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Senior Python Developer - Healthcare Data and NLP

Purple Lab

Purple Lab

Software Engineering
Boston, MA, USA · Philadelphia, PA, USA
Posted on Oct 17, 2025

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop scalable Python services to process large healthcare datasets (claims, providers, patients).
  • Implement NLP techniques for medical text classification, entity extraction, and coding crosswalks (ICD-10 ↔ CPT ↔ DRG).
  • Contribute to payer and provider mastering pipelines, improving data accuracy and interoperability.
  • Collaborate with data scientists and clinicians to build features in PurpleLab platforms.
  • Ensure solutions are compliant with healthcare data privacy/security requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST).
  • Optimize system performance and reliability for cloud deployment (AWS).

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of professional Python development experience.
  • Hands-on experience with NLP libraries (spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, scikit-learn).
  • Familiarity with healthcare vocabularies (ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, DRG, SNOMED-CT).
  • Strong experience with SQL and data warehouses (BigQuery preferred).
  • Proven track record working with high-volume data pipelines.
  • Experience with APIs and microservices frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
  • Proficiency in Git, CI/CD, and containerization (Docker).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with FHIR and OMOP data models.
  • Exposure to ML/AI frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
  • Cloud engineering experience (AWS Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, Terraform).
  • Prior work in healthcare informatics or life sciences analytics.

Soft Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills to bridge engineering and clinical teams.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
  • Comfort in a fast-paced, growth-stage company environment.
  • Passion for improving healthcare through data-driven solutions.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent professional experience.

What We Offer:

  • Impact-Driven Mission: Directly shape healthcare outcomes through data-driven solutions.
  • Startup Culture: Collaborative, dynamic environment with significant growth potential.
  • Professional Development:
    o Continuous learning opportunities
    o Exposure to cutting-edge data technologies
    o Career advancement in a scaling company
  • Competitive Compensation: Comprehensive benefits package recognizing your expertise.

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