About DoctusTech :

DoctusTech is a fast-growing technology company focused on driving innovation in the US Healthcare domain. We build impactful AI-driven solutions that solve real-world problems for our clients. Our team is agile, collaborative, and passionate about technology, and we're looking for strong engineering leaders who thrive in a high-ownership environment.

Job Summary :

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience in Python ecosystems. This is a pure IC (Individual Contributor) role focused on architecture, hands-on coding, scalability, and building next-generation AI-powered systems.

The ideal candidate must have strong expertise in Python, Django, FastAPI, distributed backend systems, and Agentic AI/LLM-based application development. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to design, develop, and scale intelligent healthcare solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and scale high-performance backend systems using Python, Django, and FastAPI.

- Build secure, scalable, and production-grade RESTful APIs and microservices.

- Lead architecture decisions and implement complex technical solutions.

- Develop AI-powered applications leveraging Agentic AI, LLMs, RAG pipelines, and orchestration frameworks.

- Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and testable production-quality code.

- Optimize application performance, reliability, scalability, and security.

- Mentor engineering teams through technical leadership and best coding practices.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile development environment.

- Drive innovation and evaluate emerging AI technologies/frameworks.

- Participate in code reviews, debugging, and system design discussions.

Required Skills :

- 10+ years of software development experience.

- Strong hands-on coding expertise in Python.

- Deep expertise in Django and FastAPI.

- Experience building scalable backend architectures and REST APIs.

- Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.

- Hands-on experience with Agentic AI, Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG pipelines, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.

- Strong understanding of AI orchestration and prompt engineering concepts.

- Expertise with PostgreSQL/MySQL and database optimization.

- Strong knowledge of Django ORM, SQL queries, and performance tuning.

- Experience with cloud platforms and deployment practices.

- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

- Deep understanding of system design, design patterns, data structures, and OOP concepts.

- Familiarity with Linux environments and DevOps fundamentals.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience in US Healthcare domain, EHR/EMR, HL7, or FHIR integrations is a plus.

- Experience working in high-scale SaaS product companies.

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Candidate Requirements :

- Own laptop/system (minimum 8GB RAM and i5 processor or above)

- Stable internet connectivity/Wi-Fi

- Power backup during outages