Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join PatientPoint, a leading digital health company, as a Staff Platform Engineer and contribute to improving health outcomes for millions of patients nationwide. This remote position requires expertise in software platform implementation and design, including infrastructure, methodology, process, and tool stack. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining complex software, identifying cross-cutting concerns, and leading the development of a new product line using Python and AWS cloud. This role involves hands-on development, ensuring platform stability and scalability, and mentoring junior engineers. You will be part of a dynamic team focused on writing performant code and driving tangible impact.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in a back-end software engineering role developing enterprise applications
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud-based architectures using AWS, GCP, or Azure
• 2+ years experience developing microservices architecture
• Advanced proficiency in Python (a coding assessment will be administered)
• Strong proficiency in working with SQL databases
• Self-motivation, strong ambition, and interest in directly impacting business results
• Resourcefulness, multi-tasking skills and creative problem-solving skills
• Curiosity and a strong passion for data, trend analysis and storytelling through data
• Resiliency and ability to overcome challenges, sound business judgment
• Passion for relationship building and building trusted partnerships

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains larger, more complex software spanning multiple technology domains
• Identifies cross-cutting concerns within and across service boundaries and implements reusable modules
• Hands on development of enterprise applications 80% of the time
• Responsible for stability and scalability of the PatientPoint platform. This encompasses business services and platform agnostic (mobile & web) application endpoints
• Develop solutions following established technical design, application development standards and quality processes in projects
• Facilitate and lead story breakup and grooming. Drive feature level architecture/design sessions
• Increase the level of teams’ technical ability and drive measurable improvement of quality of code
• Improve accuracy of development schedules and lowers project risk
• Perform detailed reviews on deliverables. Provide technical guidance to the team members
• Mentor Junior Individual Contributors, provide oversight of others’ work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ad Technology platforms and tools
• Experience in Medical or EHR (Electronic Health Record) technologies
• Hands-on experience designing or utilizing Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
• Proficient with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of cloud-based security principles, including data encryption, hashing, and secret management
• Experience with reactive programming and building multi-threaded, high-performance systems
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, DevOps, and Security
• Experience developing applications using Django
• Familiarity with JavaScript and ReactJS for front-end development
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Benefits that are in line with industry standards
• Flexible time off to recharge
• Hybrid work options
• Mental and emotional wellness resources
• 401K plan