Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Job Overview

Praia is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor and architect for our core consumer experience platform. In this role, you will establish deep, end-to-end architectural ownership of our platform, spanning high-performance Java services, Databricks ETL pipelines, and enterprise grade healthcare integrations.

This is a staff level scope where you will partner closely with engineering leadership to advocate for industry best practices, mentor engineering teams, and ensure the delivery of secure, well-documented APIs used by internal teams and external health system partners. If you thrive on bridging complex data engineering workloads with secure, scalable interoperability, in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & System Design: Build and scale foundational platform services powering Praia’s consumer experience products. Lead code and design reviews, establishing technical direction and mentoring other engineers.
• Healthcare Interoperability: Build and operate enterprise integration services for EMRs (Epic/MyChart and others) using HL7 FHIR APIs and related modern integration patterns.
• Data Engineering Workloads: Utilize Databricks and Apache Spark for complex data engineering workloads (pipelines, workflows, notebooks) to support product and integration use cases.
• Security & API Excellence: Develop and own secure APIs with strong authentication/authorization, auditing, and least privilege principles. Produce and maintain high quality developer documentation (integration guides, runbooks).
• DevOps & Operational Readiness: Build with a modern DevOps mindset, owning CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (unit/integration), infrastructure-as-code, monitoring/logging, and data-driven incident response.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Product, Design, and Customer-facing teams to translate complex business requirements into highly reliable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years of experience building and operating production software, with demonstrated staff- or senior-level scope and clear ownership of complex, distributed systems.
• Core Tech Stack: Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and Spark. Hands-on experience with Databricks (jobs, Delta Lake) and comfort partnering closely with data teams.
• Healthcare Domain: Direct experience integrating with EMR/EHR systems and healthcare interoperability standards; practical experience with FHIR APIs is required.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience designing and delivering cloud-native services (AWS/Azure/GCP), including Kubernetes and Terraform-based deployments. Comfortable owning release and operational processes via CI/CD.
• Security First: Deep knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and API security patterns (mTLS, JWT, secrets management, least privilege) alongside secure SDLC practices.
• Observability: Experience with modern observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing, APM) and a disciplined approach to incident response.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to write clear technical design documents and present architecture to senior stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Location & Work Authorization Requirements

• Geographic Restriction: Candidates must permanently reside in either the United States or Canada; no other locations will be considered at this time.
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States or Canada on a full-time basis. The company does not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) at this time.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Company paid life insurance, company paid short-term & long-term disability.
• 401K or RRSP savings plans with company matching.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Employee wellness programs and resources.
• Flexible PTO.