Senior Software Engineer

About Datavant

Datavant is a trusted collaboration platform specializing in healthcare data, committed to securing, enabling access to, and making health information actionable. The platform serves a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. Datavant’s innovative solutions help fulfill individual medical record requests and empower advances in healthcare AI.

Role Overview

The Senior Software Engineer will be an integral part of enhancing and expanding a robust healthcare data ecosystem. Joining a passionate and cooperative team, you will engage in developing transformative technologies that impact healthcare quality and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver productive software applications to support healthcare data operations.
• Lead the development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams to foster shared engineering triumphs and knowledge exchange.
• Mentor and support junior engineers to build dependable and scalable systems.
• Own technical decisions and contribute to strategic product development initiatives.
• Create advanced data solutions to help clients extract deep insights from healthcare data.
• Engage in community-building activities such as technical discussions and engineering blog contributions.

Candidate Requirements

• 8 or more years of practical engineering experience producing production-quality code and participating in comprehensive code reviews.
• Expertise with modern programming languages, especially Python and JavaScript/TypeScript including React, ensuring code is clean and maintainable.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and relational database design and querying.
• Experience with designing scalable data pipelines and workflows capable of handling high data volumes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Proven history of project leadership and delivering impactful software features and migrations.
• Educational background in Computer Science, IT, or related disciplines preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and infrastructure tools such as AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and GitHub Actions considered advantageous.
• Knowledge of data analytics platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Spark, and Polars is a plus.
• Experience in web and API development frameworks like Flask is beneficial.
• Understanding of cross-platform software deployment on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.
• Relevant exposure to healthcare data, privacy regulations such as HIPAA, and business intelligence domains is desirable.

Work Environment and Benefits

• Employment at Datavant Ireland, an innovative R&D hub in Galway focused on technology challenges with significant societal impact.
• Opportunity to contribute to meaningful software addressing healthcare decisions powered by precise, timely data.
• Competitive and equitable salary package.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and pension contribution.
• Supportive flexible and hybrid work settings.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion ensuring a thriving workplace culture.

Additional Information

Datavant is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and strives to accommodate applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process. Reasonable accommodation requests can be submitted with the appropriate requisition identification. For more information regarding data privacy and usage, consult Datavant’s Privacy Policy.