CONTRACTOR - IMMEDIATE START - Senior Back-end engineer - Lara Health, Inc.

Why join Lara Health?
Ready to transform healthcare? At Lara Health, your skills will improve patient care, unlock revenue for independent providers, and drive healthcare efficiency at scale. We’re transforming how U.S. medical practices operate – and we want the best talent to be part of it.

We’re looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer who’s ready to own challenges, build innovative solutions, and grow with us.

We offer:

• Career Growth: This isn’t just another engineering job – this is a pivotal opportunity to shape your future as a technical leader. As one of our earliest engineers, you’ll play a key role in laying the foundation of our tech infrastructure, advancing into leadership roles with greater responsibility as we scale.
• Financial Stability: We are cash-flow positive, ensuring stability and growth opportunities, two things that don’t come together very often.
• Mission-Driven Culture: Join a group of passionate innovators and operators who live and breathe our mission. At Lara Health, we are breaking barriers and creating solutions that have a direct, meaningful impact on the way healthcare is delivered.
• Collaborative Environment: We elevate individual performance by creating a culture where everyone works to put their teammates in a position to give their best.
• Remote-First and Flexible: Enjoy the freedom to work fully remote from anywhere, while staying deeply connected with a dedicated and passionate team. Once your goals are set, we value your autonomy and give you the flexibility to manage your workday as you see fit.
• Positive Atmosphere: Work alongside passionate colleagues who are supportive, maintain a positive attitude, and keep business goals in clear focus.
• Real-World Impact: Your work will directly improve healthcare outcomes by creating tools that help doctors and care teams serve patients more effectively. This isn’t just code – your work can potentially impact millions of people

Your Mission as a Senior Back-End Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Back-End Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a growth mindset, with strong accountability, and ready to take ownership. You’ll have the opportunity to work across the stack, solve complex problems, and contribute to mission-critical applications.

As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you’ll design and develop backend services that power our healthcare platform. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our systems are reliable, secure, and designed to grow with us.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Own the Backend: Design and develop scalable, efficient, and secure services to power mission-critical applications.
• Serverless Applications: Develop and maintain applications using AWS Lambda and the Serverless Framework.
• Make Data Work: Design and manage databases (SQL/NoSQL within AWS) that scale with the company’s growth, enhancing efficiency and data integrity.
• Code Collaboration: Manage repositories using GitHub, and collaborate with other team members to bring tangible innovation to healthcare. Take advantage of AI co-pilots to multiply your speed, productivity and efficiency – and enhance the quality of your code and documentation.
• API Integration: Work on integrating external APIs, ensuring seamless communication between services.
• Testing: Develop and maintain robust unit and integration tests using PyTest.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• System Reliability: Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions using Sentry and AWS CloudWatch.
• AI Integration: We are not just working with traditional solutions; we’re building cutting-edge tools. If you’re passionate about leveraging AI to drive innovation, this is the role for you, as you’ll help integrate these tools into healthcare solutions that are smarter, faster, and more efficient and valuable.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience: 5+ years of backend development in a cloud environment (preferably Python).
• Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to take on complex challenges and build innovative solutions with minimal guidance.
• Programming Skills: Strong proficiency in Python; experience with C# and/or Node.js is a plus.
• Cloud Expert: Proficient in AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFormation, RDS, and IAM.
• Version Control: Proficient with GitHub workflows.
• Testing Frameworks: Experience with unit and integration testing using PyTest or similar.
• Serverless Framework: Highly desirable experience.
• Database Knowledge: Familiarity with both relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB).
• API Design: Experience with RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication, leadership, and a collaborative mindset.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AWS Step Functions or building applications with AI co-pilots? Let’s chat.
• Containerization: Exposure to Docker or Kubernetes? Great.
• Security Best Practices: Familiarity with AWS security, including IAM roles and encryption. Nice.
• Worked with HIPAA or security-focused environments before? Exciting! We’re aiming for the highest standards.

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive Compensation: We value talent and offer a compensation package that reflects it. 
• Career Growth: Join us at an exciting time, where you can rise quickly as we scale.
• Flexibility: Enjoy a fully remote role with the freedom to manage your time and productivity.
• Ownership: Play a pivotal role in shaping a product that delivers tangible, real-world impact on the way healthcare is being delivered today, not just building another app.

How to Apply
If you’re ready to take the next big step in your career, build something meaningful, and shape the future of healthcare, let’s do it together. Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter explaining why you’re a great fit for this role.
No agencies, please. Only candidates with relevant experience and available for full time will be considered.