AI Healthcare Data Platform Engineer | Flexible PTO

R1 RCM, Inc.; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,735,000 - 3,346,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-of-market compensation

Bonus 10%

Flexible PTO

401(k) matching

Job summary

R1 RCM Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer – Data Platform (R37) to build the data foundation powering PhareOS and AI-driven healthcare workflows.

You will design backend schemas and APIs, ingest and transform large-scale health data, and ensure performance, observability and security across systems. You will collaborate with AI, ML, and product teams to deliver reliable data foundations for internal models and customer products, while driving reliability and on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2+ years with high-throughput data pipelines and distributed data systems.
• Strong proficiency in Scala and SQL, with experience designing and operating production-grade data platforms.
• Experience building microservices, APIs, and ETL pipelines using Python, Java, or Go.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, or similar data orchestration and streaming technologies.
• Experience designing API integrations and distributed systems that interact with external partners and enterprise applications.
• Experience with infrastructure and containerization technologies such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience operating business-critical systems and participating in on‑call support rotations.
• Healthcare or RCM experience

Responsibilities

• Designing and operating large-scale data pipelines, backend services, and APIs that support AI-powered healthcare applications.
• Building highly scalable data infrastructure using modern data engineering technologies, streaming platforms, and cloud-native architectures.
• Partnering closely with AI, machine learning, and product teams to deliver reliable data foundations for both internal models and customer-facing products.
• Driving observability, reliability, and operational excellence through monitoring, automation, and proactive system management.
• Taking ownership of critical production systems, influencing architecture decisions, and helping shape the future of our data platform.

Skills

Scala

SQL

Python

Java

Go

Databricks

Apache Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

On-call rotations

Healthcare or RCM experience

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

R1 RCM Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer – Data Platform (R37) to build the data foundation powering PhareOS and AI-driven healthcare workflows.

You will design backend schemas and APIs, ingest and transform large-scale health data, and ensure performance, observability and security across systems. You will collaborate with AI, ML, and product teams to deliver reliable data foundations for internal models and customer products, while driving reliability and on-call readiness.