Worked as a member of the Senior Backend Engineering team at Sesame Care, contributing to the development and maintenance of a large-scale US telehealth marketplace platform supporting secure patient-provider interactions, appointment scheduling, prescription workflows, and healthcare payment infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborated with senior engineering teams to architect and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS
Developed secure REST APIs for telehealth scheduling, patient onboarding, clinician workflows, and prescription management
Contributed to PostgreSQL database design optimized for healthcare transaction consistency, audit logging, and high-volume API traffic
Assisted in managing AWS infrastructure including ECS Fargate, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, and Secrets Manager
Implemented JWT authentication, RBAC authorization, encrypted PHI storage, and secure session management features
Built webhook and integration systems for payment processors, messaging providers, and third-party healthcare vendors
Supported CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Docker-based deployment workflows
Participated in automated testing infrastructure development including unit, integration, and E2E testing using Jest and Playwright
Improved backend performance, monitoring, and reliability for production healthcare workloads handling sensitive patient data
Worked closely with frontend engineers, product teams, and stakeholders to deliver secure healthcare features in a fast-moving startup environment