Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven Healthcare (Remote)

Skyward; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid leave

401K with employer match

Remote opportunities

Professional development funds

Laptop provided

Job summary

Skyward is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to modernize CMS platforms and deliver AI-enabled enterprise solutions for a large U.S. healthcare agency. You’ll design RESTful APIs, scale full-stack apps with Python and React, and lead backend performance and reliability initiatives.

You’ll collaborate with Human-Centered Design and cross-functional teams to ensure accessible, secure, and future-ready systems while advancing cloud-native deployments and modern architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, information systems, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience building scalable production-grade apps.
• Strong backend experience in Python and modern API frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
• Solid frontend experience with React and component-driven development.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and working within microservices architectures.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar) and automated testing.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud environments and cloud-native patterns.
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities (NLP, LLMs, bots).
• Strong understanding of software design principles, secure coding practices.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset with initiative to improve systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior engineer supporting CMS modernization — boost data accuracy, transparency, and automation with scalable AI-enabled systems.
• Design, build, and scale full-stack apps using Python/FastAPI and React or similar tech.
• Architect and implement RESTful APIs and microservices for intelligent features leveraging NLP/LLMs.
• Collaborate with HCD experts to deliver accessible, user-friendly experiences.
• Lead backend development focusing on performance, reliability, and clean architecture.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure cloud deployments.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues, improve test coverage, and raise engineering quality.
• Identify automation opportunities to reduce operational burden for end users.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering roadmaps.
• Partner with product, data science, and DevOps to align tech with mission outcomes.

Skills

10+ years experience

Backend with Python

Frontend with React

RESTful APIs

Microservices

CI/CD pipelines

AWS cloud

AI/ML integration

Software design principles

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelors in CS or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

React

Jenkins

AWS

Git

LLMs/NLP tooling

Job description

Skyward is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to modernize CMS platforms and deliver AI-enabled enterprise solutions for a large U.S. healthcare agency. You’ll design RESTful APIs, scale full-stack apps with Python and React, and lead backend performance and reliability initiatives.

You’ll collaborate with Human-Centered Design and cross-functional teams to ensure accessible, secure, and future-ready systems while advancing cloud-native deployments and modern architectures.