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# Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

- **Company:** AKASA, LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, SQLAlchemy, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Backend, Fastapi, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Health Level Seven International, Machine Learning Operations, Docker
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_610c62a41b2d9fa13f77fc38e29cca50

## About the Role

* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
 * 5+ years of professional experience in software development or machine learning
 * Software engineering experience in Python is required
 * Proven track record with SaaS products
 * Strong communication and interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
 * Experience building consumer applications on top of ML pipelines
 * Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres
 * Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
 * CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
 * Firm grasp of system design principles
 * Experience with healthcare data exchange (FHIR, HL7, EDI) is a plus

## Description

As a Sr. Software Engineer, Backend, you will be building AI-powered solutions across our Clinical Documentation and Medical Coding suite. You will work closely with the product, design, and machine learning teams to design and build services, APIs, and tools that support our SaaS products. Together with the broader team, you will work on AI-native products that correct clinical errors for hundreds of thousands of patients, and deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in measurable value for our customers. These products improve the quality of physician documentation, help clinicians identify missing diagnoses, convert documentation to medical codes and ensure financial integrity for health systems. The interfaces you develop help thousands of clinicians and hospital staff tackle some of the most challenging and high-impact patient encounters in U.S. healthcare., * Create and maintain backend services and build on top of machine learning to solve challenging customer problems

 * Design, build, and maintain shared APIs, tools, services, and applications that help form the foundation of our technology ecosystem
 * Bring creative solutions to the table, knowledge-share with the team, and work together to shape our platform architecture
 * Lead and participate in design discussions, planning sessions, and code reviews
 * Partner closely with our product, design, and machine learning teams
 * Mentor junior engineers on the team