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San José, Costa Rica

Sr Backend Software Developer CD-01

Job Description

Location

Costa Rica

Type

Full-time | Senior Level

Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Software Developer to join a mission-driven team in the healthcare technology sector. In this role, youll leverage your expertise in Python and AWS to build scalable platforms, develop backend applications and APIs, and deliver data-driven insights that directly improve patient outcomes.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead large projects from design to production.
• Work with product managers and designers to refine requirements before implementation.
• Demonstrate technical leadership over product features.
• Represent product features technically to stakeholders.
• Take ownership and responsibility for large projects throughout their lifecycle.
• Interact with operations teams as needed to support correct product operation.
• Build backend applications in Python on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, ECS, etc.
• Process data value through data cleansing, reformatting, parsing, and analysis.
• Interface with code written in a stateful web application framework (React/TypeScript).
• Collaborate with developers to establish consistent APIs across services.
• Employ best practices for API interactions with frontend web applications.
• Implement backend code in a serverless, cloud application paradigm (Flask / AWS Lambda / ECS).
• Make strong architectural choices through careful evaluation and prior experience.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to continually deliver features to stakeholders and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of related job experience with a broad range of technical skills.
• Desire to work in a health technology company.
• Previous Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) experience preferred.
• Git code management skills with experience working in a mono repository preferred.
• Proficiency working in Linux using Bash, Zsh, Python, Node.js, and similar tools.
• Strong Python (Flask / SQLAlchemy) and TypeScript (React) experience.
• Advanced PostgreSQL knowledge (CTEs, windowing functions, views, stored procedures, full-text or geospatial indexing).
• Expert at developing backend data processing applications.
• Proficiency targeting infrastructure as code with a security mindset (AWS, Terraform).
• Experience integrating monitoring solutions for deployed software and resources.
• A history of delivering complex web applications to the cloud.
• Strong knowledge of unit testing across multiple paradigms.
• Knowledge of integration testing using Playwright or similar frameworks.
• Experience with microservices or API-based application paradigms.
• Excellent written communication skills for remote collaboration.
• Ability to work autonomously while driving proactive collaboration to deliver results.

Benefits

• Competitive salary in USD
• Permanent employment contract (on payroll)
• 🩺 Medical insurance for the employee and direct family members + life insurance (after 3 months)
• Remote work from home (requires a secure and stable connection)
• In-person team meetings approximately every 6 weeks to strengthen collaboration and team bonds
• Candidates must reside in Costa Rica and hold a valid work permit.
• We cannot hire from other countries or sponsor work visas.

Required Skills

Flask Bash React AWS TypeScript Git Python

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