Backend Software Engineer (Intern)

• Design and develop scalable and modular web application backend capabilities (PostgreSQL, Express.js, and Node.js).
• Integrate various third-party services and REST APIs into the web application, ensuring high reliability and security.
• Leverage Google Cloud services like the Healthcare API to handle vast amounts of protected health information and ensure that deployed code is running reliably.
• Optimize application performance and responsiveness with software engineering best practices.
• Implement audit logging and observability to monitor application health in production environments.
• Create processes and use algorithms that can parse and store vast quantities of health information into JSON and XML formats.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare data standards such as FHIR, CCD, and HL7.
• Implement and maintain devops processes through Git, including continuous integration and deployment.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that adheres to code styling guides and best practices.
• Refactor and reduce technical debt in existing codebase to improve performance and maintainability.

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 0-1 years of experience in backend software using Express, NodeJS, and Postgres SQL. Other variants of SQL like MySQL are acceptable.
• 0-1 years of experience working with and implementing 3rd-party REST API integrations and services, writing server application code, and working with databases.
• Experience adhering to code styling guides and documentation standards.
• Deep understanding of Typescript/Javascript.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD for managing a codebase and product lifecycle.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Minimum 0-1 years of experience working with English-speaking clients and/or employers.

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Other Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with American healthcare data and standards such as FHIR, CCD, and HL7.
• Understanding of business models for and experience developing healthcare and financial services platforms/companies.
• Prior experience implementing tools/frameworks for monitoring and observability in software such as OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with large codebases and reverse engineering functionalities.
• Understanding of and experience implementing best practices to reduce cybersecurity threats.
• Deep understanding of Docker.

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