Principal Backend Engineer, AI – Python

🕒 May 27

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $217k - $258k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Cotiviti

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5001 - 10000 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💳 Fintech

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare Insurance • Fintech • Artificial Intelligence

Cotiviti is a healthcare technology and analytics company that specializes in improving payment accuracy and performance through advanced data analytics solutions. They partner with health plans, government agencies, and healthcare providers to deliver insights that enhance quality and efficiency in care delivery. With solutions such as risk adjustment, payment policy management, and member engagement, Cotiviti aims to optimize financial and clinical outcomes for the healthcare ecosystem.

📋 Description

• Design and implement scalable RESTful APIs endpoints for the AI platform. • Design and develop Python/Java SDKs that provide intuitive interfaces for teams to interact with the AI platform. • Build robust backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) to handle agent lifecycle management, deployment, and monitoring. • Develop secure authentication and authorization systems supporting multi-tenant architecture. • Understand how an agentic solution works and create efficient data access layers and database schemas that enable AI agents to interact with various internal data sources. • Implement asynchronous task processing systems for handling long-running AI agent operations. • Lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and help set the technical vision for the AI platform roadmap. • Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements across the software development lifecycle. • Provide technical guidance on backend architecture, Python development, and SDK design best practices. • Complete all responsibilities as outlined in the annual performance review and/or goal setting. • Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field • 12+ years of backend development experience with 5+ years building scalable Python applications and APIs • Experience in building large-scale distributed systems and microservices • Strong programming skills in Python; proficiency in Java a plus • Expert-level proficiency in Python and modern frameworks (FastAPI, Django REST Framework, Flask) • Strong experience with database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM frameworks (SQLAlchemy, Django ORM) • Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar • Proven experience developing and maintaining SDKs or client libraries for internal or external usage • Strong experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), and automated testing • Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) • Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage • 401(k) savings plans • paid family leave • 9 paid holidays per year • 17-27 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, depending on specific level and length of service with Cotiviti