Senior Software Engineer — Scalable Systems & Data Platforms

Datavant; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead major initiatives that advance the platform's scalability and reliability. You will drive architectural design, coach peers, and ensure system-wide quality and consistency across microservices in Python, Go, Java, and beyond.

You'll partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Security to set technical direction, design scalable microservices, boost observability, and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience developing and scaling distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in system design and cloud-native architectures.
• Proven track record leading major technical projects from inception to launch.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud-native architectures

Tools

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript

React

Next.js

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Snowflake

Spark

SQL

Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

DataDog

Grafana

CloudWatch

OAuth2/SAML

Job description

Datavant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead major initiatives that advance the platform's scalability and reliability. You will drive architectural design, coach peers, and ensure system-wide quality and consistency across microservices in Python, Go, Java, and beyond.

You'll partner with Product, Infrastructure, and Security to set technical direction, design scalable microservices, boost observability, and mentor engineers.