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Hi, I’m Gregory Pickett, a Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade Python backend systems in highly regulated enterprise environments. I focus on API design, event-driven architectures, and secure, scalable service orchestration using FastAPI, Django, Flask, and AWS, with end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production support. I enjoy collaborating with security, compliance, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend platforms at scale, and I love turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems that empower health IT and payer/provider workflows.…Hi, I’m Gregory Pickett, a Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade Python backend systems in highly regulated enterprise environments. I focus on API design, event-driven architectures, and secure, scalable service orchestration using FastAPI, Django, Flask, and AWS, with end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production support. I enjoy collaborating with security, compliance, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend platforms at scale, and I love turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems that empower health IT and payer/provider workflows.

Gregory Pickett

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Hi, I’m Gregory Pickett, a Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade Python backend systems in highly regulated enterprise environments. I focus on API design, event-driven architectures, and secure, scalable service orchestration using FastAPI, Django, Flask, and AWS, with end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production support. I enjoy collaborating with security, compliance, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend platforms at scale, and I love turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems that empower health IT and payer/provider workflows.…Hi, I’m Gregory Pickett, a Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade Python backend systems in highly regulated enterprise environments. I focus on API design, event-driven architectures, and secure, scalable service orchestration using FastAPI, Django, Flask, and AWS, with end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production support. I enjoy collaborating with security, compliance, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend platforms at scale, and I love turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems that empower health IT and payer/provider workflows.

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Hi, I’m Gregory Pickett, a Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade Python backend systems in highly regulated enterprise environments. I focus on API design, event-driven architectures, and secure, scalable service orchestration using FastAPI, Django, Flask, and AWS, with end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and production support.

I enjoy collaborating with security, compliance, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend platforms at scale, and I love turning complex requirements into robust, observable systems that empower health IT and payer/provider workflows.

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Work Experience

Senior Associate (UnitedHealth Group Technology Development Program) at UnitedHealth Group

December 1, 2023 - Present

Participated in a technology development program within UnitedHealth Group; supported backend and automation tooling; contributed to enterprise-scale health technology initiatives; collaborated with engineers to implement features, debug, and optimize pipelines.

Senior Software Engineer at Optum

February 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023

Designed, developed, and owned Django-based backend services that orchestrated and supported claims intake, eligibility-related workflows, and appointment lifecycle integration, supporting billing and operations teams in a HIPAA-regulated health care environment. Built serverless and containerized backend applications using Python (Flask) and Kubernetes; established scalable service patterns later adopted across Django-based services. Implemented authentication and authorization with OAuth, RBAC, and audit logging; built CI/CD pipelines; deployed on AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS/PostgreSQL, S3, CloudWatch); integrated with upstream payers and internal systems to support HIPAA-compliant workflows.

Software Engineer at Optum

July 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016

Earlier role involving Python-based backend services, Django-based admin apps, and API integrations; participated in CI/CD, security, and production support; helped migrate to containerized services and contribute to backend reliability.