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# Backend Engineer - Healthcare Data Systems

- **Company:** Dave's Engine Service, LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cerner, Business Logic, Data Synchronization, Operational Databases, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Data Ingestion, Backend, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f1ea199d664806fb

## About the Role

* 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with meaningful exposure to healthcare data pipelines specifically.
 * Fluency in 837/835 EDI and eligibility/benefits response formats.
 * Experience building HIPAA-compliant systems from initial architecture, not just compliance patching.
 * A track record of owning clearinghouse or SFTP-based data ingestion in production.

Nice-to-Have

 * Cerner experience.

Of Note

 * Completed background checks will be required before the start date if you are selected as a winning candidate.

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to serve as a trusted advisor on the data architecture underpinning the client's platform. This is an advisory engagement; there's a working prototype but no production data pipelines yet, so the value you bring is judgment, not throughput. You'll help the team think through how healthcare data formats like 837/835 EDI and eligibility/benefits responses should flow into storage and business logic, pressure-test the plan for HIPAA-compliant architecture, and help scope what a real clearinghouse/SFTP ingestion pipeline will require. As the platform matures, the expectation is that this role grows into hands-on ownership of the production data services layer.

This is a short-term initial advisory engagement, with potential for future fractional engagements as the product matures. The role is part-time, roughly 5-10 hours a week for now, fully remote, and asynchronous. Candidates can be based anywhere in Canada or the United States., * Advise on the design of production services sitting on top of the integration layer: data sync, storage, business logic.

 * Help shape the approach to clearinghouse and SFTP data ingestion pipelines.
 * Advise on working with healthcare EDI formats, especially 837 (claims), 835 (remittance), and eligibility/benefits (270/271) responses.
 * Pressure-test the plan for building HIPAA-compliant systems from the ground up, not retrofitted later.


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