Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Praia Health is a trailblazer in the health platform sector, committed to transforming the consumer health experience. Our mission is to revolutionize the way individuals engage with their health and well-being through cutting-edge technologies and user-centric digital solutions. By unifying disjointed touchpoints into an intuitive channel, we create trust and loyalty through digital engagement and believe that consumers and patients will more actively participate in their health outcomes.    

At Praia Health, you will join a team of seasoned professionals and technology enthusiasts dedicated to reshaping healthcare. Our dynamic includes:

• Leadership with a rich background in technology and healthcare innovation.
• Small and nimble teams that deliver real world benefits to our clients at scale.
• A culture that values bold ideas, user-centric design, and the power of technology to improve lives.

As we continue to grow and capture the market with our cutting-edge platform, we are expanding our team across various departments, including engineering, to further our mission and impact.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.