Software Engineer III (Data Engineering Team)

About this role

About the Job The Software Engineer III on the Data Engineering Team is broadly responsible for building and supporting software applications in use by the business; in particular, FoundationCORE and its components. The technical products developed by the incumbent help doctors match patients to more advanced treatment options. This role completes design, development, unit testing, code reviews, and generates technical documentation

The Software Engineer III has a high-level understanding of the codebase and is self-sufficient in at least one domain of FMI architecture. The incumbent makes well-reasoned decisions and trade-offs, is able to work in other parts of the codebase with guidance and, as an experienced practitioner, provides guidance to lower level Software Engineers. Key Responsibilities Help to design, develop, and maintain a robust and scalable data platform

Write high quality distributed system software. Build batch and streaming pipelines for the analysis of FMI’s data assets. Partner with other team members to: Investigate design approaches; Prototype new technologies; and, Evaluate technical feasibility

Implement algorithms developed by FMI data scientists. Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including, but not limited to, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability. Deliver contributions in an Agile approach and leveraging Agile methodology

Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ year(s) of software engineering experience Proficiency in one of the following software languages: Java, Scala, Python, or Go Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related concentration 6+ years of prior software engineering experience Deep professional experience with: Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, Glue, Azkaban, DBT, Prefect, Dagster and others SQL query

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