Senior Platform Developer

Judi Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 116,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Judi Health in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Platform Developer II to scale and secure our Unified Claims Processing platform. You will drive infrastructure-as-code, automate release pipelines, and partner with product teams to deliver scalable SaaS capabilities.

You'll own AWS-based infrastructure, container orchestration, observability, and security compliance, while mentoring engineers and supporting a 24/7 on-call rotation to maintain high availability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience as Platform/DevOps/SRE.
• Deep expertise in AWS services including EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, IAM, Kinesis.
• Proficient with Terraform, Python, SQL, and automation tooling.
• Extensive experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).
• CI/CD systems experience (GoCD, GitHub Actions, Harness).
• Security/compliance experience (FISMA, SOC 2, FedRAMP).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable, secure platform infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and provisioning tools (GoCD, Harness, Terraform).
• Write clean Python code for automation and tooling.
• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL/Redshift/Redis for performance and data integrity.
• Administer and tune container orchestration (EKS, ECS).
• Implement serverless architectures with AWS Lambda.
• Collaborate with development teams to align infra with app needs.
• Lead security best practices and compliance efforts (HIPAA/SOC II).</=
• Monitor systems performance and participate in 24/7 on-call rotations.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster technical excellence.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Python

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD Tools

Observability

Security & Compliance

On-call 24/7

Tools

GoCD

Harness

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

About Judi Health

Judi Health is a health technology company providing benefit administration solutions to employers, unions, health plans, and government entities. Judi Health replaces fragmented, outdated systems with the industry's first Unified Claims Processing™ architecture, seamlessly consolidating pharmacy and medical benefit administration on a single, secure platform. By delivering true price transparency, eliminating unnecessary middleman fees, and leveraging advanced AI-powered care delivery, Judi Health helps clients achieve unprecedented operational efficiency and service levels.

About The Team

The Platform team at Judi Health is made up of a set of passionate, motivated, and driven individuals who are not only experts in technologies but are great problems solvers and brings high energy and inspiration every day. The team always works a sense of ownership and urgency delivering highest quality of work ensuring seamless operations and fostering collaboration across the software engineering department. We own the architecture, framework & standards, infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines which development teams utilize to deliver code to the Judi® platform. The team is also responsible for the production environment which requires knowledge with monitoring, alerting and on-call practices. The Platform team performs many functions whether that is tactical operations, providing general solutions for the enterprise or giving guidance or recommendations for individual product teams.

Position Summary

We are a rapidly growing late-stage health tech company helping millions of lives through our innovative product Judi. We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Platform Developer II to join our platform team. This pivotal role will be instrumental in building, scaling, and maintain the robust and secure infrastructure that powers our mission-critical platform. You will be a force multiplier, enabling our development teams to deliver features faster and more reliably. You will champion infrastructure-as-code principles, contribute code to platform scalability, drive automation across the entire software development lifecycle, and ensure our platform meets the highest standards of scalability, performance, and security.

Position Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure platform & infrastructure
• Develop and maintain robust automation pipelines for continuous delivery (CI/CD), and infrastructure provisioning tools like GoCD, Harness, and Terraform
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested Python code for automation, tooling and service development.
• Manage and optimize relational or in-memory databases, including PostgreSQL, Redshift and Redis, ensuring high performance, reliability, and data integrity.
• Administer and finetune container orchestration platforms such EKS and ECS.
• Implement and manage serverless architectures leveraging AWS Lambda for various platform functionalities.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure infrastructure aligns with application requirements and best practices.
• Lead efforts in defining and enforcing security best practices across the platform, including adherence to HIPAA standards, FISMA, SOC II, and FedRAMP compliance standards.
• Monitor systems performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement proactive solutions to ensure optimal operation and scalability.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to provide continuous operational support and rapid incident response.
• Champion Agile/Scrum methodologies, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance platform capabilities and efficiency.
• Develop internal tooling and automation scripts using Python and work with SQL to support operational workflows.
• Implement observability (monitoring/logging/alerting) best practices for highly available SaaS services.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer.
• Deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and services including but not limited to EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, IAM, Kinesis
• Excellent proficiency with Terraform, Python, SQL, and automation tooling.
• Extensive experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).
• Solid understanding and hands‑on experience with SQL, database administration (PostgreSQL preferred), and performance tuning
• Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GoCD, GitHub Actions, Harness).
• Proven experience in automating Observability & Monitoring (Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus), standardizing incident response for alerts to maintain SLAs and SLOs
• Hands‑on experience in environments compliant with FISMA, SOC 2, and/or FedRAMP.
• Background in building highly scalable, performant SaaS platforms.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, IT security & compliance, product manager, and scrum masters.
• Strong experience supporting 24/7 production on-call rotations, including responding to alerts and resolving incidents outside of standard business hours.

This position description is designed to be flexible, allowing management the opportunity to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed to best meet organizational goals.

New York, NY Salary Range: $139,600 USD - $200,000 USD

Denver, CO Salary Range: $128,000 USD - $190,000 USD

Charlotte, NC Salary Range: $116,400 USD - $177,500 USD

All employees are responsible for adherence to the Judi Health Code of Conduct including the reporting of non-compliance. This position description is designed to be flexible, allowing management the opportunity to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed to best meet organizational goals.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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