Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

AKASA is a leading provider of generative AI solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle, aiming to improve patient care through technology. The Sr. Software Engineer, Backend will build AI-powered solutions for Clinical Documentation and Medical Coding, working closely with various teams to enhance their SaaS products and improve healthcare operations.

Responsibilities:

• Build and land cutting-edge and novel experiences at large healthcare organizations
• Create and maintain backend services and build on top of machine learning to solve challenging customer problems
• Design, build, and maintain shared APIs, tools, services, and applications that help form the foundation of our technology ecosystem
• Bring creative solutions to the table, knowledge-share with the team, and work together to shape our platform architecture
• Lead and participate in design discussions, planning sessions, and code reviews
• Partner closely with our product, design, and machine learning teams
• Mentor junior engineers on the team

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development or machine learning
• Software engineering experience in Python is required
• Proven track record with SaaS products
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Experience building consumer applications on top of ML pipelines
• Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
• Firm grasp of system design principles
• Experience with healthcare data exchange (FHIR, HL7, EDI) is a plus