Backend Engineer, Python - AI-Augmented Health Tech

Clinical ink; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinical Ink is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Disease Management team, working on Python services across the US and Denmark. You will build well-scoped backend features, ensure quality through tests, and operate in a regulated, safety-critical environment with strong observability and AI-assisted development.

Expect to handle API endpoints, data models, and integrations with wearables and clinical data sources, while growing your expertise in the platform and its production operations.

Qualifications

• Solid programming fundamentals and backend experience with Python preferred.
• Comfort with APIs, databases/SQL, and version control; eager to learn testing and design.
• Desire to build, ship, and continuously learn.
• Open to AI-augmented development with verification mindset.
• Exposure to FastAPI/SQLAlchemy/Postgres, AWS, or healthcare data preferred.
• Experience in regulated, safety-critical software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement backend features in our Python stack: API endpoints, data models and migrations, and the glue between services.
• Write meaningful tests and make them pass—correctness is proven by the controls, not by hoping.
• Contribute to integrations with wearables and clinical data sources under guidance.
• Instrument what you build—add the metrics and logs that make your code observable—and learn our tooling (CloudWatch, Sentry) and how the platform runs in production.
• Learn and respect the safety/privacy context—PHI handling, least privilege - as part of normal development.
• Use AI coding agents effectively, and build the habit of verifying what they generate.
• Communicate clearly in code, PRs, and updates.

Skills

Python

APIs & SQL

Testing & QA

AI-assisted development

AWS

Tools

FastAPI

SQLAlchemy

PostgreSQL

AWS CloudWatch

Sentry

Job description

Clinical Ink is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Disease Management team, working on Python services across the US and Denmark. You will build well-scoped backend features, ensure quality through tests, and operate in a regulated, safety-critical environment with strong observability and AI-assisted development.

Expect to handle API endpoints, data models, and integrations with wearables and clinical data sources, while growing your expertise in the platform and its production operations.