Staff Software Engineer | Platform Team

Rawlings Company; United States; Remote; USD 225,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

FSA/HSA

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Unlimited PTO

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Machinify is seeking a Staff/Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to help scale critical Scala systems and build a Rust-based framework. You will influence technical direction with high autonomy and a strong focus on reliability.

The role spans JVM, Rust, Python, SQL, and Spark, with an emphasis on observability, resilience, and developer tooling inside a remote US team. This is a senior IC role with broad impact.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the JVM ecosystem (Java/Scala).
• Experience with Rust is highly desired.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with Spark or similar data processing.

Responsibilities

• Dig into inherited Scala systems to identify root problems and scale.
• Redesign the data layer used by ML and AI products.
• Build a Rust framework to ship correct, performant services.
• Improve observability and resilience across the platform.
• Shape developer tooling and engineering standards.
• Drive AI tool adoption across the company.
• Work across the full stack: JVM, Rust, Python, SQL, Spark.

Skills

JVM ecosystem (Java/Scala)

Rust experience

Python

SQL and Spark data processing

Distributed systems design

Observability & resilience engineering

Job description

Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 85 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 270 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We're constantly reimagining what's possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.

We'reseekinga skilled Staff/Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to join our team!

The Platform team builds the foundation every engineer atMachinifyworks on top of. Our scope is unusually broad: developer tooling and shared standards, observability and resilience engineering, core product server systems, and a growing Rust framework for building correct services fast. We lead AI tool adoption across the entire company. This is a staff-level IC role -you'llhave real influence over technical direction without managing people.

We'rehonest about the challenge. We inherited complex and important Scala systems that need scaling work and data layer rethinking. Some of the work is untangling implementationissuesso thereal architecturalproblems become visible. Ifyou'rethe kind of engineer who finds that satisfying - seeing through symptoms to root causes, making hard systems better - this is your team.

We have strong opinions about how engineering should work. Emotional safety matters. We lead with empathy for our users and our colleagues. We own the whole problem, not just the interesting parts. We build it right, test it thoroughly, and leave things better than we found them. Weoperatewith high trust and high autonomy, andwe'relooking for people who thrive in that environment.

Does this sound like the right opportunity to explore?...Letsconnect!

What You'll Do

Some orall ofthe following:

• Dig into inherited Scala systems to find where the real problems are, separate symptoms from causes, and make them scale
• Redesign the data layer our ML and AI products depend on - this is an open, hard problem
• Build out a Rust framework that lets teams ship correct, performant services without reinventing fundamentals
• Improve observability and resilience across the platform so we find problems before our customers do
• Shape developer tooling and engineering standards - your work multiplies everyone else's effectiveness
• Drive AI tool adoption across the company, figuring out whatactually helpsengineers work better
• Work across the full stack: JVM (Java/Scala), Rust, Python, SQL, and Spark

What You Bring

• Systems thinking.You see how pieces connect. When something breaks, you reason about thewhole system, not just thecomponentin front of you.
• Fearless code reading.You can drop into a large, unfamiliar codebase, build a mental model, and figure out what needs to change.
• Empathy for users.Whetherit'sa developer using your framework or an operator reading your error messages, youdesign forthe people downstream.
• Testing discipline.You test thoroughly not because someonerequiresit, but becauseyou'veshipped enough software to know what happens when youdon't.
• Comfort with ambiguity.Our hardest problemsdon'tcome with specifications.You'reenergized, notparalyzed,by that.

Technical skills

• ProficiencyinJVMecosystem(Java, Scala)
• Experience withRusthighly desired
• Python
• SQL and data processing (Spark or similar)
• Distributed systems design
• Observability and resilience engineering

What We Offer

• Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first.
• Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings
• FSA/HSA
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
• Unlimited PTO
• Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
• Flexible and trusting environment where you'll feel empowered to do your best work

The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications,etc. We are hiring fordifferent levels, and our Recruiting team will let you know if you qualify for a different role/range. Salary is onecomponentof the total compensation package, which includes meaningful equity, excellent healthcare, flexible time off, and other benefits andperks.

Pay range: $225,000-260,000

Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know. See our Candidate Privacy Notice at: https://www.machinify.com/candidate-privacy-notice/