We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer who will design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities. This role combines strong backend engineering with hands-on involvement in release of readiness, production deployment, monitoring, and cross-team coordination. You will contribute to high-impact technical decisions, maintain engineering excellence, and help drive smooth, reliable release cycles.
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Partner with technical leaders to contribute to architecture, design frameworks, and roadmap planning.
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Provide engineering guidance during early-stage designs and ensure strong technical execution.
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Build reliable, scalable distributed systems and backend services.
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Lead key technical decisions for high-risk or high-impact initiatives.
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Drive features from prototype to production with end-to-end ownership.
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Collaborate with product, architecture, security, digital, and engineering teams.
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Work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
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Take ownership in a remote/hybrid setup and ensure strong communication across teams.
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Identify customer pain points and propose self-service automation solutions.
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Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and a positive, collaborative team culture.
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5+ years of software development experience.
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Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Angular.
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Experience working with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure) and end-to-end DevOps pipelines.
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Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and design patterns.
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3+ years building and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend systems.
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Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
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Strong skills with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
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Experience coordinating release cycles, preparing release notes, and ensuring release readiness.
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Experience supporting production deployments and performing post deployment validation.
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Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and sprint planning.
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Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
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Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.
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High level of ownership and ability to operate with minimal guidance.
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Preferred Qualifications
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Experience in healthcare domains (PBM, NCPDP, HIPAA).
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Background in roles combining development + release/operations.
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Experience with Application & Performance Monitoring tools.
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Knowledge of Pub/Sub, Kafka, or other event-driven messaging systems.
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Exposure to SRE/DevOps practices, including incident management and root-cause analysis.