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About the role
Lead the architectural design and technical strategy for new backend systems, microservices, and scalable member-facing APIs.
Design robust, versioned REST APIs that seamlessly power cross-platform web and mobile (React Native) member applications.
Evaluate trade-offs in system design, ensuring high availability, security, and low latency for a growing healthcare platform.
Evolve database models, schemas, and indexing strategies in PostgreSQL to support complex, high-throughput application logic.
Write clean, performant, and highly testable code primarily in Python and Django.
Provision, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure on GCP—including IAM and Compute—utilizing Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).
Manage containerized deployments and orchestrate services using Docker and Kubernetes.
Implement and refine asynchronous event-driven systems (e.g., Celery, Pub/Sub) to handle application workflows and notifications.
Utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery and maintain high engineering velocity.
Architect application-level data access patterns that efficiently interact with our newly restructured data layer, pulling from both operational databases (PostgreSQL) and analytical warehouses (BigQuery transformed via dbt).
Collaborate on and utilize dbt (data build tool) models to ensure backend applications consume well-structured, tested, and documented analytical data.
Optimize complex BigQuery and SQL queries to ensure low-latency data retrieval for personalized, member-facing features.
Partner with Data Engineering and AI teams to seamlessly consume structured data and models that drive smart, automated member interactions in the app.
Drive a culture of operational excellence by defining and monitoring SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs for member-facing services.
Implement advanced monitoring, alerting, and logging using Datadog, GCP Cloud Monitoring, and distributed tracing tools.
Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) for complex production incidents and implement permanent architectural safeguards.
Serve as a technical mentor to mid-level engineers, elevating the team’s capabilities in system design, Python best practices, and cloud architecture.
Champion rigorous engineering standards, including code review practices, comprehensive documentation, and automated testing strategies.
Partner closely with Product, Design, and React Native frontend teams to deliver seamless, secure, and compliant end-to-end member experiences.
Additional responsibilities as assigned.
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