Backend Engineer (Python)
Datavant is seeking a Backend Engineer to join its Life Sciences Tech Hub in Barcelona. This role involves designing and building scalable, cloud-native Python services that securely handle healthcare data. The engineer will work on systems enabling private, interoperable data access for pharmaceutical, biotech, and research organizations, contributing to faster therapies and improved patient outcomes.
Key responsibilities include designing and implementing backend services and APIs using Python frameworks, building and deploying containerized applications on Kubernetes in AWS, leveraging specific AWS services such as Clean Rooms and EventBridge, extending infrastructure as code, improving CI/CD pipelines, optimizing system performance, scalability, and fault tolerance, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define service contracts and architecture, and monitoring production systems to resolve reliability and performance issues.
Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; 2+ years of backend software development experience for junior candidates and 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; and experience integrating agentic code generation tools such as Claude Code or Codex into day-to-day software engineering practices.
Preferred qualifications encompass experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or 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; and knowledge of application security best practices and compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, GDPR, and HITRUST.
Compensation and benefits include a competitive and equitable salary, a hybrid work model with two days per week based in the Gràcia office, a 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, and a six-week "Work from Anywhere" policy.