Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Location: Elkins Park
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

We Breathe Life Into Data At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. That’s why we built the Healthcare Map — the industry’s largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system — by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcare’s most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, we’re helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease. As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver “wow,” and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease — and enjoy the journey along the way. The Opportunity at Komodo Health: Komodo aims to build the most accessible, actionable collection of healthcare data in the industry. Our diverse clients have a range of familiarity with healthcare technicalities and we strive to provide products designed to be simple enough for a layperson while also allowing power users to explore our data with all the depth and sophistication they require. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of Komodo Health’s platform-enabled workflow tools. The Komodo platform powers all of Komodo’s current and future workflow analytical applications and enables 3rd party builders to integrate with, extend, customize, or build on the platform. Reporting directly to the Engineering Director, you will be solving complex data challenges while designing and implementing data processing and transformation at a scale that powers state-of-the-art interactive product experiences. You will enable smarter, more innovative uses of healthcare data by building robust data pipelines and implementing data best practices. This position has potential to become engineering manager. Looking back on your first 12 months at Komodo Health, you will have… Expanded or enhanced the Platform data integration APIs Designed and optimized caching strategies (including, perhaps, inclusion of new data storage mediums/platforms) for processing cohort outputs and running analytics Recommended and implemented additional pre-calculation and caching strategies as needed to ensure that SLAs are met Promoted API versioning best practices and open API standards in development Leveraged relevant AWS services (API gateway, lambdas, among others), updating as needed to take advantage of new beneficial features in support of the API Partnered with product managers to understand the variety of internal and external analytic specification needs across a diverse set of use cases You will accomplish these outcomes through the following responsibilities… Partnering with Engineering team members, Product Managers, and customer-facing teams to understand complex health data use cases and business logic Being curious about our data Building foundational pieces of our data platform architecture, pipelines, analytics, and services underlying our platform Designing and developing reliable data pipelines that transform data at scale, orchestrated jobs via Airflow/Temporal, using SQL and Python in Snowflake Contributing to python packages in Github and APIs, using current best practices Ensure non-functional requirements are met, such as around developer experience and maintainability Managed technical dependencies between different microservices to ensure smooth operations Set a high technical standard overall and be a mentoring resource for others on the team and in the larger organization What you bring to Komodo Health (required): Minimum of 7-8 years of experience Expertise with building scalable backend services using modern frameworks such as FastAPI. Expertise with processes and toolings in the entire software development life cycle in an agile environment, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring&alerting. Solid computer science skills and proficiency in Python programming language. Able to leverage industry standard design patterns and engineering best practices. Demonstrated track-record of delivering products and features with varying degrees of complexity, and through several iterations of product development. Capable of quickly building expertise on an as-need basis on a new tech stack. Experience with systems level design, including support and operations. Understand and design for non-functional concerns such as performance, cost optimization, maintainability and developer experience. Relevant experience with cloud infrastructure technologies such as AWS. Mentor and/or train other engineers in relevant skills and/or technologies Knowledge of analytics, familiarity with a variety of numerical methods/algorithms and basic level understanding of ML algorithms. Additional skills and experience we’d prioritize (nice to have)… Expertise with industry standard distributed systems (i.e. Spark/Databricks), data pipeline tools (e.g. Airflow/Temporal) and databases (i.e. Snowflake, PostgreSQL). Location: US PST/CST time zone only LI-Remote Compensation at Komodo Health The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The U.S. national starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan. $153,000 - $238,000 USD Compensation at Komodo Health The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The U.S. national starting hourly base pay range for this role is listed below. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion. $187,000 - $253,000 USD Compensation at Komodo Health The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The U.S. national starting hourly base pay for this role is listed below. This position is eligible for commissions in accordance with a written agreement or plan. $187,000 - $253,000 USD Compensation at Komodo Health The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The U.S. national starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position is eligible for commissions in accordance with a written agreement or plan. $187,000 - $253,000 USD The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of annual base pay that we reasonably expect to pay for this position within the US. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan. This role may also be eligible for equity awards. In addition, this role is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; disability insurance and life insurance; and leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy. San Francisco Bay Area and New York City: $187,000 - $253,000 USD All Other US Locations: $162,000 - $220,000 USD The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of hourly base pay that we reasonably expect to pay for this position within the US. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The starting hourly base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan. This role may also be eligible for equity awards. In addition, this role is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; disability insurance and life insurance; and leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy. San Francisco Bay Area and New York City: $187,000 - $253,000 USD All Other US Locations: $162,000 - $220,000 USD The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of annual base pay that we reasonably expect to pay for this position within the US. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position is also eligible for commissions in accordance with a written agreement or plan. This role may also be eligible for equity awards. In addition, this role is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; disability insurance and life insurance; and leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy. San Francisco Bay Area and New York City: $187,000 - $253,000 USD All Other US Locations: $162,000 - $220,000 USD The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of hourly base pay that we reasonably expect to pay for this position within the US. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands. The starting hourly base pay for this role is listed below. This position is also eligible for commissions in accordance with a written agreement or plan. This role may also be eligible for equity awards. In addition, this role is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; disability insurance and life insurance; and leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy. All US Locations: $162,000 - $220,000 USD Where You’ll Work Komodo Health has a hybrid work model; we recognize the power of choice and importance of flexibility for the well-being of both our company and our individual Dragons. Roles may be completely remote based anywhere in the country listed, remote but based in a specific region, or local (commuting distance) to one of our hubs in San Francisco, New York City, or Chicago with remote work options. What We Offer Positions may be eligible for company benefits in accordance with Company policy. We offer a competitive total rewards package including medical, dental and vision coverage along with a broad range of supplemental benefits including 401k Retirement Plan, prepaid legal assistance, and more. We also offer paid time off for vacation, sickness, holiday, and bereavement. We are pleased to be able to provide 100% company-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance. This information is intended to be a general overview and may be modified by the Company due to business-related factors. Equal Opportunity Statement Komodo Health provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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