Principal Backend Developer

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The team is remote... Direct peers are distributed throughout the continental US.Full-TimePrincipal
Salary$180,000 - $240,000 a year
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Job Details

Experience
8+ years of experience in backend software development
Required Skills
AWSGraphQLPythonDynamoDBCI/CDRESTful APIs

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in backend software development.
  • 5+ years of experience in Python.
  • 5+ years of experience building and operating production systems in AWS.
  • Demonstrated experience designing scalable APIs, cloud infrastructure, and continuous integration workflows.
  • Strong experience making technical tradeoffs across performance, reliability, security, and speed of execution.
  • Proven ability to lead technical design and influence engineering direction across multiple systems or teams.
  • Experience in the healthcare technology industry is preferred.
  • Experience working in regulated environments involving security, privacy, and compliance is preferred.
  • Experience with serverless architecture at scale is preferred.
  • Experience with GraphQL, OpenAPI, and client SDK generation tools is preferred.
  • Experience integrating EHR, CRM, eCommerce, and logistics/3PL platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and evolve a serverless backend stack in AWS using Python, Lambda, CDK, DynamoDB, and related services.
  • Lead the design, implementation, and integration of REST APIs, event processors, and services for the Happy Ring product.
  • Establish backend engineering best practices regarding observability, reliability, performance, and security.
  • Provide technical leadership to team members, contractors, and partners building on the backend platform.
  • Drive architectural decisions and cross-functional technical alignment across software, mobile, web, and eCommerce systems.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain secure mechanisms for M2M authentication, authorization, and login workflows.
  • Identify technical risks and scalability bottlenecks to proactively support long-term platform needs.
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