Engineer, Backend Integration & AI Transformation

Description

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

The position is: Remote

Travel Requirements: Less than 25%

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Backend Integration Engineer is the connective tissue of the AI Transformation team. This engineer builds and maintains the API infrastructure and system integrations that allow AI agents to interact with the organizations core enterprise platforms including ServiceNow Okta ERP systems and other business-critical tools. This role ensures that when an AI agent needs to take action in the real world the pathways are secure reliable well-documented and reusable.

This is a role for a solid backend developer who is excited to apply strong fundamentals in an AI-first context. Experience with enterprise platform APIs is a strong differentiator. Direct MCP server development experience is rare and not required a willingness to become an internal expert is expected.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design build and maintain RESTful and event-driven APIs that expose enterprise system capabilities to AI agents and agentic workflows in a secure and controlled manner.
• Develop and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations that provide AI agents with structured secure and auditable access to enterprise tools data sources and services.
• Build and manage integrations with key enterprise platforms including ServiceNow (workflow triggers CMDB queries ticket management) Okta (identity and access queries group management) and ERP/financial systems.
• Implement security controls for all integration endpoints: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC authentication API gateway policies rate limiting input sanitization payload validation and comprehensive audit logging.
• Collaborate with Agentic AI Engineers to define MCP tool specifications and ensure agents can reliably invoke enterprise actions with appropriate authorization checks and operational guardrails.
• Maintain comprehensive API documentation and an integration catalog so the team can build on existing paved paths rather than re-implementing integrations from scratch.
• Monitor integration health SLA adherence and error rates; implement alerting and graceful degradation patterns so agent failures are isolated and recoverable.
• Work with the AI governance team to ensure integration designs comply with data classification policies access control requirements and applicable regulatory standards.
• Evaluate and onboard new enterprise system integrations as the teams scope of automation expands to additional business units and platforms.
• Contribute to the teams security review process for agent tool definitions ensuring tool permissions follow the principle of least privilege.

QUALIFICATION EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems or related field preferred. Equivalent practical experience will be considered.

EXPERIENCE:

24 years of backend software development or systems integration experience. Experience with enterprise platform APIs (ServiceNow Okta Microsoft 365 or ERP systems) is a strong plus. Candidates with strong API and backend fundamentals who demonstrate genuine enthusiasm for AI-driven automation will be considered.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Proficiency in at least one backend language Python strongly preferred; or Java acceptable.
• Strong understanding of REST API design principles authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth 2.0 OIDC API keys JWT) and API gateway configuration.
• Experience consuming and integrating with enterprise platform APIs (ServiceNow Okta Microsoft Graph SAP or similar).
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) or ability and enthusiasm to rapidly learn and implement MCP server patterns a key skill for this team.
• Security-first development mindset: input validation and sanitization secure credential handling and rotation least-privilege API scoping audit logging and OWASP API Security Top 10 awareness.
• Familiarity with Azure API Management Azure Functions Azure Service Bus or similar Azure integration and serverless platform services.
• Understanding of event-driven architecture webhook patterns and asynchronous integration approaches.
• Experience with version control (Git) code review practices and collaborative development workflows.
• Ability to write clear accurate API documentation and integration specifications that other engineers can build on.
• Genuine curiosity about AI agents and automation understanding of how MCP tools are invoked by LLMs is a significant plus.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE:

Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) preferred. ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) or Okta certifications are a strong plus. OWASP API Security awareness desirable.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1