Backend Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

We are currently looking for a Backend Engineer for a 100% remote position on a large federal government healthcare technology project. This role will support the design, development, and maintenance of backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration solutions that enable secure, scalable, and reliable healthcare applications. The engineer will collaborate closely with architects, QA teams, DevSecOps personnel, and product stakeholders within an Agile software delivery environment.

The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components supporting shared services and mission-critical applications.
• Implement business logic, service orchestration, and data access layers to support product functionality and workflow requirements.
• Build secure, scalable, and maintainable server-side solutions using approved architectures, development standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, QA engineers, DevSecOps teams, and product stakeholders to support end-to-end solution delivery.
• Participate in technical design discussions, estimation activities, code reviews, troubleshooting, and production support efforts.
• Optimize backend service performance, reliability, monitoring, logging, and observability across multiple environments.
• Support data exchange processes, error handling, operational resilience, and secure service-to-service communication.
• Contribute to technical documentation, reusable components, development standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist with defect resolution, release support activities, and ongoing application maintenance efforts.
• Support Agile delivery processes and align technical work with sprint, increment, and release priorities.
• Contribute to team objectives and take on additional responsibilities as needed.

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engine...