Staff Engineer (Tech Lead) Back End

Company: Apixio
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionWho we are:Apixio is advancing healthcare with data-driven intelligence and analytics. Our Artificial Intelligence platform gives organizations across the healthcare spectrum the power to mine clinical information at scale, creating novel insights that will change the way healthcare is measured, care is delivered, and discoveries are made.The opportunity at Apixio:Apixio is a mission-driven data science company passionate to make the practice of medicine more science than art. We are looking for an experienced Staff Backend Engineer, who shares our vision, to join our winning team and help us make a difference.About you:

• You are smart, technically excellent and are passionate about backend systems, databases and extracting insights from data
• You enjoy connecting the dots in complex domains and care about data quality
• You have a drive to make the healthcare industry better
• You have a distinct mastery of JavaThe impact you will have:
  • You will be responsible for building and maintaining modern data pipelines that make data available and accessible to the entire company. The team works closely with Data scientists, Product Managers, Business analysts and other key parts of the business to understand their data requirements and build appropriate solutions and platforms.
  • You will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable and fault tolerant microservices to enable a real time streaming platform. You would understand the right patterns of breaking up a problem domain into communicating microservices architecture.
  • As a Staff Engineer you will lead by example, build a culture of technical excellence within the team. You will act as a tech lead for a small team of Software Engineers and take ownership over the quality of deliverables and future roadmap
  • You will be expected to gain expert understanding of our complex domain model. You will be encouraged to come up with strategies to simplify our models, identify and fix data redundancies and inconsistencies.What you bring to the table:
    • 7+ years of server side Software Engineering
    • 5+ years of experience building ETL pipelines
    • 5+ years of experience with Java (bonus points for an equivalent mastery of Python)
    • 5+ years of experience with databases - both SQL and noSQL
    • 3+ years acting as a Tech lead for a team of 3+ engineers
    • Experience with technologies like Cassandra, Kafka, Hbase, Hive, Parquet, Impala, Presto, Redshift, Bigquery is nice to have
    • Experience in converting business requirements into technical designsWe recognize that people come with experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Your skills and background may be more translatable to this role than you initially thought. Allow us the opportunity to get to know you. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.What Apixio can offer you:
      • Meaningful work to improve healthcare
      • Competitive compensation
      • Exceptional benefits, including medical, dental and vision, FSA
      • 401k with company matching
      • Generous vacation policy
      • Subsidized gym membershipWhen we return to the office in 2022:
        • A hybrid work schedule (3 days in office & 2 days work from home) (Note: If the position is designated as REMOTE it will stay REMOTE)
        • Modern open office in beautiful San Mateo, CA & San Diego, CA
        • Catered, free lunches
        • Parties, picnics, and wine-downs
        • Free parkingWe take your privacy very seriously.Please review our privacy policy to see exactly how we protect your informationhereWe 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.LI-RB1

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