Python Backend Engineer

Job description

Sagility is a trusted partner for healthcare operations transformation, helping organizations unlock value across complex healthcare workflows. With more than 25 years of healthcare domain expertise, Sagility combines deep operational knowledge with AI-enabled technology and intelligent automation to improve efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and elevate experiences for members, patients, providers, and stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem. Sagility’s capabilities span end-to-end healthcare operations, including claims administration, payment integrity, clinical and care management support, member and provider engagement, revenue cycle services, and advanced analytics. Today, nearly **50,000 specialists, clinicians, technologists, and operations professionals** support healthcare organizations globally through trusted collaboration and technology-led transformation. We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer with at least 5 years of professional software development experience. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Python backend development, asynchronous programming, API design, real-time communication, and event-driven systems. **Key Responsibilities** - Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python. - Build real-time communication features using WebSockets and frameworks such as FastAPI or Django Channels. - Work with Redis Streams for event-driven data processing, messaging, and asynchronous workflows. - Manage database schema changes and migrations using tools such as Alembic or Django migrations. - Design, implement, and optimize ORM-based data models and database queries. - Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure code quality, reliability, and maintainability. - Use Git for version control and Docker for containerized development and deployment. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable system architectures and improve CI/CD practices. - Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance across backend services and infrastructure components. - Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices. **Required Qualifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. - Minimum 5 years of professional experience in backend or software development. - Strong proficiency in Python and asynchronous programming using async/await. - Hands-on experience with backend frameworks such as **FastAPI** , Django, or similar. - Experience with Git, Docker, unit testing, and ORM frameworks such as **SQLAlchemy** or Django ORM. - Familiarity with Redis Streams and **WebSocket** s for real-time or event-driven applications. - Good understanding of database design, schema management, and migration tools. - Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs or microservices-based applications. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment on AWS, GCP, or Azure. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or similar. - Experience working in Agile or fast-paced product engineering environments. - Understanding of scalable system design and distributed application patterns. **Soft Skills:** - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. - Ability to work independently as well as within a team. - Eagerness to learn, adapt, and contribute to a growing engineering team.