Senior Full Stack Engineer

The healthcare industry is the next great frontier of opportunity for software development, and Health Catalyst is one of the most dynamic and influential companies in this space. We are working on solving national-level healthcare problems, and this is your chance to improve the lives of millions of people, including your family and friends. Health Catalyst is a fast-growing company that values smart, hardworking, and humble individuals. Each product team is a small, mission-critical team focused on developing innovative tools to support Catalyst’s mission to improve healthcare performance, cost, and quality.Health Catalyst is expanding and maintains a large suite of Improvement Apps that contribute to healthcare analytics and process improvement solutions. This includes products that manage the care of health system populations, better serve patients at the point of care, reduce health system costs, and reduce clinician workload.Job Summary:As a Software Development Engineer – Java Full stack, you will be working with diverse Improvement Apps, software engineering team designing, developing, and maintaining various platforms that serve internal HCAT team members, clinicians, and patients. You will rely on Test-Driven Development to safely enhance and refactor our system, shipping production code multiple times per week. And you will go to bed each night with the comfort that your code is improving outcomes for patients.If you love…Help drive clarity and prototype individual features or problemsKnowledge of architecture patterns and the ability to design and complete features / tasks that are 50-60% well defined.Can discern where gaps can be filled in without consulting a Product Manager or another programmer and can judge when a consultation is needed.Work is reviewed with the occasional need for material direction or implementation changesSeeks and provides guidance via PR reviews, pair-programming and other interactions with Engineers and Product ManagersIt is second nature to develop high code quality standards balanced with the needs of real-world customer timelines.Possesses a passion and drive to deliver exceptional products and follows established patterns and approaches within existing code bases with ease.Takes ownership of learning and growthCapitalizes on internal and external opportunities for learning.Identifies gaps in knowledge/skills and seeks ways to close those gaps (self-guided learning, pairing, seeking guidance for yourself and developing guidance for less experienced members of the team)Periodic On Call RotationAbility to communicate with Customer Success about customer issues that are escalated to Engineering and help quantify customer impact.Can Respond quickly to operational emergencies, find short term resolutions and plan long term fixes to avoid similar issues in the future.What you own in the role:Design and build responsive, high-performing web applications using React or modern UI frameworks.Develop robust backend services and APIs using Java, Groovy, Spring Boot, and Drools.Collaborate with product managers, architects, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.Integrate applications with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and leverage cloud-native services.Optimize system performance, scalability, and maintainability.Apply best practices in software engineering, testing, and continuous integration.Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmap planning.What you bring to this role:Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience preferred.Strong working knowledge of Java, spring boot, react, Microservices, DS&AStrong working knowledge of CI/CDStrong knowledge of and experience with cloud (gcp/aws)Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy, in a timely mannerAdept at constructing efficient queries, writing reports and presenting findingsAbility to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and to prioritize scheduling of workStrong verbal and written communication skills5+ years' work experience as an app developerBS or MS in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, or a similar fieldAn understanding of healthcare data is a plus, but not a requirementYou may also bring:Experience with cloud infrastructure and architecture patterns, either Azure or AWS preferred.Software development experience within healthcare IT and understands key data models (clinical, claims, financial, etc.) and interoperability standards such as HL7v2, CDA, EMR, and FHIRKnowledge of healthcare compliance and how it applies to Application SecurityAgile/Scrum software development practicesBusiness Intelligence or Data warehousing experiencePreferred Experience and Education:BS/BA or MS in Computer science, information systems, or other technology/science degree.A minimum of 5 years of experience in building commercial software, SaaS, or digital platforms.**Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Health Catalyst, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualification without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship status, marital status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.. Health Catalyst is committed to a work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. **