Build and own backend systems, REST APIs, and data layers powering iOS/Android apps for a HIPAA-compliant behavioral health patient portal. Lead architecture, optimize queries and schemas, implement distributed async/event-driven workflows, and deploy services on AWS.
Job Description:
About this role
You'll embed with our mobile team as their backend counterpart — building the APIs, services, and data layers that power the iOS and Android apps. Your work unblocks mobile feature delivery: when the app needs a new endpoint, a faster query, or a cleaner data contract, you're the one who makes it real.
What you'll be doing
- Design and implement backend systems and REST APIs for a HIPAA-compliant patient portal in the behavioral health space
- Take ownership of complex features end-to-end — from architecture through deployment
- Contribute to system design decisions and raise the technical bar across the team
Required skills
- 5+ years building production applications on Python/Django or similar stacks
- Strong systems thinker: reasons about distributed state, failure modes, and long-term design tradeoffs — not just feature delivery
- Deep SQL and data modeling instincts — migrations, query optimization, schema design
- Distributed systems experience: async workflows, event-driven architecture, message queues
- AWS proficiency — Lambda, SQS, SNS, or comparable services
- Able to navigate ambiguous requirements, ask the right questions, and flag tradeoffs clearly
- Proficient with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) as a daily driver
Nice to have
- Prior experience in healthcare or other compliance-heavy domains
- EHR or third-party platform integration experience
- Appetite to grow toward technical leadership
Qualifacts is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Qualifacts Systems Toronto, Ontario, CAN Office
Toronto, Canada
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