Staff Data Platform Engineer at Inovalon

Inovalon

Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN·5d ago

LeadFull-timePythonJavaDjangoRailsSpringAWSTerraformCI/CDAPIData

Salary Range

$153,000 - $207,000 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

Inovalon is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to work with high throughput and multi-tenant services. This role involves designing components, handling errors, and writing clean, maintainable code with good tests.

Key Responsibilities

→Build platform services and APIs for pipeline onboarding, configuration, execution, and status reporting
→Develop backend services in Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python (FastAPI/Django) with strong testing discipline
→Own runtime patterns on AWS: ECS/EKS, MWAA, Lambda, Step Functions, RDS, including scaling, failure handling, and deployments
→Build and evolve scalable platform abstractions for mission-critical, high-throughput workloads
→Establish and champion platform-wide engineering standards and guardrails
→Build and maintain Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment
→Drive observability and reliability through metrics, logs, tracing, alerting, SLOs, and incident response
→Partner with data engineering teams to create reusable platform components
→Adhere to confidentiality, HIPAA, and regulatory policies
→Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies and procedures
→Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical issues

Requirements

✓8–15 years of experience building production backend/platform systems
✓Strong hands-on experience with Java + Spring Boot and/or Python backend development (FastAPI/Django)
✓AWS experience: ECS/EKS, Lambda, Step Functions, RDS, plus IAM and networking fundamentals
✓Terraform experience: modules, environment promotion, drift management
✓API design patterns: versioning, authN/authZ concepts, idempotency keys, rate limiting
✓Operational maturity: observability, incident handling, runbooks, reliability improvements
✓Ability to lead through influence and drive cross-team alignment
✓Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology