[Remote] Staff Platform Engineer - AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, aiming to make health data secure, accessible, and actionable. They are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to guide the architecture of their AI platform, ensuring it operates reliably while mentoring junior engineers and establishing technical contracts for agent management.ResponsibilitiesHelp shape the AI Platform's core architecture alongside the VP of AI Platform Engineering and a small group of senior engineersEstablish the platform's technical contracts: how agents register, how they prove identity, how their actions get attributed, audited, and constrained at runtimeSet the technical bar for the team. Mentor two to three engineers, review the work that ships, and author the design documents future hires will read to understand how things are builtDesign how the AI Platform interlocks with the rest of engineering: the platform teams whose substrate it builds on, and the product teams whose work it servesCarry the pager. Operate what you buildSkillsTen or more years as a software engineer building production platforms, with at least three at Staff IC level or equivalent technical-lead seniorityDeep experience designing and operating cloud-native, Kubernetes-based platforms in production. AWS experience is a plusHands-on fluency with at least one mainstream LLM application stack (LangGraph, Bedrock AgentCore, or equivalent), or strong adjacent platform experience plus willingness to learn quicklyDepth in workload identity and access management: service identity, short-lived credentials and token exchange, and key management (SPIFFE/SPIRE, OAuth token exchange, KMS-backed signing, or equivalent)Strong written communication. Architecture decision records and design documents are reviewed before implementation begins on this teamYou operate as a peer to senior engineers and leaders outside your team, not as a customerPersonal experience using AI tools in your own engineering work (Claude Code, Cursor, custom MCP servers, agentic side projects, or similar) is valued. We want teammates who use the tools they build platforms forHealthcare data experience (PHI, HIPAA, BAA workflows) or other regulated-platform background (FedRAMP, HITRUST / HITRUST AI, NIST AI RMF, SOC 2 Type 2) is a strong plusBenefitsPost-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc.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.Datavant is committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive.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.Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination.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.Voluntary demographic questions at the end of the application to help identify areas for improvement in recruitment process; responses are anonymous and optional.Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.Company OverviewDatavant protects, connects, and delivers the world’s health data to power better decisions and advance human health. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://datavant.com.