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Python Developer Job at Huxley in New York

Huxley, New York, NY, United States


About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you'll build the core backend infrastructure that powers our agent platform at scale. You'll develop high-performance services that handle millions of conversations per month, focusing on concurrency, reliability, and clean system design. This role requires strong concurrency programming skills and curiosity for finding good solutions to complex technical challenges.

What you'll do

Design and implement high-performance backend services handling concurrent requests at scale

Build robust APIs and service-oriented architectures that power our agent platform

Develop systems with concurrency patterns to maximize throughput and reliability

Implement secure data handling for sensitive healthcare information with proper access controls

Work with distributed systems concepts like consensus, replication, and fault tolerance

Build resilient services that gracefully handle failures and maintain high availability

Optimize system performance through careful concurrency design and resource management

Solve complex backend challenges with simple, maintainable solutions

Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for backend services

Collaborate with platform teams to ensure integration across services

Design systems that scale horizontally while maintaining data consistency

Contribute to architectural decisions that shape our backend infrastructure

What we're looking for

4+ years of production-level experience with backend development languages

Strong experience with concurrency programming, including threads, async operations, and parallelism

Experience developing large-scale distributed systems or working with distributed architectures

Background working on SaaS platforms or with Service-Oriented Architectures

Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration technologies

Strong understanding of security best practices and experience with systems handling sensitive data

Understanding of distributed systems concepts (consensus, replication, partitioning) without necessarily having built foundational frameworks

Experience with message queuing systems, event streaming, and async communication patterns

Knowledge of database systems, both SQL and NoSQL, and their scaling characteristics

Curiosity for elegant solutions and clean, maintainable code

Strong debugging skills for concurrent and distributed systems

Strong problem-solving abilities with focus on system reliability and performance

Nice to have

Experience in healthcare, finance, or other regulated industries

Understanding of observability and monitoring in distributed environments

Experience with high-throughput, low-latency system design

Background with complex data processing systems

EOE Statement: Specialist Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

In addition to base pay, direct-hire employees may be eligible for client offered benefits such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, and paid leave where required by applicable law. Eligibility may vary based on factors such as location and hire date and is subject to change.

To find out more about Huxley, please visit www.huxley.com

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In Summary: As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll build the core backend infrastructure that powers our agent platform at scale . You'll develop high-performance services that handle millions of conversations per month . This role requires strong concurrency programming skills and curiosity for finding good solutions to complex technical challenges .

En Español: Como ingeniero de software senior (Backend), desarrollará la infraestructura principal que impulsa a escala nuestra plataforma de agentes. Desarrollará servicios de alto rendimiento que manejan millones de conversaciones por mes, centrándose en concurrencia, confiabilidad y diseño limpio del sistema. Este papel requiere fuertes habilidades de programación simultánea y curiosidad para encontrar buenas soluciones a complejos desafíos técnicos. Lo que harás Diseñar e implementar servicios de backend de alto rendimiento para manejar solicitudes simultáneas a escala Construir APIs robustas y arquitecturas orientadas al servicio que impulsen nuestra plataforma de base de datos de agencias Desarrollar sistemas con patrones de concurrencia para maximizar el rendimiento y la fiabilidad Implementar un manejo seguro de información sensible en salud con controles de acceso adecuados Trabajar con conceptos de sistemas distribuidos como el consenso, replicación y tolerancia a fallos Construir servicios resilientes que gestionen las fallas graciosamente y mantengan una alta disponibilidad Optimizar el desempeño del sistema mediante diseño cuidadoso y gestión de recursos Controlar desafíos complejos con soluciones sencillas y mantenibles Implemente monitoreo, registro y observabilidad para los servicios de respaldo Colaborar con equipos de plataformas para garantizar la integración horizontal de los sistemas de diseño mientras se mantiene la coherencia de datos Para resolver decisiones arquitectónicas que contienen bases de SQL El desarrollo de conocimientos básicas sobre cómo desarrollar estructuras estructurales y otras tecnologías de distribución de datos. Todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin tener en cuenta la raza, color, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, discapacidad o estatus de veterano. Además del salario básico, los empleados contratados directamente pueden ser elegibles para beneficios ofrecidos al cliente como cobertura médica, dental y visual, y licencia pagada cuando lo requiera la ley aplicable. La elegibilidad puede variar según factores como ubicación y fecha de contratación y está sujeta a cambios. Para obtener más información sobre Huxley, visite www.huxley.com #J-18808-Ljbffr .