Backend P13N Engineer

Praia Health

19d

About The Position

· Build and scale platform services that power Praia’s consumer experience products. · Build EMR integration services, including connectivity to FHIR endpoints. · Own the delivery of secure, well-documented APIs used by internal teams and external health-system partners.

Requirements

5+ years building and operating production software; staff/senior-level scope with ownership of complex systems.
Strong programming skills in one or more of: Java/Kotlin, TypeScript/Node.js, Python (or similar).
Experience designing and delivering cloud-native services (AWS/Azure/GCP), including Kubernetes-based deployments.
Experience with CI/CD, build automation, and infrastructure-as-code; comfortable owning release and operational processes.
Hands-on experience with observability: logging, metrics, tracing, and APM tools; data-driven incident response.
Experience integrating with EMR/EHR systems and healthcare interoperability standards; practical experience with FHIR APIs required.
Knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and API security patterns (mTLS, JWT, secrets management, least privilege) and secure SDLC practices.
Databricks experience (jobs/workflows, notebooks, Delta Lake, data pipelines) and comfort partnering with data teams.
Strong written and verbal communication; able to write clear technical designs and present to senior stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Open-source contributions, patents, publications, or conference presentations are a plus.

Responsibilities

Use Databricks for data engineering workloads when needed (pipelines, jobs, Delta Lake) to support product and integration use cases.
Build and operate integration services for EMRs (Epic/MyChart and others) using HL7 FHIR APIs and related integration patterns.
Develop secure APIs with strong authentication/authorization, auditing, and least-privilege principles.
Produce and maintain high-quality developer documentation (OpenAPI specs, integration guides, runbooks).
Implement automated testing (unit and integration) and promote practical test-driven development standards.
Lead code and design reviews; mentor and unblock other engineers.
Partner with Product, Design, and Customer teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions.
Build with a DevOps mindset: CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring/logging, and operational readiness.