Sr. Applications Developer

ApolloMD•Atlanta, GA

9d•Remote

About The Position

ApolloMD is seeking a senior, hands-on developer to design, build, and support applications for core healthcare workflows and internal tools. This high-ownership role on a small, fast-moving team works closely with product, clinical, and engineering stakeholders to take ideas from concept through production. The developer partners with the Director of Technology Delivery & Innovation, business stakeholders, IT Operations, Data Management, and external vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions. The role operates in a hybrid on-premises and cloud environment. It ensures applications integrate with enterprise ELT pipelines and follow established data architecture standards that support trusted analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decision-making. The position emphasizes dependable application ownership and maintenance alongside delivery, with work spanning design, development, testing, deployment, integrations, production support, and documentation. The team uses a collaborative, PR-based workflow with shared responsibility for releases, fast iteration cycles, and pragmatic decision-making. The work environment is described as fast-paced and high-accountability, with significant ownership and impact. The posting says the role is primarily remote, with Eastern Time Zone alignment preferred and Atlanta-based candidates a plus.

Requirements

Proven ability to deliver production-grade software in a professional environment, typically with 5+ years of experience.
Strong experience building backend or full-stack applications.
Comfort working with modern web stacks; TypeScript/Node.js, Postgres, and REST APIs are identified as ideal.
Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, or AWS.
Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine, or Claude Code.
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving systems.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate with partial or ambiguous requirements.
Effective communication and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with healthcare systems or integrations, such as HL7, X12, FHIR, or eligibility workflows.
Experience building systems that support analytics, automation, or AI-driven features.
Familiarity with data pipelines, ELT/ETL concepts, or tools such as Snowflake/dbt.
Understanding of Medallion architecture standards (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and data governance practices.
Experience in startup or high-growth environments.
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment workflows.
Eastern Time Zone alignment; Atlanta-based candidates are a plus.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend and full-stack applications supporting healthcare and business workflows.
Translate loosely defined requirements into technical approaches and shipped features.
Contribute across the application lifecycle, from design through production support, in a collaborative, PR-driven environment.
Participate in architecture and design discussions focused on simplicity, scalability, and maintainability.
Provide technical leadership in cross-functional discussions and architecture decisions, serving as a resource for engineering, product, and clinical stakeholders.
Participate in Agile development practices, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and change management processes.
Identify opportunities to automate workflows and reduce operational overhead.
Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and iteration, and build systems supporting intelligent workflows, data-driven features, and internal tooling.
Design and maintain integrations with third-party vendors and internal systems.
Build and support APIs, background jobs, and data pipelines that power core product functionality.
Collaborate with data and operations teams to align systems with analytics and reporting needs.
Work with healthcare-related integrations where applicable, such as eligibility, messaging, and EHR interfaces.
Adhere to and help enforce data governance standards, including data integrity, access controls, and compliance across application and integration touchpoints.
Partner with IT Operations and Data Management to align application outputs with ELT pipelines, Medallion architecture standards, and analytics needs.
Support data interfaces, including imports, monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance, to ensure consistent, trusted data flows.
Write and review code emphasizing clarity, correctness, long-term maintainability, and system health.
Debug and resolve issues across application, integration, and data layers, and contribute to production stability and reliability.
Develop, review, and validate test cases to support high-quality releases with minimal production disruption.
Maintain technical and operational documentation for maintainability, onboarding, and institutional knowledge retention.