Lead : Python Backend Developer (Healthcare / Claims)

Lead Python Backend Developer – AWS & AI (Healthcare / Claims)
Position: Lead Python Backend Developer – AWS & AI
Experience: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Domain: Healthcare / Health Insurance / Claims – Mandatory
About the Opportunity
We are looking for a strong hands-on Python Backend Development Lead with extensive experience in AWS Cloud, Microservices, Distributed Systems, and AI-Assisted Development. The ideal candidate must have deep expertise in Python backend engineering, experience designing and developing scalable cloud-based applications, and proven experience working on healthcare or health insurance claims projects. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, requiring strong coding expertise, backend architecture skills, and the ability to guide engineering teams while contributing to technical design and development.
Mandatory Technical Skills

• Strong Python Backend Development: Expert-level hands-on Python coding, backend application development, and technical problem-solving.
• AWS Cloud: Deep hands-on experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting applications on AWS.
• Healthcare / Claims Domain: Mandatory experience working on healthcare, health insurance, or claims-related projects.
• REST APIs & Microservices: Strong experience designing and developing scalable backend services and API integrations.
• Distributed Systems: Experience building highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant applications.
• AWS EKS / Kubernetes: Experience deploying and managing containerized applications.
• AI-Assisted Development: Hands-on experience using tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar AI coding tools.
• AI / LLM Knowledge: Working knowledge of LLM APIs, RAG, embeddings, and agentic development workflows.
• CI/CD & Automation: Experience with automated builds, testing, deployments, and infrastructure-as-code.

Technical Leadership: Ability to lead technical design, review code, mentor developers, and drive engineering delivery. Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend applications using Python.
• Build and deploy cloud-native applications using AWS.
• Design and develop REST APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems.
• Work on healthcare and claims-processing applications.
• Make technical architecture and design decisions focused on scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
• Develop and maintain containerized applications using AWS EKS / Kubernetes.
• Drive CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and engineering best practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve coding, testing, documentation, and engineering productivity.
• Guide the adoption of AI-assisted coding practices while maintaining security and data privacy standards.
• Participate in hands-on coding, technical design reviews, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across development teams.
• Collaborate with product, business, and client stakeholders to deliver reliable software solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership experience.
• Expert-level Python backend development skills.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud and cloud-native application architecture.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Strong experience in REST APIs, Microservices, and Distributed Systems.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible and CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical experience with AI-assisted coding tools and knowledge of LLM integration patterns.
• Healthcare / Claims project experience is mandatory.
• Experience leading technical projects, reviewing code, and mentoring engineering teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Skills

• Go or Java backend development experience.
• Healthcare payer platforms, claims processing, enrollment, benefits, and HIPAA-aware applications.
• Red Hat OpenShift.
• Messaging systems such as Kafka, AWS SQS, or SNS.
• Node.js.
• HL7, FHIR, or X12 EDI.
• Consulting or professional services experience.

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