Staff Software Development Engineer
MCG Health2 months ago
Base Salary
$136k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead decisions about the Synapse Everywhere external API surface, including exposed capabilities, internal boundaries, and stability guarantees.
- Own technical discovery and translate product and clinical stakeholder requirements into feasible API contracts.
- Design scalable solutions for load, failure handling, security posture, and external developer experience.
- Participate in the platform on-call rotation, respond to incidents, conduct post-incident reviews, and drive reliability improvements.
- Provide expert code reviews, technical mentorship, and guidance on solving complex engineering problems.
- Design solutions using modern cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and LLMs with a deep understanding of their appropriate use.
- Collaborate directly with the Director of Software Engineering on technical feasibility, sequencing, and guarantees.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional software development experience, including meaningful experience designing or operating public or partner-facing APIs.
- Deep backend knowledge with Golang, Python, and Kotlin.
- Production experience with API gateway or management tooling such as Azure API Management, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
- Experience building meaningful tests at all layers, from unit tests through live verification.
- Ability to establish effective monitoring for APIs and model performance.
- Strong analytical, research, communication, mentoring, and technical leadership skills.
- Experience in healthcare and/or with machine learning, data science, or NLP is a plus.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Seattle-based talent is preferred.
- Travel expected 1–3 times per year for company-sponsored events, with occasional team or company-sponsored travel generally expected.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
- 15 days of paid time off, additional front-loaded personal days, 14 company-recognized holidays, and paid volunteer days.
- Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave and 10 weeks of paid bonding leave.
- LGBTQ+ health services and pet insurance.
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