Python Backend Engineer - Remote

At dexter health, we build AI-powered software for care teams to reduce administrative workload in healthcare. We are looking for a high-agency Backend Python Engineer to improve and scale backend systems.

Requirements

• Strong Python backend experience in production environments
• Experience with databases, data models, and API integrations
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, authentication, retries, rate limits, and error handling
• Experience with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, Azure, or similar
• Experience with background jobs, schedulers, serverless functions, async workflows, or comparable backend infrastructure
• Strong debugging instincts across logs, cloud services, databases, and external APIs
• Experience writing tests and validating backend behavior before shipping
• Ability to work with typed Python, structured data models, and validation frameworks
• Serious experience using AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, or similar

Benefits

• Remote work
• Fair compensation based on skills, experience, and location
• Ownership of important backend systems
• Work on software used in real healthcare workflows
• Modern AI-native development workflow
• Room to grow with the company