Senior Backend Software Developer

Judi Health

$139K — $200K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of relevant experience in software development.
  • Passion for working in health tech.
  • Proficient in Python (Flask / SQLAlchemy).
  • Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL database functionalities.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools like AWS and Terraform.
  • Skilled in writing unit tests and using Git in a mono repository.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects from design to delivery in a healthcare technology setting.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and quality assurance teams during development.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for your team's products.
  • Provide cross-functional technical support to stakeholders.
  • Enhance the web-based enterprise health platform, Judi, using Python and AWS.
  • Work collaboratively within an Agile/Scrum framework.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility between office and remote work.
  • Opportunity to work on impactful healthcare technology projects.
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-functional partnerships.
  • Potential to expand technical skills through hands-on coding and leadership.
Full Job Description
Location: Hybrid 3 days (offices in NYC, Denver, CO and Charlotte, NC area)

Position Summary

Join our mission to transform our nation's healthcare system as a Senior Backend Software Developer. In this role you will assist in leading projects from design to delivery. Partner with product managers and designers to define requirements during discovery and planning. Collaborate with developers to deliver those requirements on time as new features or improvements to existing functionality.

Position Responsibilities

In this role, you'll combine technical leadership with hands-on coding to build scalable, high-impact healthcare technology. You will:
  • Exercise leadership over features from design to delivery.
  • Be a partner to product, design, and quality assurance team members.
  • Become a subject matter expert on your team's products.
  • Provide technical support to cross-functional team members and stakeholders.
  • Expand Judi, our web-based enterprise health platform, using Python, AWS services, and other technologies.
  • Work in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Minimum Qualifications

We're looking for someone who brings a mix of technical expertise, problem-solving ability, and collaborative spirit:
  • 7+ years of job-related experience.
  • Desire to work at a health tech company.
  • Strong Python (Flask / SQLAlchemy) experience.
  • Advanced PostgreSQL database knowledge (e.g., common table expressions, windowing functions, views, stored procedures, full-text or geospatial indexing).
  • Experience with infrastructure as code using AWS, Terraform, or similar technologies.
  • Experience writing unit tests.
  • Git expertise and experience working in a mono repo.
  • Able to demonstrate agency, urgency, and ownership over delivering quality work.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Previous Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) experience is a plus.

This position description is designed to be flexible, allowing management the opportunity to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed to best meet organizational goals.

New York, NY Salary Range

$139,600-$200,000 USD

Denver, CO Salary Range

$128,000-$185,000 USD

Charlotte, NC Salary Range

$116,400-$175,000 USD

All employees are responsible for adherence to the Judi Health Code of Conduct including the reporting of non-compliance. This position description is designed to be flexible, allowing management the opportunity to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed to best meet organizational goals.

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