United States onlyWhy This Role Is Important To Arcadia
The US healthcare system is in a moment of profound digital transformation. Our collective success in this moment requires the collaboration of millions of administrators, clinicians, social workers and patients. That collaboration is predicated on the delivery of fast and reliable insights from the petabytes of data the healthcare system exhausts every day. At Arcadia, we are building the data platform to do just that.
Connected to some of the most prestigious national brands in healthcare, Arcadia processes billions of clinical and financial observations for over 100 million patients every day. Our high-scale distributed computing platform combines, cleans, and enriches these data with thousands of algorithms and analytics models. Our intelligence and workflow stack provides high-availability access to thousands of daily users, facilitating collaboration and more intelligent care.
This is an incredible time to join the Arcadia R&D team. Validated from 5 years of high growth, we believe this platform will be foundational for the next decade of healthcare innovation. We're looking for someone eager to help launch our product suite into a new era in a highly impactful area of our business while blazing their career to the next level.
As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be joining a newly created small-but-elite product group within Arcadia. This team of senior engineers will partner directly with our Architects, VP of Product and CTO on 9-12 months of rapid greenfield innovation. We’re looking for someone who can dive in and quickly design and build prototypes of novel products, heavily powered by massive datasets and generative AI. After the initial burst of swift technological advancement, you’ll focus on providing the technical leadership and expertise for larger engineering teams in rolling out and scaling these innovations to a wide customer base.
What Success Looks LikeIn 3 months- Quickly get up to speed on our core technologies and architecture- With input from senior R&D leadership, lead design, development, and prototyping of 1-3 new product modules- Get to know our broader team of great software engineers, and begin collaborating and communicating on how to land & scale these innovations
In 6 months- Incorporate market and user feedback in partnership with the Product team to refine initial ideas and increase fit- Expand your knowledge of the broader Arcadia platform and the interactions of our suite of products to design integration pathways for production-scale launch- Adapt according to the feedback from the business, steering this new product investment focus according to evolving feedback- Provide mentorship to the broader Arcadia R&D team, sharing your technical expertise and development best practices- Launch at least one idea to GA
In 12 months- Partner and embed with other product teams to scale out these ideas, and increase feature set for market success- Reach deep customer penetration for multiple new products at production scale- Provide independent leadership over our most complex projects and components- Contribute design and architecture to further the long-term vision of our technology stack
What You'll Bring
- 10 years of deep software expertise, designing, creating, and operating software across various languages and technologies, including Spring, NestJS, React, and more
- Extensive experience operating software systems in the cloud, particularly with AWS and services like ECS, SNS, SQS, RDS, CloudFront, and Lambda
- Comfortable wrangling data and experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
- Consistently up-to-speed on the latest technological advancements and architectures
- Strong written communication skills and ability to draft documents/diagrams that make complex systems understandable for all audiences
- Familiarity with (and eagerness to learn) capabilities of leading LLMs and their applicability to workflow optimization and analytics
Would Love for You to Have
- Past experience in the healthcare industry
- Prior leadership and mentorship experience
- Experience with infrastructure as code technologies such as Terraform and Terragrunt
- Familiarity with CI/CD technologies such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies
What You'll Get
- A unique opportunity: Access to a large customer base, senior leadership of a fast-growing scaled tech company, and the direct imperative for greenfield R&D
- Have a direct impact on the company's technical direction by proposing innovative solutions and influencing key decisions
- Solve interesting problems using current and emerging technologies
- Be a part of a mission driven company that is transforming the healthcare industry by changing the way patients receive care
- A flexible, remote friendly company with personality and heart
- Employee driven programs and initiatives for personal and professional development
- Be a member of the Arcadian and Barkadian Community
- Competitive compensation and amazing benefits including flexible time off (~22 day company average)
This position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.
This position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.
