Staff Software Architect - Scalable & Secure Systems Leader

Datavant; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant, the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape technical direction and architecture across multiple teams. You’ll drive scalable, secure systems and mentor engineers, influencing decisions at the vertical and organizational level.

You will design frameworks, lead multi-team strategies, and collaborate on data architecture, security, reliability, and interoperability, with a focus on reducing friction and improving health data

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated system design mastery.
• Deep experience with large-scale distributed systems, multi-cloud architectures, data pipelines, and security.
• Strong organizational influence and ability to align teams across verticals.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into scalable engineering execution.
• Commitment to mentorship, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead multi-team technical strategies for scalability and interoperability.
• Design frameworks and reusable systems used across multiple engineering pods. Define engineering patterns adopted across Datavant.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives in data architecture, security, and reliability.
• Advise leadership on technical direction and major tradeoffs. Represent engineering in executive technical decisions and planning.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence cultural and architectural evolution.

Skills

Senior software engineer

Distributed systems

Multi-cloud

Security

Mentorship

Tools

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Snowflake

Spark

SQL

Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

DataDog

Grafana

CloudWatch

OAuth2/SAML

Job description

Datavant, the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape technical direction and architecture across multiple teams. You’ll drive scalable, secure systems and mentor engineers, influencing decisions at the vertical and organizational level.

You will design frameworks, lead multi-team strategies, and collaborate on data architecture, security, reliability, and interoperability, with a focus on reducing friction and improving health data