Senior Backend Engineer (Python + Ruby/Rails)
60degrees • Morningside, Gauteng • Posted May 31, 2026
Position Overview
Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU
We're partnering with a global health‑tech scale‑up with roots in South Africa, delivering agentic AI systems into real production healthcare environments in the US. These production platforms are solving real operational challenges at scale — turning AI capability into practical healthcare outcomes.
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Python expertise and Rails exposure to build the systems that power these products behind the scenes.
This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys solving hard backend problems, scaling modern services, and integrating AI into real workflows. If you care about architecture, performance, and meaningful product impact, this is a serious opportunity.
WHAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING