Senior Staff Software Engineer – Data Platform
Job details
- Pay
- $135,800 – $203,750 a year
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Staff / principal
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
- Oct 10, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 10, 2026
About this role
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help architect and build the data platform and backend services for our healthcare SaaS solutions. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in database and data architecture, cloud-native backend development, scalability, security, and healthcare interoperability.
The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with the ability to design secure, high-performance data architectures for large-scale, multi-tenant applications handling sensitive healthcare data.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and develop scalable backend services and data platforms for multi-tenant SaaS applications.
- Design and optimize relational and non-relational database architectures, data models, and storage strategies.
- Build scalable data ingestion, integration, and processing capabilities for large and complex healthcare datasets.
- Design cloud-native data architectures incorporating databases, data lakes/lakehouses, and distributed data platforms.
- Develop APIs and integration capabilities supporting healthcare interoperability, including HL7 and FHIR.
- Ensure appropriate architecture for security, encryption, access control, auditability, data governance, retention, and regulatory compliance.
- Design for high availability, disaster recovery, performance, and scalability.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while remaining hands-on with design and development.
- Collaborate with Software Engineering, Product, Security, Quality, and Regulatory teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant backend and data-platform development.
- Deep experience designing and optimizing relational databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MySQL.
- Experience with NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB, Cosmos DB, or equivalent.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with modern data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, data lakes/lakehouses, and distributed data architectures.
- Strong understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture, APIs, scalability, security, and data governance.
- Experience designing systems that handle sensitive or regulated data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Healthcare software or regulated-industry experience.
- Experience with HL7, FHIR, EHR/EMR integration, or healthcare interoperability.
- Experience with Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Kafka, Spark, or similar technologies.
- Experience with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Compensation And Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Indiana is $135,800.00–$203,750.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards