Full stack/Backend Engineer - Healthcare Platform

Full stack/Backend Engineer - Healthcare Platform
Location: Remote (EST overlap preferred)

Contract Duration: 2 months

About BigRio:

BigRio is a remote-based, technology consulting firm with headquarters in Boston, MA. We deliver software solutions ranging from: custom development, software implementation, data analytics, and machine learning/AI integrations. We are a one-stop shop that attracts clients from a variety of industries because of our proven ability to deliver cutting-edge and cost-conscious software solutions.

About the Role

We're seeking a skilled Full stack/Backend Engineer to support a healthcare technology platform on a short-term, 2-month contract. You'll collaborate with product and clinical teams to deliver secure, high-performance backend services that meet healthcare compliance standards. The ideal candidate has experience building robust APIs, managing AWS infrastructure, and ensuring HIPAA-compliant data workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve bugs across the stack, ensuring system stability and performance.
• Collaborate with clinical and product teams to validate business logic and workflow accuracy.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Node.js (NestJS) and Spring Boot .
• Integrate and secure RESTful APIs using OAuth2 , JWT , and SMART on FHIR .
• Maintain Python modules supporting LLM/NLP-powered features.
• Implement microservices and event-driven architectures using AWS (EventBridge, Cognito, Lambda, etc.).
• Manage infrastructure with Terraform and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions .
• Work with Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for API integration.
• Ensure data protection and compliance by implementing encryption for data at rest and in transit in line with HIPAA and other healthcare standards.

Collaboration & Ownership

• Contribute to architecture design and security reviews, promoting best practices in encryption, access control, and resiliency.
• Collaborate on platform security and infrastructure design to enhance monitoring, observability, and incident response.

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript for backend systems.
• 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining Node.js and Java APIs .
• Proven experience with AWS infrastructure and Terraform (IaC) .
• Hands-on experience implementing and securing RESTful APIs using OAuth2 , JWT , and related protocols.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions .
• Knowledge of encryption, network security, and key management principles.
• Experience in healthcare technology , EHR/EMR integration , or other regulated domains.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience with observability frameworks and automated testing .
• Exposure to API performance benchmarking .
• Prior experience working in small, agile teams , owning infrastructure or security modules end-to-end.