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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.
By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.
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 organizations 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.
Careers at Datavant offer 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, doers - people who are ready to move the needle and build on our success.
Why join Datavant’s tech team?
- You’ll collaborate with other engineering leaders on all matters that impact the Engineering team, including resourcing and building technology/product vision
- You’ll have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, including code reviews, higher-level software design, and direct management
- The team works on a technical stack which includes both cloud and on-premise deployments, big-data ingestion and analytics, distributed systems, and algorithmic complexity.
Backend Engineer (Python, Kubernetes, AWS)
The Role
As a Backend Engineer, you will design and build scalable services that power mission-critical applications in a cloud native environment. You will develop Python based systems deployed on Kubernetes and AWS, with a focus on reliability, performance, and security. This role offers strong ownership of backend architecture and the opportunity to shape platform standards and best practices.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement backend services and APIs using Python frameworks
- Build and deploy containerized applications on Kubernetes in AWS
- Leverage specific AWS services to power those applications (e.g. Clean Rooms, EventBridge, etc.)
- Extend infrastructure as code and improve CI/CD pipelines
- Optimize system performance, scalability, and fault tolerance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define service contracts and architecture
- Monitor production systems and resolve reliability and performance issues
What You’ll Bring
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 2+ years of backend software development experience for junior candidates; 6+ years for senior candidates
- Professional experience developing production backend services and APIs in Python
- Hands on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads
- Experience deploying and operating services in AWS
- Experience integrating agentic code generation tools such as Claude Code or Codex into day to day software engineering practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi
- Familiarity with observability tools for logging, metrics, and tracing
- Experience implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms
- Understanding of architectural considerations for on premises deployments, including networking and security constraints
- Knowledge of application security best practices (vulnerability management, security posture management, and risk assessment) and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, HITRUST)
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
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.
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, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here. Know Your Rights, explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does 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.
At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your answers will be anonymous and will help us identify areas for improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual ones. In fact, we aren’t even able to see whether you’ve responded.) Responding is entirely optional and will not affect your application or hiring process in any way.
Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For more information about how we collect and use your data, please review our Privacy Policy.
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Apply to Datavant
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.
By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.
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 organizations 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.
Careers at Datavant offer 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, doers - people who are ready to move the needle and build on our success.
Why join Datavant’s tech team?
- You’ll collaborate with other engineering leaders on all matters that impact the Engineering team, including resourcing and building technology/product vision
- You’ll have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, including code reviews, higher-level software design, and direct management
- The team works on a technical stack which includes both cloud and on-premise deployments, big-data ingestion and analytics, distributed systems, and algorithmic complexity.
Data Engineer (Python, Spark, Snowflake)
The Role
As a Data Engineer, you will build and scale health data pipelines that enable data discoverability, linkage, privacy, machine learning, and analytics across the organization. You will work with Python, Spark, and Snowflake to design efficient data models and reliable processing frameworks. This role provides the opportunity to shape foundational data infrastructure that supports regulatory-grade health decisions at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Design and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python, Spark, and Airflow
- Ensure pipeline reliability, data quality, and observability
- Partner with Science and Product to define and prioritize data requirements
- Implement automated testing and optimize processing performance and cost
- Design and maintain data validation frameworks aligned with regulatory requirements
What You’ll Bring
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 2+ years of data engineering or software engineering experience for junior candidates; 5+ years for senior candidates
- Professional experience building data pipelines in Python
- Hands on experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and orchestration with Airflow
- Experience working with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake
- Experience integrating agentic code generation tools such as Claude Code or Codex into day to day software engineering practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing dimensional or analytics data models
- Experience working in AWS-based data environments
- Experience implementing data governance and quality frameworks
- Understanding of architectural considerations for on premises deployments, including networking and security constraints
- Knowledge of application security best practices (vulnerability management, security posture management, and risk assessment) and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, HITRUST)
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
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.
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, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here. Know Your Rights, explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does 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.
At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your answers will be anonymous and will help us identify areas for improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual ones. In fact, we aren’t even able to see whether you’ve responded.) Responding is entirely optional and will not affect your application or hiring process in any way.
Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For more information about how we collect and use your data, please review our Privacy Policy.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Datavant
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.
By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.
DESCRIPTION
As a science-driven healthcare analytics company with a rapidly growing customer base, Datavant is looking for an expert R programmer with experience analyzing real world data.
