Senior Software Engineer
Datavant · United States · 3 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$180k–$220k/yrFull-time
Skill Requirements
- Deep expertise in system design, cloud-native architectures, and backend frameworks
- Proven record of leading major technical projects from inception to launch
- Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security)
Core Values
- Provides architectural leadership and technical clarity
- Identifies systemic issues and drives cross-team solutions
- Inspires confidence through technical expertise and builds talent through thoughtful mentorship
- Balances innovation with pragmatic execution and long-term maintainability
- Acts with humility, integrity, and focuses on team success
- Drives alignment between engineering goals and business outcomes
Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience developing and scaling distributed systems
- Commitment to data integrity, privacy, and operational excellence
What You'll Do
- Own architectural design and end-to-end delivery for key systems or migrations
- Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Security teams to set technical direction
- Design scalable microservices and guide system decomposition initiatives
- Drive performance optimization, observability, and reliability improvements
- Mentor engineers at multiple levels and enhance team culture through best practices
Tech Stack
- Leverage Datavant Technologies Effectively
- Demonstrate Fluency Across The Stack
- Use Architectural Experience to Design Systems That Are Scalable, Reliable, Secure, and Maintainable Within Datavant’s Platform
- Work With Core Platform Technologies Including Backend: Python, Go, Java; microservices; REST and GraphQL
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js
- Infrastructure & Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda), Docker, Kubernetes; IaC tools
- Data: Snowflake, Spark, SQL; S3 for raw data
- ETL & Pipelines: Airflow/Glue
- Streaming: Kafka or Kinesis
- Observability: DataDog, Grafana, CloudWatch
- Security: OAuth2/SAML, encryption, tokenization, zero-trust architecture
Why This Role Matters
- Ensure the engineering organization’s systems are resilient, maintainable, and aligned with Datavant’s mission to securely connect healthcare data
- Play a central role in advancing architecture and engineering culture