Staff Software Development Engineer

MCG Health

Staff Software Development Engineer at MCG Health focusing on scalability and security of external APIs. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance healthcare solutions and developer experience.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $136,000 - $190,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating public-facing APIs, with a strong focus on back-end technologies such as Golang, Python, and Kotlin. Capable of leading technical discovery, providing mentorship, and implementing effective monitoring solutions in a cloud infrastructure environment.

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API Design and ManagementGolang ProgrammingPython ProgrammingKotlin ProgrammingCloud Infrastructure Solutions

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Hard Skills

API DevelopmentBack-End DevelopmentUnit TestingMonitoring SolutionsTechnical Mentorship

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsResearch SkillsCommunication Skills

Tools & Technologies

Azure API ManagementKongAWS API GatewayKubernetesMachine Learning

Industry Keywords

Health Care IndustryNLPData Science

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoKotlinKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish yourself as the engineer others look to when the problems are the hardest and make sure they come away knowing how to approach the next one themselves.
Lead API surface decisions: what gets exposed, what stays internal, what the stability guarantees are for external consumers.
Own technical discovery for new capabilities; work with product and clinical stakeholders to translate requirements into feasible contracts.
Participate in on-call rotation for the Synapse Everywhere platform; respond to incidents, own post-incident reviews, and drive reliability improvements from what is learned.
Provide expert code reviews and technical mentorship within the team.
Design solutions on modern infrastructure (cloud solutions, k8s, LLMs) with expert level understanding of what and why, not just being able to call infrastructure or run pipelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a meaningful portion spent designing or operating public or partner-facing APIs.
Deep knowledge with back-end technologies such as Golang, Python, and Kotlin.
Experience with API gateway or management tooling in a production environment (e.g., Azure API Management, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or equivalent).
Experienced in building meaningful tests at all layers (unit through live verification).
Capable of setting up effective monitoring solutions for both APIs and model performance.
Excellent analytical, research, and communication skills
Experience in Health Care Industry and/or with Machine Learning Data Science or NLP is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid work
Travel expected 1–3 times per year for company-sponsored events
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401K retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings account
15 days of paid time off + additional front-loaded personal days
14 company-recognized holidays + paid volunteer days
up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave + 10 weeks of paid bonding leave
LGBTQ+ Health Services
Pet insurance