REMOTE Backend Software Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a highly skilled Backend Software Engineer to support a client operating in highly regulated domains, including insurance and healthcare. This role is focused on building and maintaining scalable, reliable backend services that power mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate is passionate about backend engineering, cloud-native architectures, and data-intensive systems, and thrives in an environment where reliability, performance, and security are paramount. Key Responsibilities: * Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using AWS serverless and managed services. * Build and support event-driven microservices, ensuring loose coupling, resiliency, and scalability. * Own backend data flows, including data modeling, validation, persistence, and system-to-system integrations. * Implement secure, performant APIs and asynchronous messaging patterns to support high-throughput workloads. * Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure reliability, correctness, and long-term maintainability. * Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend systems in production environments. * Develop and execute automated tests to ensure software quality and reliability. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. * Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our solutions.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and building backend systems on AWS. * Strong proficiency with AWS services including Lambda, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, and related serverless components. * Comfortable working within an AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), leveraging spec-driven development methodologies to accelerate delivery and improve engineering efficiency. * Deep experience designing and supporting event-driven, distributed microservice architectures. * Solid background in data modeling, persistence strategies, and data integrity across services. * Experience implementing automated testing (unit, integration, and service-level tests). * Advanced experience with .NET Core and C# for backend service development. * Strong problem-solving skills with high attention to detail in production environments. * Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, ideally Terraform. * Comfortable working in a scaled agile environment with CI/CD pipelines. * AWS Certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent). * Experience working with healthcare or insurance data in backend systems. * Familiarity with healthcare data standards and formats (e.g., HL7, FHIR, claims data models, HIPAA-compliant data handling). * Frontend experience with React and Next.js.