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Senior Backend Software Engineer - Alpaca Health
Software Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer to design and scale AI‑powered services for autism care platform, building robust APIs, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines using Python, Node.js, AWS, Docker, and SQL.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance backend services that power AI‑driven clinical workflows.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices using Python and Node.js.
- Architect, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Containerize applications with Docker and orchestrate deployments using modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product, data science, and front‑end teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional backend development experience, preferably in health‑tech or SaaS environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python and Node.js, with a solid understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda) and infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
- Proven ability to design relational databases and write efficient SQL queries.
- Experience with Docker, container orchestration, and automated testing/CI pipelines.
Skills
pythonnodejsawsdockersql