Senior Backend Engineer - Remote Healthcare GovTech

VetsEZ; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k with Employer Match

PTO + Federal Holidays

Corporate Laptop

Training Opportunities

Remote Opportunity

Job summary

VetsEZ is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and modernize enterprise backend services, APIs, and integration components for a large federal health tech project. This is a 100% remote role with citizenship and government clearance considerations.

You will work with architects, product owners, QA, and DevSecOps to deliver secure, scalable backend solutions, mentor junior engineers, and maintain platform reliability across environments. 8+ years of backend experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• 8+ years in backend engineering or enterprise software development.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with SQL, relational databases, and data integration patterns.
• Security-focused development including authentication/authorization and secure coding practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers in Agile teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain government clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components for mission-critical healthcare applications.
• Lead implementation with service-layer logic, data processing, error handling, and system integrations.
• Collaborate with architects and leadership to align with standards, roadmaps, and non-functional requirements.
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote maintainability, reliability, and security.
• Provide production support, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and defect remediation across environments.
• Optimize performance, monitoring, and observability to improve stability.
• Contribute to design reviews, estimations, release planning, and technical docs.
• Partner with QA and DevSecOps to improve testability and deployment readiness.
• Refactor code, build reusable components, reduce technical debt, and support agile delivery.
• Contribute to multiple projects with adaptability and collaboration.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

SQL

Security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

Agile

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

InterSystems IRIS

FHIR APIs

AWS

Job description

VetsEZ is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and modernize enterprise backend services, APIs, and integration components for a large federal health tech project. This is a 100% remote role with citizenship and government clearance considerations.

You will work with architects, product owners, QA, and DevSecOps to deliver secure, scalable backend solutions, mentor junior engineers, and maintain platform reliability across environments. 8+ years of backend experience required.