Staff Platform Engineer

Datavant2; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

25 vacation days

Hybrid work model: 2 days/week in Grà­

Lunch stipend

Health coverage

Cobee benefits (Restaurant, Transport,

Education & development

Descripción de la vacante

Datavant in Barcelona is seeking a Platform Engineer to contribute across the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment and operations. You will collaborate with product and science teams to scale the platform.

The role emphasizes automating infrastructure, building scalable components, and mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment. Hybrid work with two days in Gracia office, plus professional development and health benefits.

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent).
• Experience with containerized distributed systems using Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• 8+ years of production‑level Python or Go coding experience.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.

Responsabilidades

• Further automate our infrastructure and tooling.
• Develop and document highly performant and scalable component and software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; and following the software development lifecycle.
• Provide expertise on devising technical solutions, and make informed judgment calls on when and how to invest in tactical vs. strategic solutions.
• Implement automated tests to validate changes to the infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration files, and generally to increase overall coverage.
• Provide insights and suggest technology advancements for the CI/CD harness and automated delivery systems scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Mentor, guide, and develop less senior engineers.
• Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance, as well as faster onboarding of new hires.
• Collaborate closely with our product, design, and science teams to understand the needs of our clients

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python/Go programming

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Herramientas

Python

Go

Descripción del empleo

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, Datavant builds the future of how data is connected and used to improve health. By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

Description

As a platform engineer, you will contribute to all parts of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing, platform automation and operations. You will play a key role in defining problems, designing solutions, and executing to achieve results. You will collaborate with other engineers to lead continuous improvements, refactoring, and rearchitecting to meet the growing expectations of our legacy system.

You will also partner cross-functionally with our product and science teams to provide insights on technology advancements contributing to increased scalability, reliability, and availability for the platform.

Responsibilities

• Further automate our infrastructure and tooling.
• Develop and document highly performant and scalable component and software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; and following the software development lifecycle.
• Provide expertise on devising technical solutions, and make informed judgment calls on when and how to invest in tactical vs. strategic solutions.
• Implement automated tests to validate changes to the infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration files, and generally to increase overall coverage.
• Provide insights and suggest technology advancements for the CI/CD harness and automated delivery systems scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Mentor, guide, and develop less senior engineers.
• Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance, as well as faster onboarding of new hires.
• Collaborate closely with our product, design, and science teams to understand the needs of our clients

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with containerized, distributed systems using Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• 8+ years of experience writing production‑level code in Python or Go.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.

Preferred

• Agile Methodology experience leveraging CI/CD.
• Experience with large or distributed datasets.
• Ability to prioritize, communicate well, design for repeatability and scalability, demonstrate accountability, and dig beneath the hood with technology.
• Enjoys working in highly collaborative team environments, including partnering with product teams to find creative solutions for challenging engineering problems.

Perks of joining Datavant in Barcelona

• 25 vacation days
• Daily in-office lunch stipend (and a fully stocked kitchen)
• Hybrid work model: 2 days/ week in our office in Gracia
• Commitment to professional development opportunities
• Employee‑led initiatives including annual company‑wide innovation day & DEI resource groups
• Comprehensive private health coverage w/ out‑of‑network reimbursements options
• Flexible remuneration with Cobee (Restaurant, Transportation, Nursery)
• Peer & company recognition programs
• Monthly educational lunch & learns

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case‑by‑case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

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