Application Engineer

Waymark is a team of healthcare providers, technologists, and builders whose mission is to bring the best healthcare to people with Medicaid benefits.  Guided by the communities we serve, we bring support and technology-enabled care to help primary care providers keep Medicaid patients healthy.  We are building the tools and designing an approach to enable care to reach the patients who can benefit most.  

Our core values embody the essence of what makes Waymark a unique team today, and what we look for, nurture, and sustain as a team. We are bold builders, believing that the greatest challenges in care delivery can be solved when we harness the power of community and technology. We are humble learners, seeking feedback and perspectives different from our own, and welcome challenges to our conclusions. We experiment to improve, actively seeking data to inform decisions and to assess our own performance. We act with focused urgency, our commitment to our mission drives us to tirelessly pursue results.

If this vision resonates with you, we hope you consider bringing your creativity, your energy, your curiosity to Waymark.

About this Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Engineer to join the Data Engineering team in leading the effort to build ML/AI and Analytics-driven workflows and applications. This role will sit between multiple teams - our engineering teams (data and web app) and our analytics and data science teams. This role is critical in bridging the gap between exploratory data analysis and enterprise-grade data solutions to best serve our healthcare professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate across multiple teams to understand complex algorithms, including ML/AI-driven workflows and build supporting infrastructure to scale, maintain, and integrate into our user-facing application
• Operate autonomously either alone or with other engineers leading the solving of problems across engineering and other Waymark teams.
• Handle multiple ongoing efforts at once and have clear communication to others at Waymark on timelines, needs and blockers. 
• Design and develop reusable frameworks and libraries to streamline the process of operationalizing this work (ML/AI-driven workflows among others)
• Mentor and guide engineers in best practices and data system design
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve our capabilities

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years focusing on data-intensive applications
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and at least one compiled language (e.g., Elixir, Java)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud computing, and relational databases
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong background in software architecture, best practices including code quality-driven design and system optimization and scaling
• Knowledge/familiarity of (or direct experience with) machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and MLOps best practices
• Proven track record of leading complex technical projects and mentoring other engineers
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in technical challenges
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Healthcare experience with healthcare data, privacy, and/or systems including claims and/or electronic health record data, FHIR/HL7, etc.

Salary Range:

US employees in New York City, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $158,000 - $230,000 USD

US employees in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Diego & Washington DC: $146,000 - $210,000 USD

US employees outside of the above listed US Cities: $138,000 - $200,000 USD 

Additionally, compensation will depend on other factors, training, education, and experience.

Benefits and Other Compensation: Medical, vision, dental, basic life insurance, and stock options available for the hired applicant.  Employees also receive twenty (20) vacation days, accrued over the year and eleven (11) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Sixteen (16) weeks of parental leave for birthing parents will also be available for use after successful completion of 6 months of employment, eight (8) weeks of bonding leave for non-birthing parents.  Employees are able to enroll in our 401(k) plan and commuter benefits plan. 

COVID Vaccination: Waymark has adopted a policy on mandatory full vaccination to safeguard our employees, our partners, and the patients we serve from the hazard of COVID-19.  As a healthcare company, we believe it is important for our employees and actions to reflect the best available science and the interests of public health.  You will be asked to attest to your COVID vaccination status before an offer of employment is made.

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Waymark is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!