Python Backend Engineer - Remote

👋 Welcome to dexter health! At dexter health, we build AI-powered software for care teams. Our mission is to reduce administrative workload in healthcare so caregivers can spend more time with patients. We are looking for a high-agency Backend Python Engineer to help us improve and scale the backend systems behind our products. The role focuses on Python, databases, external APIs, cloud infrastructure, testing, validation, and production reliability. You will work on backend systems that connect dexter health with third-party healthcare software providers. These systems synchronize and validate operational data used in real care workflows. External APIs are inconsistent, data models are messy, and edge cases are common. We need someone who is fast, sharp, and ownership-driven: someone who reads unfamiliar code, debugs production issues, finds root causes, and ships robust fixes quickly without waiting for detailed instructions. This is a shared-ownership role, not a ticket-taking role. You will work closely with the existing team, but we expect you to take real responsibility for improving backend stability and delivery speed. You will work daily with AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, or similar. We expect you to use these tools seriously, not casually. Tasks As our Python Backend Engineer, you will: Develop and maintain backend systems written in Python Work heavily with databases, data models, and external APIs Build and improve integrations with third-party healthcare software providers Work with REST APIs, authentication, webhooks, pagination, retries, rate limits, and edge cases Maintain data transformation, validation, and synchronization logic Debug production issues, data inconsistencies, sync failures, and API problems Improve testing, validation, monitoring, health checks, and failure handling Work with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, Azure, or comparable platforms Work with serverless functions, background jobs, sched