Software Developer – Healthcare Tech

Virtustant; South Africa; A distancia; ZAR 1.975.000 - 2.962.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Virtustant is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and scale an AI-powered healthcare platform. You will own architecture, development, infrastructure, and deployment, leveraging AI agents to accelerate delivery.

Responsibilities include architecting scalable applications, building healthcare workforce management capabilities, telehealth features, and secure HIPAA-aligned practices. Work with leadership and clinical teams, delivering weekly production releases in a remote, full-time

Formación

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with production applications.
• AI-native development experience including agentic coding and multi-agent orchestration.
• Strong full-stack with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL; proficiency in Python for AI workflows.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience building APIs, third-party integrations, CI/CD pipelines, and secure cloud apps.
• Excellent system design, troubleshooting, and independent problem-solving; able to work in fast-paced environments.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and scale an AI-powered healthcare platform.
• Own features from concept through production with weekly sprints and releases.
• Develop AI-assisted development workflows and orchestrate multiple AI agents.
• Establish automated testing, code review, security controls, and CI/CD pipelines.

Conocimientos

Ruby on Rails

Python

React

TypeScript

WebRTC

AI-native development

APIs

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Vertex AI

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Software Engineer

About The Company

Our client is building an AI-powered healthcare technology platform integrating workforce management, telehealth, electronic health records, and revenue cycle management.

Job Description

You will design, build, and scale our platform using AI-native development practices. This is a hands‑on, high-impact role for an experienced engineer who can independently own architecture, development, infrastructure, and deployment while using AI agents to speed up delivery.

Responsibilities Of The Role

• Build and manage AI-assisted development workflows spanning requirements, architecture, coding, testing, review, and deployment.
• Orchestrate multiple AI coding agents.
• Establish automated testing, code review, security controls, and continuous integration and deployment pipelines to support weekly production releases.
• Architect and develop scalable applications.
• Build healthcare workforce management capabilities, including scheduling, credential tracking, staffing, and personnel management.
• Develop telehealth functionality, AI‑powered transcription, clinical documentation, and billing automation.
• Design reliable, reusable application programming interfaces and third‑party integrations.
• Build responsive, intuitive web applications and user interfaces from wireframes, ensuring seamless workflows for clinical and administrative staff across multiple browsers and devices.
• Deploy and maintain applications on Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop AI workflows for clinical documentation, medical coding, claim processing, and revenue cycle automation.
• Manage cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, monitoring, performance, and scalability.
• Implement HIPAA‑aligned security practices, data protection, access controls, and secure handling of protected health information.
• Translate business and clinical requirements into technical solutions.
• Work directly with leadership, clinicians, and operational teams.
• Own features from concept through production, with weekly sprints and releases.

Required Experience And Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production applications, or equivalent education.
• Demonstrated AI-native development experience, including agentic coding, multi‑agent orchestration, AI‑generated testing, and automated code review.
• Strong full‑stack engineering experience, with expertise in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL highly preferred.
• Proficiency in Python and experience building large language model‑powered applications, agents, or AI workflows.
• Production experience with Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience developing application programming interfaces, third‑party integrations, automated continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and secure cloud applications.
• Strong system design, troubleshooting, communication, and independent problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with weekly production releases.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with healthcare technology, HIPAA compliance, electronic health record integrations, or medical billing and revenue cycle management.
• Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, X12 EDI, and healthcare interoperability standards.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, WebRTC, or real‑time applications.
• Knowledge of AI transcription, retrieval‑augmented generation, model evaluation, or AI‑assisted medical coding.
• Experience building early‑stage SaaS products or establishing agentic engineering workflows.

Personality

• Independent problem solver with strong communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment.

Software & Tools

• Claude Code
• Codex
• Gemini CLI
• Cursor
• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• CharmHealth
• Epic
• Stedi
• Optum
• Google Cloud Platform
• Vertex AI
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• React
• TypeScript
• WebRTC

Schedule

Full‑time remote opportunity

Salary And Benefits

• Payment in USD or Local Currency according to candidate's preference.
• Full‑time remote opportunity.