Staff Software Engineer, Platform

R1; United States; Remote; USD 212,000 - 409,000; Full time

Job summary

R1 RCM Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering, to lead the architecture and delivery of Phare Fiber, an integration layer enabling cross‑application data sharing. You will define contracts, ship a production use case, and grow reusable capabilities across teams.

You will guide design reviews, set engineering standards, and partner with product and security teams to drive measurable outcomes, while mentoring engineers and owning production quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating production distributed systems, including 5+ years setting technical direction across multiple teams or a significant platform.
• Expertise building and operating production event‑driven systems using Apache Kafka or an equivalent platform.
• Experience integrating heterogeneous systems through backward‑compatible APIs and event contracts.
• Experience with event‑driven data architectures using Spark, Databricks, or an equivalent lakehouse platform.
• Staff-level technical leadership across teams while remaining hands‑on with production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical architecture for Phare Fiber, defining identity and join‑key contracts, event and API contracts, schema evolution, delivery patterns and guarantees, cross‑cloud connectivity, and tenant and PHI boundaries.
• Write production code and ship the first use case end to end with a measurable outcome, then build the client libraries, onboarding patterns, and contract‑review processes that make the platform reusable across application teams.
• Lead design reviews across the Application Platform portfolio and establish engineering standards for testing, API design, backward compatibility, and operational readiness.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders across Phare OS applications, Data Platform, Infrastructure, and Security to set technical direction and prioritize work around measurable outcomes.
• Own what you build in production through SLOs, observability, on‑call, and incident response while mentoring engineers across the team.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Kafka

APIs & contracts

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

At R1, we’re transforming how healthcare works by combining nearly two decades of revenue cycle expertise with advanced technology, including analytics, AI, intelligent automation and workflow orchestration. We pair that technology with the irreplaceable expertise of our people to help hospitals, health systems and medical groups improve financial performance, simplify administrative complexity and create better experiences for patients and providers. All Together Better defines our culture and the way we work. We’re a diverse, global team united by a shared mission to make healthcare work better for all. Across technology, operations and support functions, our people bring deep expertise, empathy and ingenuity to the work we do. Here, collaboration fuels progress, adaptability sparks innovation and every voice can help shape what’s next for R1 and the future of healthcare.

As our Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering, you will lead the architecture and hands‑on delivery of Phare Fiber, a new integration layer that will enable applications across Phare OS to share data and state. You will define the event, API, identity, and data contracts behind the platform, ship the first production use case with a small engineering team, and turn that foundation into reusable capabilities other application teams can adopt. As the platform grows, you will also help set technical direction across the broader Application Platform portfolio. To thrive in this role, you must have deep experience building and operating event‑driven distributed systems, strong technical judgment across service and data architecture, and the ability to lead across teams while remaining hands‑on.

Here’s what you will experience working as a Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering:

• Lead the technical architecture for Phare Fiber, defining identity and join‑key contracts, event and API contracts, schema evolution, delivery patterns and guarantees, cross‑cloud connectivity, and tenant and PHI boundaries.
• Write production code and ship the first use case end to end with a measurable outcome, then build the client libraries, onboarding patterns, and contract‑review processes that make the platform reusable across application teams.
• Lead design reviews across the Application Platform portfolio and establish engineering standards for testing, API design, backward compatibility, and operational readiness.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders across Phare OS applications, Data Platform, Infrastructure, and Security to set technical direction and prioritize work around measurable outcomes.
• Own what you build in production through SLOs, observability, on‑call, and incident response while mentoring engineers across the team.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of experience building and operating production distributed systems, including 5+ years setting technical direction across multiple teams or a significant platform.
• Expertise building and operating production event‑driven systems using Apache Kafka or an equivalent platform.
• Experience integrating heterogeneous systems through backward‑compatible APIs and event contracts.
• Experience with event‑driven data architectures using Spark, Databricks, or an equivalent lakehouse platform.
• Staff-level technical leadership across teams while remaining hands‑on with production systems.

For this US‑based position, the base pay range is $212,100.00 - $409,050.00 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 25.00%.

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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R1 is a pioneer in the industry, R1 created the first Healthcare Revenue Operating System: a modular, intelligent platform that integrates automation, AI, and human expertise to strengthen the entire revenue cycle. With more than 20 years of experience, R1 partners with 1,000 providers, including 95 of the top 100 U.S. health systems, and handles over 270 million payer transactions annually. This scale provides unmatched operational insight to help healthcare organizations unlock greater long‑term value. To learn more, visit: https://www.r1rcm.com.