As an Associate Director / Director in the Research+Analytics team, you would be part of a small team of analytic programmers executing analyses for client projects and may contribute to the development of software product features.
This position will report to the Senior Director of Biostatistics, Programming Team Lead.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Autonomously conduct programming tasks, including data management for complex longitudinal analyses and use of R, SQL, and Apache Spark
- Aid in the interpretation of programmed results (e.g., relevant sections of reports or manuscripts)
- Aid in the design and conduct of robust real-world research, including protocol and statistical analysis plan development and ensuring appropriateness of study design, sample size and statistical methodologies proposed
- Mentor early-career programmers
- May be asked to provide input on the appropriate application and prioritization of analytic product features and support their testing in collaboration with the Product Management and Engineering teams, based on use cases and input from clients and internal scientists
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, or related quantitative field
- PhD with at least 2 years of relevant experience or Masters with at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Experience processing raw real-world data files (especially from secondary sources) to obtain analysis-ready datasets, such as engaging with data from multiple tables, stringing data to create drug durations, applying complex algorithms (for example, creating pregnancy episodes), etc.
- Strong programming experience in R and SQL
- Experience working with Databricks and Apache Spark for large-scale data processing
- Proficiency in Github use
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to self-motivate
- Collaborative, flexible, and solution-oriented
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the conduct of descriptive, prediction, and causal inference observational/epidemiological studies using secondary sources of real-world data, such as administrative claims, electronic health records, and disease registries. Experience in the clinical trials space may meet this requirement
- Experience with AI coding tools
Perks of joining Datavant in Barcelona
- 25 vacation days
- Daily in-office lunch stipend (and a fully stocked kitchen)
- Hybrid work model: 2 days/ week in our office in Gracia
- Commitment to professional development opportunities
- Employee-led initiatives including annual company-wide innovation day & DEI resource groups
- Comprehensive private health coverage w/ out-of-network reimbursements options
- Flexible remuneration with Cobee (Restaurant, Transportation, Nursery)
- Peer & company recognition programs
- Monthly educational lunch & learns
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.
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, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here. Know Your Rights, explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does 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.
At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your answers will be anonymous and will help us identify areas for improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual ones. In fact, we aren’t even able to see whether you’ve responded.) Responding is entirely optional and will not affect your application or hiring process in any way.
Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For more information about how we collect and use your data, please review our Privacy Policy.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Datavant
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.
By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.
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 organizations 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.
Careers at Datavant offer 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, doers - people who are ready to move the needle and build on our success.
Why join Datavant’s tech team?
- You’ll collaborate with other engineering leaders on all matters that impact the Engineering team, including resourcing and building technology/product vision
- You’ll have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, including code reviews, higher-level software design, and direct management
- The team works on a technical stack which includes both cloud and on-premise deployments, big-data ingestion and analytics, distributed systems, and algorithmic complexity.
Full Stack Engineer (Python, React w/ Typescript)
The Role
As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will build and scale user-facing applications and backend services that support complex data-driven workflows. You will contribute across the stack, from designing APIs in Python to developing intuitive interfaces in React. This role provides meaningful ownership of features that directly impact customers and internal stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement backend services using Python and Django/Flask/FastAPI
- Build responsive, maintainable front-end applications using React with TypeScript
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and data models
- Collaborate with Product and Design partners to deliver high-quality features
- Write automated tests and participate in code reviews to ensure reliability
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and security
What You’ll Bring
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 2+ years of full-stack software development experience for junior candidates; 5+ years for senior candidates
- Professional experience building backend services in Python and Django/Flask/FastAPI
- Experience developing front-end applications using React
- Experience working with relational databases and version control systems
- Experience integrating agentic code generation tools such as Claude Code or Codex into day to day software engineering practice
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs in production environments
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure - Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with architectures spanning cloud and on premises infrastructure
- Knowledge of application security best practices (vulnerability management, security posture management, and risk assessment) and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, HITRUST)
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
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.
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, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here. Know Your Rights, explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does 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.
At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your answers will be anonymous and will help us identify areas for improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual ones. In fact, we aren’t even able to see whether you’ve responded.) Responding is entirely optional and will not affect your application or hiring process in any way.
Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For more information about how we collect and use your data, please review our Privacy Policy.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Datavant