REMOTE Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer

Required Skills & Experience:• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and building backend systems on AWS. • Strong proficiency with AWS services including Lambda, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, and related serverless components. • Comfortable working within an AI-enabled Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), leveraging spec-driven development methodologies to accelerate delivery and improve engineering efficiency. • Deep experience designing and supporting event-driven, distributed microservice architectures. • Solid background in data modeling, persistence strategies, and data integrity across services. • Experience implementing automated testing (unit, integration, and service-level tests). • Advanced experience with.NET Core and C# for backend service development. • Strong problem-solving skills with high attention to detail in production environments.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience:• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, ideally Terraform. • Comfortable working in a scaled agile environment with CI/CD pipelines. • AWS Certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent). • Experience working with healthcare or insurance data in backend systems. • Familiarity with healthcare data standards and formats (e.g., HL7, FHIR, claims data models, HIPAA-compliant data handling). • Frontend experience with React and Next.js.

Job Description: Insight Global is seeking a highly skilled Backend Software Engineer to support a client operating in highly regulated domains, including insurance and healthcare. This role is focused on building and maintaining scalable, reliable backend services that power mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate is passionate about backend engineering, cloud-native architectures, and data-intensive systems, and thrives in an environment where reliability, performance, and security are paramount. Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using AWS serverless and managed services.
• Build and support event-driven microservices, ensuring loose coupling, resiliency, and scalability.
• Own backend data flows, including data modeling, validation, persistence, and system-to-system integrations.
• Implement secure, performant APIs and asynchronous messaging patterns to support high-throughput workloads.
• Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure reliability, correctness, and long-term maintainability.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend systems in production environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our solutions.