Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

HealthJoy is a healthcare technology company that uses AI to guide members through healthcare benefits. They are looking for a senior backend software engineer to design, build, and scale AI-first product solutions using Python, AWS, and Kubernetes.

• Design, build and deliver AI-first product solutions
• Scale highly distributed systems
• Continuously improve our AI-first engineering practices to further accelerate our market disruption, while making sure the quality is kept at superb level.
• Design & improve AI-first product engineering pipelines that will scale your mindset across all domains.
• Collaborate with engineering and product team members to improve quality, velocity and design problems through first principles.
• Design & deliver scalable software architecture readable by your AI agents with controllable hallucinations.
• Design and implement new products into the HealthJoy platform

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable applications (Python, ideally)
• A superb understanding of software design principles and industry practices (for example: loose coupling, programming to interfaces). Taking into consideration test-driven approaches and observability using AI-first pipelines.
• AI-first mental model across the board: problem design first, data protocol first, architecture first, self-scalability mindset, context engineering, including the application of AI to identify and reduce hallucinations in AIHuman product solution development lifecycle.
• Track record of developing on backend libraries such as Asyncio, Aiohttp, Flask, SQLAlchemy, or equivalent
• Experience with relational databases (we use Postgres)
• Previous experience with data processing and manipulation workflows and implementation is a plus
• Experience working in an event-driven architecture and the utilization of microservices where applicable.
• At ease in the AWS ecosystem, working with a cluster architecture (we utilize Kubernetes)
• Experience participating in the architecture and design of new and existing products
• An ability and eagerness to constantly learn and share knowledge with others
• Insatiable curiosity to learn new software principles, technologies, and tools
• Passionate about collaborating with product engineers and business architects; distributed team experience will be a plus.

• Remote Work: Being a remote-first company, we do not require employees to be in office on a regular basis.
• Flexible Paid Time Off Programs: Prioritising efficient collaboration and communication, we offer flexibility with time off requests for vacations or personal matters leaves, trusting you to manage your time and take the breaks you need to be your best.
• Growth and Development as a Priority: We foster a culture of continuous growth through open feedback, fair performance evaluations, and ongoing development opportunities.
• Learning Opportunities: Benefit from company-sponsored English classes, a corporate learning platform “Udemy Business” for professional development, and internal/external educational events.
• Healthcare: As a healthcare-focused company, we provide 100% health insurance coverage for our teammates, with the option to insure their family members at a reduced rate.
• Mental Health Support Program: Individuals have the opportunity to apply for personal therapy sessions sponsored by company or review additional virtual lectures to keep awareness around mental health support.
• Wellness Support: Access to special corporate discounts and offers at Sport Life, one of Ukraine’s largest sports hubs.