Software Developer

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Python Tech Lead Healthcare RCM Automation

Location: Chennai, Bangalore
Work Mode: Work from Office
Working Hours: UK Shift
Experience: 5 to 7 Years

Key Skills: Python, FastAPI, REST API, EDI, X12 835/837, RCM, SQL, Workflow Orchestration, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Python Tech Lead to join a high-ownership engineering team building a Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Automation Platform for a healthcare provider.

This is a greenfield product development opportunity where you will contribute across backend services, EDI processing, workflow orchestration, REST APIs, and operational UI components. The role requires end-to-end ownership of modules in a lean engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

Core Platform Development

• Design, build, and maintain core platform services, including configuration management, logging, health checks, secrets management, and telemetry.
• Develop processing pipelines with staged processing, retries, dead-letter queues, and robust error handling.
• Own modules from design through implementation, testing, documentation, and production handover.

EDI Processing

• Build EDI ingestion and processing capabilities for X12 835 and 837 transactions.
• Parse EDI files into structured transaction models.
• Validate ISA/GS/ST envelopes and implement enrichment rules.
• Develop resilient parsing logic for companion-guide variations.
• Implement normalization, payer-ID resolution, and CARC/RARC enrichment.

Data Mapping & Integration

• Develop configuration-driven mapping logic to convert parsed transactions into canonical data models.
• Build reliable file-processing workflows with idempotency, retries, and dead-letter handling.
• Implement SFTP automation, PGP encryption, and third-party integrations.

Orchestration & Workflow

• Design transaction lifecycle state machines and content-based routing.
• Implement exception queues, retry mechanisms, escalation workflows, and scheduled jobs.
• Develop event-driven and time-based orchestration components.

API Development

• Design and develop REST APIs using FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Implement OAuth2/JWT authentication and role-based authorization.
• Support API versioning, pagination, and schema validation.

Full-Stack Contribution

• Contribute to operational UI development, including dashboards, monitoring views, configuration management, exception handling, transaction viewers, and audit/activity logs.

Engineering Excellence

• Write and maintain automated tests.
• Ensure PHI-safe logging practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and backlog refinement.
• Perform cross-module collaboration and interface reviews.
• Use AI-assisted coding tools responsibly while validating domain-critical logic.

Technical Skills

Core Python Engineering

• 57 years of production-grade Python development.
• Strong understanding of Python typing, packaging, Async I/O, and Pytest.
• Experience developing production REST APIs using FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, and Pydantic or equivalent schema validation.

Pipeline & Integration Engineering

• Experience with message queues, retry and idempotency patterns, dead-letter queues, and high-volume batch/file processing.
• Hands-on experience with SFTP automation and PGP encryption.
• Strong SQL schema design and query optimization skills.

Orchestration & Scheduling

• Experience with workflow and state-machine design.
• Knowledge of Celery, APScheduler, Cron-based scheduling, and event-driven processing.

Cross-Cutting Engineering Skills

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Experience with structured logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
• Ability to work across multiple modules in a lean engineering team.

AI-Assisted Development

• Daily experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code or similar tools.
• Ability to use AI for boilerplate generation, test generation, code review, and development productivity.
• Strong judgment to validate AI-generated code and domain-specific logic against requirements.

Domain Expertise

Healthcare EDI

• Knowledge of X12 835 – Remittance Advice and X12 837 – Healthcare Claims.
• Understanding of ISA/GS/ST envelopes, loops, segments, TA1, and 999 acknowledgments.
• Experience with tools such as pyx12 or LinuxForHealth EDI tooling is preferred.

Revenue Cycle Management

• Understanding of the claims lifecycle.
• Remittance posting.
• Denial management.
• Clearinghouse integrations.

Front-End Experience

• Experience with modern SPA frameworks.
• Experience building data-heavy dashboards, data grids, and operational monitoring interfaces.

Compliance & Delivery

• Awareness of HIPAA and PHI handling requirements.
• Experience working in Agile environments with dedicated BA and QA teams.
• Strong focus on secure and compliant healthcare application development.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Healthcare RCM product development experience.
• Experience building PHI-safe services from the ground up.
• Familiarity with OpenShift, Docker, and cloud-native deployments.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience with healthcare EDI tooling.

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership and accountability for deliverables.
• Ability to take features from design through production.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand and reason through complex EDI transaction rules.
• Comfortable working across multiple technical areas in a lean engineering team.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with frequent production releases.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.