Back End Developer- React Native

Indegene is a global consultancy at the forefront of driving innovation in the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry, through combining medical and commercial expertise with innovative digital and AI technologies.

We enable global healthcare organizations address complex challenges and drive better health and business outcomes by seamlessly integrating analytics, technology, operations, and medical expertise. Find out more at indegene.com

Job Description - Backend Software Engineering Lead

About the Role

As a Backend Software Engineering Lead on Our Team, you will play a crucial role in leading the technical design and development of the core backend infrastructure and systems that powers our data-driven healthcare applications. You will play a critical part in designing and developing a modular backend platform and APIs. Your role will involve the design and development of secure and scalable platforms to support consumer-centric health and wellness applications. This role requires strong backend software development expertise combined with an understanding of healthcare data standards and privacy and security requirements.

You will ultimately be responsible for the development and implementation of consumer-centric and healthcare professional-focused digital tools aimed at enhancing medication adherence and achieving optimal health outcomes. This role requires strong leadership, project management, cross-functional collaboration, and technical expertise to ensure successful delivery of initiatives while optimizing program performance and alignment with business objectives.

What You Will Work On

• Lead the technical design and development of robust modular backend services to support a comprehensive digital health platform, including services such as content management, consent and preferences management, workflow automation and management, remote patient monitoring device and data management, medication management, survey management, in-app messaging, and voice and video call integration.
• Implement and leverage development and test tools and utilities that integrate cutting-edge methodologies in automated generation of technical requirements, code, and testing protocols, enhancing developer efficiency and organizational productivity.
• Design and build secure APIs that enable seamless integration between services.
• Deep expertise in designing multi-region cloud-native backend systems (preferably AWS), including serverless, microservices, and event-driven architecture
• Implement robust authentication and authorization systems compliant with healthcare standards, supporting management and processing of federated data.
• Expertise implementing zero-trust architecture, OAuth2.0/OpenID Connect for healthcare applications
• Design efficient database schemas and data models for health information, and optimize the design of data storage and analytics for handling large volumes of clinical and consumer data, including management of federated data.
• Create a scalable architecture that can handle increasing user loads and data volumes in dozens of countries and across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Experience integrating backend services with ML models, AI-based recommendation engines, patient personalization systems
• Develop monitoring and logging systems to ensure platform reliability.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration of backend services.
• Develop comprehensive test suites to ensure code quality and system reliability.
• Implement secure API endpoints following healthcare industry standards (e.g., FHIR).
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations including HIPAA, HITECH, and relevant data protection laws.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate with EHR systems and third-party healthcare platforms.
• Participate in code reviews and implement best practices for secure, maintainable code
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environments.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments with minimal hand-holding

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field. (Master’s degree preferred.)
• 8+ years of experience in backend development with demonstrated healthcare domain knowledge.
• 5+ years of experience with modular development on AWS.
• Proficiency in Java (Spring Boot or similar frameworks), Node.JS/Express.JS
• Experience in integrating backend services with mobile app backends (Flutter, React Native).
• Experience with database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) and interoperability frameworks.
• Knowledge of security best practices for handling protected health information (PHI) and other sensitive data.
• Experience with containerization technologies and microservices architecture.
• Preferred:
• Experience working with event-driven architectures and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with healthcare software development or health information systems.
• Understanding of medical terminology and healthcare workflows.
• Knowledge of machine learning and data analytics in healthcare contexts.

Professional Skills / Competencies

• Work effectively in a matrixed organization, influencing stakeholders without

direct authority.

• Strong negotiation, collaboration, and influence management skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to articulate clinical concepts and rationale to stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adaptable to complex and dynamic situations.
• Multicultural awareness to enable collaboration with diverse, global teams.
• A strong passion for improving healthcare through technology, including access to care and healthcare experiences.