Software Engineer, Backend at Komodo Health

Software Engineer, Backend
United States
We Breathe Life Into Data
At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. Thats why we built theHealthcare Map the industrys largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcares most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, were helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease.
As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver wow, and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease and enjoy the journey along the way.
The Opportunity at Komodo Health
Komodo aims to build the most accessible, actionable collection of healthcare data in the industry. Our diverse clients have a range of familiarity with healthcare technicalities and we strive to provide products designed to be simple enough for a layperson while also allowing power users to explore our data with all the depth and sophistication they require.
As a Software Engineer on the Platform Data Services team, you will be focusing on our internal service layer used to serve a variety of axes – patients, payers, providers, etc. You will enable complex queries supported through backend APIs, adhere to SLAs, and the underlying caching necessary to support multiple access patterns.
By exposing the power of Komodos data directly to consumers, and leveraging innovative caching techniques to create drillable, pivotable visualizations, you will help create a state-of-the-art interactive experience for internal and external users alike.
Looking back on your first 12 months at Komodo Health, you will have

 
Built with modern tools such as Github, Kubernetes, GraphQL
 
Recommended and implemented additional pre-calculation and caching strategies as needed to ensure that SLAs are met
 
Promoted backend API versioning best practices and open API standards in development
 
Leveraged relevant AWS services (API gateway, lambdas, IAM, RDS, DynamoDb, AWS Glue, among others), updating as needed to take advantage of new beneficial features in support of the API
 
Managed technical dependencies between different microservices to ensure smooth operations
 
Partnered with our Product Managers and wrote design documents to help explain tradeoffs between implementation choices
 
Ensured non-functional requirements are met, such as around developer experience and maintainability

What you bring to Komodo:

 
Experience designing backend APIs for use in web application development (synchronous vs asynchronous response patterns, caching strategies, etc)
 
Expertise in optimizing data retrieval processes supporting API output, as above, ideally within a low query volume / high data volume environment
 
Demonstrate deep programming experience with Python along with experience creating RESTful APIs using Fast API or similar
 
Passionate about streaming technologies such as Kafka, databases, and relevant big data processing either via Spark or through a modern MPP database like Snowflake
 
Expertise in test automation, encompassing TDD, unit, integration/performance testing methodologies using Pytest, Locust.io, or similar
 
Understand design for non-functional concerns such as performance, cost optimization, maintainability, and developer experience
 
Excellent cross-team communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to initiate and effectivelydriveprojects proactively

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Compensation at Komodo Health
The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands.
The U.S. national starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Companys sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan.
$116,600$194,300USD