Staff Software Engineer

R1 RCM; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

R1 RCM is seeking a Staff DataOps Engineer to lead innovative solutions in healthcare revenue cycle management. The role involves collaboration across teams and requires expertise in Scala, Spark, and Azure Databricks. Ideal candidates will have a proactive approach to drive improvements and technical leadership within a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Annual bonus plan

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in Scala and Spark required.
• Significant experience with Azure Databricks.
• Ability to refactor large, complex notebooks into clean, testable software.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the full software development lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Use Agile methodologies to maintain high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver engineered solutions.

Skills

Scala

Spark

Azure Databricks

NoSQL

SQL Server

Infrastructure as Code

AI/ML

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or systems engineering

Job description

R1 is the leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems and medical groups. We are the one company that combines the deep expertise of a global workforce of revenue cycle professionals with the industry’s most advanced technology platform, encompassing sophisticated analytics, AI, intelligent automation, and workflow orchestration.

As our Staff DataOps Engineer, you will focus on being a technical leader, engineering and delivering high-quality solutions in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM). Every day, you will be responsible for proactively collaborating within the team, as well as across teams, stakeholders and product managers to communicate effectively, understand priorities and deliver engineered solutions. To thrive in this role, you must be a good communicator with a proactive sense of engagement and provide technical leadership.

Here’s what you will experience working as Staff DataOps Engineer:

• Engage in the full software development lifecycle, from design to deployment, participating in 2-week sprint development cycle
• Use Agile methodologies to design, develop and maintain solutions, ensuring engineering (software & data) and operational excellence
• Engineer, deploy and operate high-quality solutions in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM)
• Collaborate across teams, stakeholders, and product managers to communicate effectively, understand priority and deliver engineered solutions
• Actively participate in team iterating on team processes and practices
• Make code quality, code practice and architectural suggestions to the team
• Anticipate future technical opportunities and problems and collaborate to address them

To be successful in this role, the candidate will have:

• Expert knowledge in Scala and Spark
• Ability to refactor large, complex notebooks into clean, testable software
• Significant experience with Azure Databricks, including Workflow tuning for performance and cost optimization
• Expertise in NoSQL and relational databases like Cosmos DB, MongoDB, and SQL Server
• Experience with Azure (preferred) or AWS
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates)

It's a plus if you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or systems engineering or equivalent work experience
• Experience in developing healthcare applications
• Experience in Al/ML, LLMs, RAG architectures, etc.

For this US-based position, the base pay range is $140,000.00 - $194,785.02 per year . Individual pay is determined by role, level, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This job is eligible to participate in our annual bonus plan at a target of 10.00%

The healthcare system is always evolving — and it’s up to us to use our shared expertise to find new solutions that can keep up. On our growing team you’ll find the opportunity to constantly learn, collaborate across groups and explore new paths for your career.

Our associates are given the chance to contribute, think boldly and create meaningful work that makes a difference in the communities we serve around the world. We go beyond expectations in everything we do. Not only does that drive customer success and improve patient care, but that same enthusiasm is applied to giving back to the community and taking care of our team — including offering a competitive benefits package.

R1 RCM Inc. (“the Company”) is dedicated to the fundamentals of equal employment opportunity. The Company’s employment practices , including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any person’s age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the Company is dedicated to providing a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing protected categories.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at 312-496-7709 for assistance.

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