Software Engineer

Description:

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks to join the alitheia team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services that power data-driven solutions. You will work on mission-critical systems leveraging AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and other complex, sensitive medical data to make it easier for people to get essential life insurance coverage. The role sits within a small high-impact team dedicated to building the industry’s most advanced solution for medical risk assessment. Position offers substantial opportunity to shape a new solution, ship product quickly and see immediate impact.

Key Accountabilities

• Participate in shaping the design of API architecture for real-time decisioning with complex medical data
• Collaborate with data scientists, underwriters, customer success and product managers to develop and deliver the product roadmap
• Optimize performance and scalability of backend systems handling large volumes of structured and unstructured health data
• Adapt product to evolving use of machine learning models and LLMs
• Build maintainable software; write unit/integration tests and implement automated testing
• Participate in code review and contribute to continuous improvement of development practices
   

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• Professional experience with Python preferred; understanding of software design lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
• Familiar with API design tools/languages (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI, FastAPI)
• Cloud computing and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration tools)
• Containerizations tools (e.g., Docker)
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM libraries (e.g., SQLAlchemy)
• Experience with load testing, latency profiling, and performance optimization for backend systems
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)