Software Engineer II - Data

Verana Health, a digital health company that delivers quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights from an exclusive real-world data network, recently secured a $150 million Series E led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Novo Growth, the growth-stage investment arm of Novo Holdings. 

Existing Verana Health investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Casdin Capital, and Brook Byers also joined the round, as well as notable new investors, including the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, THVC, and Breyer Capital.

We are driven to create quality real-world data in ophthalmology, neurology and urology to accelerate quality insights across the drug lifecycle and within medical practices. Additionally, we are driven to advance the quality of care and quality of life for patients. DRIVE defines our internal purpose and is the galvanizing force that helps ground us in a shared corporate culture. DRIVE is: Diversity, Responsibility, Integrity, Voice-of-Customer and End-Results. Click here to read more about our culture and values.

Our headquarters are located in San Francisco and we have additional offices in Knoxville, TN and New York City with employees working remotely in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MN, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT , VA, WA, Washington, D.C. All employees are required to have permanent residency in one of these states. Candidates who are willing to relocate are also encouraged to apply. 

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Job Title: Software Engineer II - Data

As a Data/Software Engineer at Verana Health, you will be responsible for extending a set of tools used for data pipeline development.  You will have strong hands-on experience in design & development of cloud services.  Deep understanding of data quality metadata management, data ingestion, and curation.  Generate software solutions using Apache Spark, Hive, Presto, and other big data frameworks.  Analyzing the systems and requirements to provide the best technical solutions with regard to flexibility, scalability, and reliability of underlying architecture.  Document and improve software testing and release processes across the entire data ingestion team.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build scalable data engineering routines in AWS utilizing serverless technologies.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Design solutions to solving problems related to ingestion of highly variable data structures in a highly concurrent cloud environment.
• Utilize PySpark on databricks or other technologies like docker to execute ETL transformations in an event-driven manner.
• Build microservices for providing abstraction to data ingestion related processes and information.
• Retain metadata for tracking of execution details to reproducibility and providing operational metrics.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to plan new features and define requirements to the system to support the platform.
• Work closely with technology teams to understand processes and policies driving the team goals.

 

Basic Requirements:

• A minimum of a BS degree in computer science, software engineering, or related scientific discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in software development
• Demonstrated ability to build software tools in a collaborative, team oriented environment that are product and customer driven.
• Experience with OO programming in a production setting, preferably Python
• 1 year of experience working in AWS cloud computing environment, preferably with Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS
• Good understanding of relational databases.
• Utilizes source code version control.
• Hands-on experience with Docker containers and container orchestration.

 

Bonus:

• Healthcare and medical data experience is a plus.
• Additional experience with modern compiled programming languages (C++, Go, Rust)
• Experience building HTTP/REST APIs using popular frameworks
• Building out extensive automated test suites

 

Benefits:

• We provide 100% health, vision, and dental coverage for employees 
• 401K Match
• Flexible vacation plans 
• $700 learning and wellness annual stipend 
• $25/wk in Doordash credit 
• Headspace meditation app access

 

Final note:

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Verana, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

 

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Verana Health is committed to complying with all applicable pay transparency laws and supports equitable pay practices. We pay based on a market-based approach, supported with robust data and in alignment with the compensation of our existing team. We construct our compensation ranges based on the US national average but your pay may vary depending on your location and the cost of living index for that geographic area. In determining an offer, base salary will also be based on experience, qualifications, skills and market conditions.

Please note pay ranges for major metropolitan areas may be different.National Pay Range$112,000—$135,000 USD