Key skills
Apache SparkPythonCloud environmentsHealthcare technologyAgile developmentBig DataEpicFHIRHL7Software engineering best practicesCommunication skillsMentoringScalaData EngineeringDatabricksSparkUnit TestingAWSAzureGCPVersion ControlAgileScrumLeadershipProduct ManagementCommunicationDecision Making
About this role
R1 RCM is the leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems, and medical groups. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to apply advanced technical knowledge and mentor junior software engineers while building and maintaining software products that meet technical, business, and customer experience goals.
Responsibilities:
- Heavily participate in roadmap definition, working closely with senior product and engineering leaders
- Evaluate and help shape strategic technology direction and choices
- Provide thoughtful recommendations in sessions with scrum team members to structure solution source code and implementation approaches —emphasizing the need to optimize code that follows engineering best practices, and maximizes maintainability, testability, and performance
- Work with product management and business stakeholders to understand software requirements and help estimate epics, features, and stories
- Script and maintain automated build steps, continuous integration systems, and staging environments
- Apply consistent levels of strategic thinking, judgment, decision making, attention to detail, teamwork, organization, innovation, and initiative
- Willingly and enthusiastically mentor junior members of the development team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar field
- 10+ years of experience in software/data engineering experience
- 5+ years of experience in a thought leadership role
- Advanced knowledge of general engineering concepts, such as design patterns, with a focus on Big Data
- Advanced understanding of Apache Spark, Python, Scala, and Databricks
- Relevant experience with Epic, FHIR, and HL7
- Extensive experience with cloud environments, including Azure, GCP or AWS
- Web services standards and related technology knowledge (XML, XSD, SOAP, JSON, Rest.)
- Understanding of modern software development, including version control, unit testing, and continuous integration & deployment
- Healthcare technology industry experience
- Agile development experience
- Strong communication skills, with proven ability to present complex ideas and to document concisely
- Preferable experience working with clinical data, understanding the full life cycle of claims