Position Details

Type Contract

Experience senior

Exp. Years 6+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Senior Backend Engineer to own a cloud-based platform supporting a scheduling solver; build long-running job execution on GCP, integrate with BigQuery and Google Sheets, and ensure security/compliance with PHI/PII-safe logging.

Key Responsibilities

Own the web/application platform on GCP: authentication, APIs, storage, service architecture
Build reliable long-running job execution for the solver
Manage end-to-end workflow I/O and Excel publish to Google Sheets
Define and maintain the contract for execution pipelines
PHI-safe security and audit logging; CI/CD and monitoring

Technical Overview

Backend stack includes Go/Python/Java, Google Cloud Platform, Docker/Kubernetes, durable/workflow state machines, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and HIPAA-compliant logging; focus on secure, scalable, production-grade cloud services.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior backend engineer with 6+ years building production-grade backend systems, strong in Go/Python/Java, and proficient with Google Cloud Platform. They should be comfortable with asynchronous workflows, state machines, HIPAA compliance, and building durable, scalable cloud services in a startup-like environment.

Must-Have Skills

6+ years building production backend systems and platformsStrong experience with client-server distributed architecturesAsynchronous/event-driven design (publish/subscribequeuesstreaming)Stateful resources: relational and/or non-relational databasesCloud provider experience (GCPAWSor Azure) with ability to work in GCPContainerization (Docker)Git and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions/Workflows)Ability to model/workflows using state machinesStrong experience in at least one backend language (GoJavaPython)PHI/PII-safe logging and HIPAA/BAA-aware security

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Cloud RunPub/SubBigQueryIAM)Optimization/solver workloads (OR-ToolsMILP)Healthcare data compliance (HIPAA) and BAA-bound environmentsCloud-native container orchestration (KubernetesCloud Run)Excel ingestion/export pipelinesReact or other JS frameworks for internal UIs

Tools & Platforms

Google Cloud PlatformBigQueryDockerKubernetesCI/CD (GitHub Actions)State machinesDurable workflowsPHI/PII-safe loggingHIPAA

Required Skills

Production backend systemsdistributed architecturesasynchronous/event-driven designstateful resourcescloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)DockerGitCI/CDstate machinesdurable workflowsPHI/PII-safe loggingHIPAAGoPythonJavaSQL

Hard Skills

GoPythonJavaGoogle Cloud PlatformGCPBigQueryDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsState machinesDurable workflowsPHIPII-safe loggingHIPAARemoteTerraformSQLDatabases

Soft Skills

Startup mindsetCuriosityCollaborationAdaptabilityCommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Healthcare

Job Function Lead backend platform engineering for a cloud-based optimization solver in healthcare

Role Subtype Backend Engineer

Tech Domains Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Java

Keywords for Your Resume

senior backend engineerbackend engineerGoPythonJavaGoogle Cloud PlatformGCPBigQueryDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub Actionsstate machinesdurable workflowsPHIPII-safe loggingHIPAAremotelatin america

Deal Breakers

Not located in Latin America, Less than 6 years backend experience, Unwilling to work in a cloud-native, HIPAA-compliant environment

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