Senior Software Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health. <br><br>By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.</p></div><h2><strong>Senior Software Engineer </strong></h2> <h3><strong>The Role</strong></h3> <p>As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead major initiatives that advance Datavant’s platform scalability and reliability. You’ll drive technical design, coach peers, and ensure system-wide quality and consistency.</p> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Own architectural design and end-to-end delivery for key systems or migrations.</li> <li>Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Security teams to set technical direction.</li> <li>Design scalable microservices and guide system decomposition initiatives.</li> <li>Drive performance optimization, observability, and reliability improvements.</li> <li>Mentor engineers at multiple levels and enhance team culture through best practices.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Tech Stack You’ll Work With</strong><strong><br></strong>Senior engineers at this level are expected to leverage Datavant technologies effectively, demonstrate fluency across the stack, and use their architectural experience to design systems that are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable within Datavant’s platform. Your work will span Datavant’s core platform technologies, including:</p> <ul> <li>Backend: Python, Go, Java; microservices; REST and GraphQL</li> <li>Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js</li> <li>Infrastructure Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda), Docker, Kubernetes; IaC tools</li> <li>Data: Snowflake, Spark, SQL; S3 for raw data</li> <li>ETL Pipelines: Airflow/Glue</li> <li>Streaming: Kafka or Kinesis</li> <li>Observability: DataDog, Grafana, CloudWatch</li> <li>Security: OAuth2/SAML, encryption, tokenization, zero-trust architecture</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring</strong></h3> <ul> <li>6+ years of professional experience developing and scaling distributed systems.</li> <li>Deep expertise in system design, cloud-native architectures, and backend frameworks.</li> <li>Proven record of leading major technical projects from inception to launch.</li> <li>Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security).</li> <li>Commitment to data integrity, privacy, and operational excellence.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Leadership Qualities Mindset</strong></h3> <p><strong>Provides architectural leadership and technical clarity. Identify systemic issues and drive cross-team solutions.</strong></p> <ul> <li>Inspire confidence through technical expertise and build talent through thoughtful mentorship.</li> <li>Balance innovation with pragmatic execution and long-term maintainability.</li> <li>Act with humility, integrity, and focus on team success.</li> <li>Drive alignment between engineering goals and business outcomes.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Core Value Expectations</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Earn trust through high-quality architectural decisions and transparent leadership.</li> <li>Obsess over customers by prioritizing reliable, secure, scalable systems.</li> <li>Prioritize growth over comfort by tackling complex, ambiguous technical challenges.</li> <li>Win as a team by facilitating alignment and resolving cross-team challenges.</li> <li>Rise to the challenge by owning key initiatives and elevating organizational excellence.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Why This Role Matt ... (truncated, view full listing at source)