Senior Backend Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

VetsEZ•San Antonio, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

VetsEZ is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government healthcare technology project. The role supports the design, development, and modernization of enterprise backend services, APIs, and integration solutions for secure, scalable, and maintainable healthcare applications. The engineer collaborates with architects, product owners, QA teams, and DevSecOps personnel to deliver backend capabilities and support platform reliability across enterprise environments. Candidates must reside within the continental United States. U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must successfully complete a background check and be able to obtain and maintain a Government/Public Trust clearance, including fingerprinting when required. Selected candidates will complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check. Sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
At least 8 years of experience in backend engineering, enterprise application development, or software engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.
Experience with SQL, relational database design, and backend data integration patterns.
Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, secure application development, and enterprise security best practices.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based development workflows, and production support operations.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical implementation and mentor less-experienced developers in Agile teams.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, system design, and problem-solving skills.
Experience working in Agile software delivery environments and collaborating across cross-functional technical teams.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government clearance.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to complete a background check and required fingerprinting.
Must reside within the continental United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal healthcare programs, Department of Veterans Affairs initiatives, or regulated technology delivery environments.
Familiarity with InterSystems IRIS, FHIR APIs, healthcare interoperability workflows, or healthcare integration platforms.
Experience with containerized deployments, AWS cloud services, or platform modernization initiatives.
Relevant cloud, Agile, or software development certifications.
Experience supporting high-availability or high-volume enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

Design and develop backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components for mission-critical healthcare applications.
Lead technical implementation of service-layer business logic, data processing, error handling, and system integrations.
Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to align solutions with platform standards, roadmap priorities, and non-functional requirements.
Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote maintainability, reliability, security, and performance best practices.
Troubleshoot issues, conduct root cause analysis, remediate defects, and support production across multiple environments.
Optimize backend performance, monitoring, logging, and observability to improve operational stability.
Contribute to technical design reviews, estimation, release planning, and technical documentation.
Partner with QA and DevSecOps teams to improve testability, deployment readiness, and operational resilience.
Identify opportunities for refactoring, reusable components, and technical debt reduction.
Support Agile delivery and contribute to sprint, increment, and release commitments across cross-functional teams.
Contribute to other projects and initiatives as assigned.