{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f0688861be434b37ea452cef","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f0688861be434b37ea452cef","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f0688861be434b37ea452cef","title":"Backend Python Engineer (APIs, Databases & Cloud) - Remote","description":"Welcome to dexter health!\r\nAt dexter health, we build AI-powered software for care teams. Our mission is to reduce administrative workload in healthcare so caregivers can spend more time with patients.\r\nWe are looking for a high-agency Backend Python Engineer to help us improve and scale the backend systems behind our products. The role focuses on Python, databases, external APIs, cloud infrastructure, testing, validation, and production reliability.\r\nYou will work on backend systems that connect dexter health with third-party healthcare software providers. These systems synchronize and validate operational data used in real care workflows.\r\nExternal APIs are inconsistent, data models are messy, and edge cases are common. We need someone who is fast, sharp, and ownership-driven: someone who reads unfamiliar code, debugs production issues, finds root causes, and ships robust fixes quickly without waiting for detailed instructions.\r\nThis is a shared-ownership role, not a ticket-taking role. You will work closely with the existing team, but we expect you to take real responsibility for improving backend stability and delivery speed.\r\nYou will work daily with AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, or similar. We expect you to use these tools seriously, not casually.\r\nTasks As our Backend Python Engineer, you will:\r\nDevelop and maintain backend systems written in Python\r\nWork heavily with databases, data models, and external APIs\r\nBuild and improve integrations with third-party healthcare software providers\r\nWork with REST APIs, authentication, webhooks, pagination, retries, rate limits, and edge cases\r\nMaintain data transformation, validation, and synchronization logic\r\nDebug production issues, data inconsistencies, sync failures, and API problems\r\nImprove testing, validation, monitoring, health checks, and failure handling\r\nWork with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, Azure, or comparable platforms\r\nWork with serverless functions, background jobs, schedulers, async workflows, or similar backend infrastructure\r\nUse AI development tools as a core part of your daily workflow\r\nWrite clean, maintainable, testable backend code\r\nRequirements We care less about formal seniority and more about speed, intelligence, ownership, and reliability. We like people who operate with founder-like urgency: they figure things out, make progress under ambiguity, and care about outcomes more than titles.\r\nMust-have\r\nStrong Python backend experience in production environments\r\nExperience with databases, data models, and API integrations\r\nSolid understanding of REST APIs, authentication, retries, rate limits, and error handling\r\nExperience with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, Azure, or similar\r\nExperience with background jobs, schedulers, serverless functions, async workflows, or comparable backend infrastructure\r\nStrong debugging instincts across logs, cloud services, databases, and external APIs\r\nExperience writing tests and validating backend behavior before shipping\r\nAbility to work with typed Python, structured data models, and validation frameworks\r\nSerious experience using AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, or similar\r\nHigh intelligence, fast learning speed, bias to action, and ownership mindset\r\nComfortable with ambiguity, fast decisions, and a high-trust startup environment\r\nClear written and spoken English\r\nNice-to-have\r\nExperience with healthcare software, healthcare data, or integration middleware\r\nExperience with async Python and concurrent API calls\r\nFamiliarity with GraphQL clients\r\nExperience with document databases, NoSQL systems, or event-driven backend systems\r\nExperience with Docker, CI/CD, secrets management, or observability tooling\r\nExperience working around AI features in production systems\r\nGerman language skills\r\nKnowledge of nursing homes or elderly care workflows\r\nThis role is probably not for you if\r\nYou need detailed specifications before making progress\r\nYou prefer slow, highly structured corporate environments\r\nYou are mainly looking for management, not hands-on building\r\nYou dislike debugging messy APIs and production edge cases\r\nYou want to use AI tools only occasionally instead of as part of your daily workflow\r\nYou optimize for perfect process over fast, reliable execution\r\nBenefits Remote work\r\nFair compensation based on skills, experience, and location\r\nOwnership of important backend systems\r\nWork on software used in real healthcare workflows\r\nModern AI-native development workflow\r\nRoom to grow with the company\r\nWhy?\r\nCaregivers spend too much time on documentation, coordination, and administrative work. We build technology that reduces this burden.\r\nReliable backend systems are the foundation for everything we build. If our integrations, databases, and APIs work well, our product can create real value for care teams.\r\nIf you want to work on complex backend systems with real-world impact, move fast, use AI tools every day, and take real ownership, we would like to hear from you.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Dexter Health","rawCompany":"dexter health","city":"New York","state":"NY","isRemote":true,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-27T00:33:28.724Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1243.01","title":"Data Warehousing Specialists","slug":"data-warehousing-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Backend Python Engineer (APIs, Databases & Cloud) - Remote","description":"Welcome to dexter health!\r\nAt dexter health, we build AI-powered software for care teams. 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