Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AKASA is a leading provider of generative AI solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle, aiming to improve patient care through technology. The Sr. Software Engineer, Backend will build AI-powered solutions for Clinical Documentation and Medical Coding, working closely with various teams to enhance their SaaS products and improve healthcare operations.
Responsibilities
- Build and land cutting-edge and novel experiences at large healthcare organizations
- Create and maintain backend services and build on top of machine learning to solve challenging customer problems
- Design, build, and maintain shared APIs, tools, services, and applications that help form the foundation of our technology ecosystem
- Bring creative solutions to the table, knowledge-share with the team, and work together to shape our platform architecture
- Lead and participate in design discussions, planning sessions, and code reviews
- Partner closely with our product, design, and machine learning teams
- Mentor junior engineers on the team
Skills
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development or machine learning
- Software engineering experience in Python is required
- Proven track record with SaaS products
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Experience building consumer applications on top of ML pipelines
- Familiarity with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres
- Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
- CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions
- Firm grasp of system design principles
- Experience with healthcare data exchange (FHIR, HL7, EDI) is a plus
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
- Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Generous parental leave policy
- Full employee coverage for life insurance
- Home office stipend
- Cell phone/internet reimbursement
- Company-paid holidays
- 401(K) plan
Company Overview
AKASA is an AI-powered automation company for revenue cycle management in healthcare. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://akasa.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
AKASA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 2 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.