cloud, targeting infrastructure as code with a security mindset (AWS, Terraform).
7. Demonstrated ability to improve scalability and observability of systems.
8. Proficiency in Linux using Bash, Zsh, Python, Node.js, and similar tools.
9. Experience with Git code management, preferably in a mono repository.
10. Strong knowledge of unit testing across multiple paradigms and integration testing using frameworks like Playwright.
11. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with major clients' technical and non-technical teams.
12. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues.
13. Prior experience working as a technical lead collecting functional and non-functional requirements, or strong technical product management experience is a plus.

Apply Now

If you are a senior backend engineer with strong Python and cloud-native expertise, a passion for client-facing technical leadership, and a desire to transform pharmacy benefits, we encourage you to apply. This is a defining opportunity to lead high-impact initiatives at scale.