Senior Software Development Engineer-Python

Company Overview

MedExpert, Chennai is a pioneering healthcare consulting firm specializing in US Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions tailored for healthcare providers and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations. Since its inception in 2023, MedExpert has rapidly grown into a team of over 950 experts passionate about transforming the healthcare industry through technology-driven solutions.

With a focus on client success and operational efficiency, we empower healthcare providers to streamline billing processes, optimize revenue, and maintain their focus on quality patient care.

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment where every team member is empowered to contribute to projects that shape the future. Our culture champions Agile principles and is dedicated to high performance, continuous learning, and technological advancement.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Backend Developer to join our team. This role is integral to helping our development teams maintain agility, productivity, and the highest standards in delivering solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

About the role

We are seeking a talented Senior PHP Developer with 8+ years of overall experience to join our growing team. The ideal candidate must be a senior full-stack developer with 8+ years of PHP experience, strong skills in JavaScript, design patterns, AWS, and microservices.

They must excel in Agile environments, RESTful API development, DevOps, and have strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for learning emerging technologies.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Join our agile team and drive the development of robust and scalable web applications.
• Work closely with developers, technical leads, solution architects, QA, and product owners to deliver high-quality solutions in a dynamic environment.
• Lead the design and development of complex backend systems using PHP and related frameworks.
• Architect and implement RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• Develop and deploy applications using AWS cloud technologies and infrastructure.
• Ensure code quality through unit testing frameworks and adherence to best practices.
• Contribute to DevOps pipelines and promote continuous integration and delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to technical discussions.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of professional experience with PHP programming and proficiency with PHP Frameworks (e.g., Yii).
• Strong skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, with hands-on experience in libraries like jQuery, Bootstrap.
• 8+ years of experience in software design with strong knowledge of design patterns and best practices.
• Proficiency in SOLID principles, Dependency Injection (DI), Repository Pattern, Unit of Work Pattern, CQRS, Microservices Architecture, Event Sourcing, DDD Patterns, Singleton, MVC, MVVM.
• Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue).
• Solid experience with DBMSs (MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and strong SQL skills.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency with Git and version control.
• Experience with Docker containers.
• Working knowledge of JIRA/Confluence or similar tools.
• At least 8+ years of development experience in C# and .NET technologies (.NET Core & Framework).

Development Stack

• JavaScript, PHP, Visual Studio Code/PhpStorm
• DBMSs: MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• JIRA, Confluence, Git
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML
• JavaScript & PHP Frameworks
• Docker & Unit testing frameworks

Non-Functional Requirements

• Solid understanding of SLA, uptime, performance optimization, security, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD practices.

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with JavaScript data grids like AG Grid, Angular, PHP, and Yii frameworks.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, JavaScript frameworks, and PHP frameworks.
• Strong experience with Entity Framework programming.

Why Join Us?

At MedExpert, you will have the opportunity to make an impact by shaping Agile practices and driving project success. We provide an environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth are at the forefront.

Joining MedExpert Billing and Consulting gives you the chance to contribute meaningfully to a positive and supportive work environment, where your expertise will make a difference not just within our team but across the EMS industry.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) with over 5 years of experience to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software development, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale engineering teams and projects. This role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage complex technical challenges, and the ability to drive innovation while ensuring operational excellence.As a Backend Lead, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, product management, and operations to ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and play a critical role in shaping the technology roadmap and engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage the hiring, training, and career development of engineering staff.
• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Technical Excellence: Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable, robust software systems. Drive the adoption of best practices in architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Project and Program Management: Oversee the successful delivery of engineering projects, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, resource allocation, and performance metrics. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design.
• Expertise in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks For this role we require expertise in Python/Django and API Development
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and distributed systems.
• Good experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch. Slight experience with other NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
•  Experience in delivering full-stack B2B/SaaS applications including mobile applications, web frontend, and a scalable backend.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities for PHP Developer

·        Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms

·        Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

·        Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications

·        Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

·        Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

·        Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support

·        Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues

·        Document the development process, architecture, and standard components

·        Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

·        Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

·        Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel developer for (x) year(s)

·        In depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework

·        Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design 

·        Software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)

·        MySQL profiling and query optimization

·        Creative and efficient problem solver

The ideal candidate is a highly resourceful and innovative developer with extensive experience in the layout, design and coding of websites specifically in PHP Laravel. You must also possess a strong knowledge of web application development using PHP programming language and MySQL Server databases. 

Responsibilities

• Perform a mix of maintenance, enhancements, and new development as required
• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules
• Proven software development experience in PHP.
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge and experience in web development and software design
• Expertise in front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), PHP frameworks, and MySQL databases
• Knowledge on web sockets, json is an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Knowledge of PHP web framework Laravel.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Write clean, structured code and develop back-end components that are scalable and reusable which aligns with the existing architecture.
2. Own and manage team processes, releases, and systems and integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
3. Design, build, test, and document code and databases
4. Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
5. Make architecture decisions that contribute to maintainable systems
6. Architect and build the backend for the corresponding web service (Django)

Skills Required:

1. 2+ years of experience with Django, Experienced & expertise in Python framework - Django and Rest
2. Strong systems, architecture and database fundamentals, experience with scaling web technologies
3. Should have basic knowledge of Front End
4. Should have good database design knowledge
5. Should be able to write good quality code with good documentation
6. Experience in creating REST API's
7. Basic understanding of tech stacks - Postgres and Git
8. The ability to work independently is a must

• Experience of using Python/ Django frameworks in building back end for Full Stack Applications
• Hands on experience on Web frameworks, Restful APIs and SOAP
• Strong command on SQL (or relevant query language or ORM queries)
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as React Native, React.js, Angular.js or Javascript

• 1+ year of experience
• Full responsibility for designing and building core back-end modules and system architectures.
• Good understanding of database concepts.
• Experience with at least two programming languages (PHP & GoLang).
• Experience in creating at least one web application.
• Knowledge of MySQL in-depth and basic understanding of MongoDB along with basic understanding about different paradigms of programming.
• Ability to interact and coordinate with a team.
• Should have a basic understanding of APIs.
• Modify code in time to keep code dry and reusable.
• Should have worked in at least one framework in the backend.
• A background in Software Architecture would be preferred.

• Develop data-driven web solutions on PHP frameworks (ideally CakePHP), but be undeterred when the need arises to create an application from the ground up as required, maintain, contribute and adhere to our programming best practices and guidelines.
• Work with a team of UI designers, programmers, and server admins, to bring brand new concepts to the market.
• Help improve our code quality through writing unit tests, automation and performing code reviews.
• Immediate Joiner

Looking for a Java Technical Architect/ Java architect with experience between 10 to 14 years.

Candidate must have experience  in Java technologies along with SpringBoot and Microservices.
Must have experience in Cloud Technology - AWS.
Must have experience in Angular 4 or above version.

Note: 1. Candidate must be ready to work in night shift.
          2. Looking only for Tamilnadu based candidates.