Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with the most complex and costly health conditions, working across specialties and primary care to connect fragmented healthcare systems and ensure compassionate care. Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, flexibility, and autonomy, with a culture that values diversity and inclusion. The company seeks a Software Engineer to join an Agile team building healthcare-focused backend software solutions, including scalable backend services, event-driven and serverless solutions, and data ingestion pipelines to support enterprise reporting and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain data-driven software applications using Python and modern frameworks.
- Build and optimize API-based solutions leveraging Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask) for scalable integrations.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows using tools such as Azure Data Factory, Fabric, PySpark, and related technologies.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate requirements into technical specifications.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, functionality, and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues and bugs in a timely manner.
- Optimize applications for maximum performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and methodologies.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying them to improve products and solutions.
- Design and develop scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI.
- Build event-driven and serverless solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure services such as Azure Functions and Azure Event Hub.
- Develop and maintain data ingestion pipelines that load healthcare data into Microsoft Fabric to support enterprise reporting and analytics needs.
- Participate in architecture and design discussions, author and review design documentation, and implement high-quality, maintainable code.
- Collaborate closely with product owners, QA partners, and fellow software engineers in an Agile environment, contributing to sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and iterative delivery.
- Assist with testing, debugging, and validation to ensure solutions meet quality, performance, and regulatory expectations.
- Modernize and optimize existing systems, including performance tuning legacy SQL stored procedures to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Use GitHub workflows to support CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and automated quality checks.
- Write unit tests to improve code coverage and maintainability.
- Actively leverage Copilot and other AI-assisted tools to solve complex problems and improve developer productivity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering roles.
- Strong proficiency in Python, including experience developing API-based solutions (FastAPI, Django, Flask).
- Hands-on experience with Azure data services (Azure Data Factory, Fabric, Synapse) and ETL tools (SSIS or similar) with experience writing stored procedures.
- Experience with PySpark, Databricks, or other Spark-based frameworks for large-scale data processing.
- Solid understanding of SQL, T-SQL, and experience writing stored procedures in SQL Server or similar relational databases.
- Solid understanding of data modeling, data pipelines, and data transformation best practices.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP is a plus).
- Knowledge of containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes) for deploying data solutions.
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and collaborative coding workflows.
- Ability to write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- All employees must have high-speed internet over 10 Mbps at their home, with the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router.
- Candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment.
- Identity verification steps, including submission of a government-issued photo ID, are required during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance.
- The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored.
Nice to have
- Healthcare experience (especially in authorization/prior-authorization workflows).
Benefits
- Work/life balance.
- Flexibility to suit work to personal life.
- Autonomy to get things done.
- Support to live best lives and bring whole selves to work.
- Diversity and inclusion as core values.
Additional details
- Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
- For reasonable accommodation to access information on the website, candidates may contact Evolent for further assistance.
- Originally posted on Himalayas.
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