Senior Backend & Data Engineer - EHR AI Platform

Flagshippioneeringinc; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

FL113, a fast-moving AI diagnostics company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend & Data, to own core backend systems that transform EHR data from health-system partners into trustworthy results. You will work mainly on AWS, data pipelines, and integration with EHR formats like FHIR, while collaborating with data scientists on production-ready solutions.

We value hands-on engineers who can ship secure, scalable systems, practice HIPAA controls, and mentor growing teams in a zero-to-one

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend systems and data pipelines.
• Hands-on healthcare data experience, including EHR data, FHIR or HL7, clinical vocabularies such as LOINC, SNOMED, ICD, RxNorm, and PHI under HIPAA.
• Substantial production experience on AWS, and proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience running AI/ML systems in production, working with data scientists or ML researchers.
• Experience in a startup or zero-to-one environment, and willingness to work outside core specialty as needed.
• Clear communication with engineers, data scientists, clinicians, and partner IT teams.

Responsibilities

• Build the Data and EHR Integration Platform on AWS, creating secure, auditable pipelines from ingestion to model-ready outputs.
• Extend EHR integrations starting with athenahealth’s FHIR APIs across new EHRs and data formats.
• Develop AI-assisted tooling with data scientists to accelerate onboarding of partners and data sources.
• Lead technical go-lives with partner IT and data teams, ensuring issues are resolved and expectations met.

Skills

Back-end engineering

AWS

Data pipelines

Python

EHR data

HIPAA security

CI/CD

SQL

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CDK

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

FL113, a fast-moving AI diagnostics company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend & Data, to own core backend systems that transform EHR data from health-system partners into trustworthy results. You will work mainly on AWS, data pipelines, and integration with EHR formats like FHIR, while collaborating with data scientists on production-ready solutions.

We value hands-on engineers who can ship secure, scalable systems, practice HIPAA controls, and mentor growing teams in a zero-to-one