We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer for a 100% remote position on a large federal government healthcare technology project. This role will support the design, development, and modernization of enterprise backend services, APIs, and integration components that enable secure, scalable, and maintainable healthcare solutions. The engineer will collaborate closely with architects, product leads, DevSecOps teams, and Agile delivery teams to improve platform quality, operational stability, and software performance across enterprise environments.
The candidate must reside within the continental US.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components supporting mission-critical healthcare applications.
- Lead technical implementation efforts involving service-layer logic, data processing, system integration, and error-handling capabilities.
- Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to align solution design with roadmap priorities, platform standards, and non-functional requirements.
- Perform code reviews, mentor engineers, and promote best practices for maintainability, reliability, performance, and security.
- Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, defect remediation, and production support activities across multiple environments.
- Optimize backend application performance, logging, monitoring, and observability capabilities to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
- Contribute to technical design reviews, estimation activities, release planning, and technical documentation efforts.
- Partner with QA and DevSecOps teams to improve testability, deployment readiness, and operational resilience.
- Identify opportunities for refactoring, reusable component development, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
- Work within Agile delivery processes and support sprint, increment, and release commitments across cross-functional teams.
- Assist with ad hoc tasks and emerging challenges as required to support the team's goals and organizational priorities.
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 environments.
- 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 workflows, and production support operations.
- Proven ability