• Contribute hands-on to critical or complex parts of the system. 

• Lead technical design discussions and ensure robust solution architecture. 

• Set and enforce engineering standards through code reviews and design reviews. 

• Ensure high-quality testing strategies and safe release practices. 

• Balance speed of delivery with long-term system sustainability. 

Logical Design & Regulatory System Modeling 

• Translate complex COBRA rules, timelines, and eligibility requirements into deterministic, auditable system behavior. 

• Design rule engines and workflows that are predictable, testable, and resilient to edge cases. 

• Ensure time-bound triggers, notifications, and compliance-sensitive events are implemented with precision. 

• Apply strong analytical and reasoning skills to identify hidden edge cases and systemic risks. 

Scalability, Reliability & Operational Excellence 

• Ensure systems are designed for fault tolerance, retries, graceful degradation, and observability. 

• Lead root cause analysis of production incidents and drive permanent systemic fixes. 

• Improve monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting for compliance-sensitive workflows. 

• Establish reliability metrics and operational KPIs aligned with business impact. 

• Continuously reduce operational overhead and repeat failures. 

Security & Compliance 

• Ensure the platform adheres to HIPAA compliance requirements and internal security standards. 

• Drive secure coding practices, data encryption (in transit and at rest), and proper access control mechanisms. 

• Ensure auditability, traceability, and data integrity across distributed services. 

• Collaborate with security and compliance teams during audits and risk assessments. 

• Proactively identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner closely with Product, Operations, and Compliance stakeholders. 

• Communicate technical trade-offs, regulatory risks, and architectural constraints clearly. 

• Ensure engineering decisions align with business goals and regulatory obligations. 

Required Technical Skills 

Backend & Distributed Systems 

• Strong expertise in C# / .NET Core (API design, async patterns, clean architecture, SOLID principles). 

• Strong SQL expertise (schema design, indexing, query optimization, data consistency). 

• Proven experience building and operating microservices in production. 

• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (consistency models, retries, idempotency, failure modes). 

• Experience handling transactional integrity across distributed services. 

Architectural Patterns 

• Experience with CQRS pattern and event-driven architectures (good to have). 

• Familiarity with message brokers and asynchronous processing models. 

• Understanding of distributed transactions and compensating transaction patterns (good to have). 

Frontend & Cross-Stack 

• Working knowledge of Angular / TypeScript to review architecture and debug cross-stack issues. 

• Ability to define robust API contracts and reason about system interactions. 

Engineering Practices 

• Strong discipline in code reviews, testing strategies, and release safety. 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production troubleshooting. 

• Comfort debugging live systems using logs, metrics, and traces. 

• Experience driving engineering process improvements. 

Domain Knowledge (Good to Have) 

• Working knowledge of US COBRA regulations and lifecycle workflows. 

• Experience building or operating systems in healthcare, benefits administration, or other regulated domains. 

• Familiarity with HIPAA compliance requirements and data privacy best practices. 

Experience & Expectations 

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience. 

• 2+ years leading or mentoring engineers. 

• Proven experience delivering scalable production systems in regulated environments preferred. 

• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving ability. 

• Demonstrated ability to reason about complex rule-based systems. 

• Excellent communication skills across technical and business stakeholders. 

What Success Looks Like 

• The COBRA platform handles complex regulatory workflows accurately and predictably. 

• Compliance-sensitive workflows execute without failure or ambiguity. 

• Security and audit requirements are consistently met. 

• Production incidents decline in both frequency and severity. 

• Architecture evolves deliberately with scalability and compliance in mind. 

• The team demonstrates strong ownership, technical rigor, and operational discipline.