Senior Software Engineer - Python

Sagility combines industry-leading technology and transformation-driven BPM services with decades of healthcare domain expertise to help clients draw closer to their members.

The company optimizes the entire member/patient experience through service offerings for clinical, case management, member engagement, provider solutions, payment integrity, claims cost containment, and analytics.

Sagility has more than 25,000 employees across 5 countries.

Job title:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python.
• Build real-time communication features using WebSockets and frameworks such as FastAPI or Django Channels.
• Work with Redis Streams for event-driven data processing, messaging, and asynchronous workflows.
• Manage database schema changes and migrations using tools such as Alembic or Django migrations.
• Design, implement, and optimize ORM-based data models and database queries.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure code quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Use Git for version control and Docker for containerized development and deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable system architectures and improve CI/CD practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance across backend services and infrastructure components.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in backend or software development.
• Strong proficiency in Python and asynchronous programming using async/await.
• Hands-on experience with backend frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or similar.
• Experience with Git, Docker, unit testing, and ORM frameworks such as SQLAlchemy or Django ORM.
• Familiarity with Redis Streams and WebSockets for real-time or event-driven applications.
• Good understanding of database design, schema management, and migration tools.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs or microservices-based applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or similar.
• Experience working in Agile or fast-paced product engineering environments.
• Understanding of scalable system design and distributed application patterns.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• Eagerness to learn, adapt, and contribute to a growing engineering team.