Backend Engineer (Java)
Location: Barcelona, Spain.
Employment type: Full‐time regular.
Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world's health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem – including providers, health plans, researchers and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient's request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.
Join Us as We Build the Datavant Life Sciences Tech Hub in Barcelona.
Datavant is expanding its global footprint with the development of our Life Sciences Tech Hub in Barcelona. We are seeking talented technical professionals who are product‐oriented, impact‐driven and motivated to help shape the future of healthcare technology.
At Datavant, our Life Sciences technology powers clinical research, real‐world evidence generation, pharmacovigilance and data collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem. As a Software Engineer in our Life Sciences Tech Hub, you will design and build systems that enable secure, privacy‐preserving access to high‐quality healthcare data used by pharmaceutical companies, biotech innovators and research organisations worldwide. Your work will directly support the development of new therapies, accelerate clinical trials and improve patient outcomes by ensuring that critical data is interoperable, scalable and trustworthy.
Career at Datavant offers the chance to apply your technical expertise and problem‐solving skills in support of our mission: enabling every healthcare decision to be powered by the right data, at the right time, in the right format. We're looking for problem‐solvers, game‐changers, innovators, dreamers and doers – people who are ready to move the needle and build on our success.
The Role
As a software engineer you will contribute to system architecture discussions and decisions and help with strategy and execution to improve the core analytical backend of Datavant's platforms. You will work closely with our product and science teams in providing insights on technology advancements for platform analytical capabilities, ensuring scalability, reliability, and availability is at the forefront of strategic conversations.
What You'll Do
Develop and document software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying system flows, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas and following the software development lifecycle.
Contribute to the strategic development, execution and optimisation of the core analytical backend of Datavant platform.
Provide insights on technology advancements for the platform's analytical capabilities by ensuring performance, scalability, reliability and availability.
Work with other software engineers and tech leads to define software architecture and prototype software stack.
Assist in the development of relevant features and processes to ensure that statistical programmes are properly documented and implemented on, according to generally recognised industry and regulatory standards.
Work closely with product owners to aid in developing roadmaps and setting priorities, offering advice on how to staff projects, making short‐term versus long‐term estimates for projects and features.
Provide expertise on devising technical solutions, making shrewd judgement calls on when and how to invest in tactical versus strategic solutions.
Ensure continued functionality of a programme during maintenance and testing of software.
Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of prior experience writing production‐level code in Java.
Ability to demonstrate understanding of system design, data structures and algorithms.
Proficiency in debugging and optimising batch JVM processes and scaling vertically.
Preferred Qualifications
Ability to prioritise, communicate well, design for repeatability and scalability, exude ownership and dig beneath the hood with technology.
Enthusiastic about working in collaborative team environments, including partnering with product teams to find creative solutions for challenging engineering problems.
Familiarity with GenAI tools geared towards developers.
Perks of Joining Datavant in Barcelona
Competitive and equitable salary.
Hybrid work model, with two days per week based in our Gràcia office.
Daily in‐office lunch stipend and access to a fully stocked kitchen.
Comprehensive private health insurance, including out‐of‐network reimbursement options.
25 days of annual paid leave.
Six‐week "Work from Anywhere" policy.
EEO Commitment Statement
Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for any reason covered by all applicable laws. We do not and will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed or disclosed their own pay. We do not offer employment sponsorship for this role. This job may require post‐offer health screenings and proof of vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID‐19, etc. Any requests for exemption will be reviewed by Human Resources on a case‐by‐case basis and may be available for disability, medical contraindications, pregnancy or religious reasons.
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