Staff Software Engineer — Architect for Scalable Healthcare Data

Datavant; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical direction and architecture of a major business unit. You will drive multi-team strategies, mentor engineers, and influence decisions across verticals in a high-scale, multi-cloud environment.

You will work across backend, frontend, and data platforms to design robust patterns that ensure security, reliability, and performance at enterprise scale.

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.

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

Distributed systems

Multi-cloud architectures

Mentorship

Architectural leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript/React

Job description

Datavant is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical direction and architecture of a major business unit. You will drive multi-team strategies, mentor engineers, and influence decisions across verticals in a high-scale, multi-cloud environment.

You will work across backend, frontend, and data platforms to design robust patterns that ensure security, reliability, and performance at enterprise scale.