Job Title : Senior Backend AI Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration : 3-4 month contract engagement with possibility for extension
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Software -AI Engineer- Medical Provider, with deep Python backend expertise, hands-on experience in medical provider credentialing, and a strong track record building large-scale web automation and crawling systems.
This role focuses on developing backend services and AI-assisted workflows that automate complex, real-world provider credentialing, verification, and enrolment processes across fragmented and often inconsistent data sources.
This is an initial 3-4-month contract engagement, with a strong likelihood of extension based on successful delivery to the client.
Must-Have Qualifications
Strong backend engineering experience in Python, including production-grade services and data pipelines
Hands-on experience using Claude-based AI tooling (Claude APIs, prompt engineering, AI-assisted workflows)
Direct experience with medical provider credentialing, including:
Licensure verification
Sanctions checks
Provider credentialing or Payor Enrolment
Proven experience building robust web crawlers and automation systems.
Demonstrated ability to handle real-world automation challenges, including:
Authentication and session management
Rate limiting and retries
CAPTCHA or anti-bot defences
Frequent UI, layout, or workflow changes
Strong understanding of backend architectures, microservices, APIs, and data processing pipelines
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field
Availability to work 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST to support close collaboration with product and stakeholder teams
Nice-to-Have Experience
Experience with agentic AI frameworks or autonomous AI agents
Writing Crawler experience (such as: Scrapy, Apache Nutch, Heritrix)
Familiarity with healthcare data standards, regulatory considerations, or compliance constraints
Experience building POCs that transition into production systems
What You'll Do
Design, build, and maintain scalable Python-based backend services
Develop and operate resilient web crawling and automation pipelines for provider credentialing data collection
Build systems that can reliably extract and normalize data from dynamic, real-world web sources
Integrate Claude-based AI capabilities to:
Assist with data extraction and interpretation
Normalize inconsistent credentialing data
Automate decisioning and workflow steps
Collaborate closely with product, data, and AI teams to rapidly iterate and deliver high-impact solutions
Ensure systems meet expectations for performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability