Senior Python Engineer

Location: Remote (preference for Mountain Time Zone)
Type: Full-time

About Healthy Together

Healthy Together's mission is to make our government the best-run organization in the world.

The Healthy Together composable SaaS platform enables the future of health and human services by bringing together the objectives of government programs and the needs of residents into a single platform. Our cloud-based technology delivers outcomes for health and human service initiatives by reducing costs and eliminating manual processes through automation.

Healthy Together is quickly growing with over 5 million users and has achieved #1 on the App Store in the Health & Fitness category and currently has 220k+ reviews with a 4.9/5 star rating.

About the Role

As a core contributor on our backend team, you’ll design, build, and maintain the services that power our product. You’ll work alongside product managers, frontend engineers, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality, scalable APIs and data pipelines. This role is hands-on—you’ll write code every day, collaborate on architecture decisions, and help refine our engineering standards. You should know how to scale to millions of users and anticipate/thwart

potential issues. This is a remote position but the candidate must be located in the United

States and be able to pass background checks as required by federal and state contract

requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Implementation:
  
  • Write, test, and maintain production-grade Python services and RESTful APIs using Django and Django REST Framework.
  • Contribute to technical design documents (TDDs) outlining APIs, data models, and integration points.
• Collaboration & Estimation:
  
  • Partner with Product Managers and client engineers to ideate solutions and clarify requirements.
  • Break down features into work items, identify long poles, dependencies, and unknowns—estimate accurately.
• Architecture & Scalability:
  
  • Participate in architecture discussions; recommend the right patterns and technologies at each stage of product growth.
  • Ensure designs account for performance, scalability, high availability, and security.
• Code Quality & Best Practices:
  
  • Conduct peer code reviews, share constructive feedback, and help raise the team’s engineering bar.
  • Develop and document backend standards, style guides, and testing strategies.
• Troubleshooting & Reliability:
  
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues across the full stack—Python/Django apps, databases, caches, networking, etc.
  • Instrument services with monitoring and alerting to proactively catch and fix issues.
• Data & Integration:
  
  • Build and maintain ETL pipelines, data integrations, and rights-management workflows.
  • Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulations.
• Security & Compliance:
  
  • Implement robust authentication and authorization flows across multiple systems and environments.
  • Maintain and operate services in HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC-2 compliant AWS environments.
• Innovation & Tooling:
  
  • Identify and integrate AI tooling or automation that accelerates development, testing, or operations.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering with Python as your primary language.
• Django Expertise: Deep knowledge of Django and Django REST Framework in high-scalability, high-availability production environments.
• AWS Proficiency: Hands-on experience with core AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Cognito) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Full-Stack Insight: Solid understanding of how front-end, server-side, database, and networking layers interact to impact performance and scalability.
• Debugging & Troubleshooting: Proven track record resolving production incidents across application, database, caching, and network layers.
• Data Engineering: Experience designing and managing ETL pipelines, data integrations, and rights-management processes.
• Security Fundamentals: Deep knowledge of user authentication and authorization patterns across distributed systems.
• Architectural Judgment: Ability to choose appropriate architectures and trade-offs at different stages of product maturity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Compliance Background: Direct experience operating services in HIPAA, FedRAMP, or SOC-2 environments.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ECS).
• Observability: Experience with logging, metrics, and tracing tools (DataDog, Sentry, Snowplow, etc.).
• AI & Automation: Prior work identifying or building AI-driven engineering tools or frameworks.
• Open-Source Engagement: Contributions to Python, Django, or related OSS projects.

Core Competencies & Expectations

• Hands-On Contributor: You thrive writing and shipping code daily, and you enjoy deep technical work.
• Collaborative Mindset: You communicate clearly, solicit feedback, and help teammates grow.
• Problem Solver: You break down complex challenges into manageable tasks and deliver practical solutions.
• Quality-Obsessed: You champion testing, documentation, and maintainable code.
• Continuous Learner: You stay current with emerging technologies and share insights with the team.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Remote-first culture
• Generous paid time off and parental leave

Ready to dive in and make a direct impact? Please apply with your résumé and a few highlights of your most significant Python/Django projects. We look forward to building something great—together!

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