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DaVita is a leader in quality care and education for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Since 1999, the company has worked toward a mission to
Software Engineer, Backend – Platform
Location
United States
Posted
68 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Software Engineer, Backend – Platform
DaVita
• Develop innovative solutions collecting data from various online sources • Work side-by-side with our mission team and product managers to ideate software solutions • Design client-side and server-side architecture • Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications • Write effective APIs • Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency • Write technical documentation • Collaborate with analysts to improve software
Job Requirements
- 4+ years as a Backend Engineer or similar role
- Experience with Python
- Familiarity with relational databases
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Experience scraping data or a strong desire to learn
- U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems with the ability to obtain security clearance
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
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