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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Vizient, Inc. - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $117,600.0 - $206,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Cerner, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Clinical Data Repository, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Dimensional Modeling, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Data Store, Entity Relationship Models, Python (Programming Language), Release Management, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Enterprise Data Management, Software Repository, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Apache Spark, Electronic Medical Records, Data Layers, Pyspark, Health Level Seven International, Data Management, Domain Driven Design, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** September 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18262639?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18262639%2FStaff-Software-Engineer-Texas-Irving ## About the Role * Relevant degree preferred. * 7 or more years of relevant experience required. * Strong technical expertise in data engineering, analytics engineering, software engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering, including designing and delivering large-scale distributed data platforms required. * Strong understanding of agentic coding, AI-assisted development, and emerging AI technologies within modern software engineering and analytics workflows required. * Experience with PySpark, Spark, Python, SQL, distributed data processing, and development of production-grade data products, analytical datasets, and reusable transformation frameworks required. * Strong understanding of data modeling and semantic architecture concepts, including entity relationship modeling, dimensional modeling, ontology development, domain-driven design, and enterprise data modeling required. * Experience implementing modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, version control, monitoring, documentation, and release management required. * Experience designing scalable, secure, reliable, and governed data platforms, including data quality frameworks, lineage, observability, access controls, privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements. * Proven ability to lead architectural decision-making, establish engineering standards, communicate technical tradeoffs, and influence technical direction across multiple teams and stakeholders. * Ability to translate complex healthcare, operational, financial, and business workflows into durable technical models that support reporting, analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and future product capabilities. * Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. * Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. * Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, including ontology development, datasets, transforms, Code Repositories, object types, link types, functions, actions, security, and application enablement highly preferred. * Experience with healthcare data domains and platforms, including EHR, ERP, FHIR, HL7, Epic, Oracle Health, claims, provider, financial, operational, and clinical data preferred. * Experience designing enterprise semantic layers, governed metric frameworks, certified datasets, enterprise reporting foundations, or large-scale ontology implementations preferred. ## Description In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader and hands-on architect for a strategic data product being reimagined and rebuilt on Palantir Foundry and AIP. You will lead the design and development of the product's enterprise ontology, integrating EHR and ERP data into a governed semantic model that represents key clinical, operational, financial, and administrative business concepts. You will define the foundational ontology, analytics engineering framework, and technical architecture while influencing the long-term technical roadmap for the platform. You will partner closely with product, analytics, operations, data governance, security, and engineering teams to deliver trusted reporting, reusable analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and future product capabilities. As a Staff Engineer, you will establish architectural standards, drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and make durable design decisions while remaining deeply engaged in complex data and platform engineering initiatives., * Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a Palantir Foundry-based data product, with primary ownership of the enterprise ontology, curated data assets, and analytics engineering framework. * Define and evolve the enterprise ontology using EHR, ERP, and related enterprise data sources, translating complex healthcare workflows into reusable object types, relationships, semantic models, and governed business concepts. * Model and maintain core clinical, operational, financial, and administrative entities and relationships to support scalable analytics, reporting, operational workflows, and AI-enabled use cases. * Establish and govern architecture standards, ontology design patterns, data contracts, engineering practices, and semantic modeling frameworks that promote consistency, scalability, maintainability, and reuse across the platform. * Design, implement, and optimize scalable PySpark transformations, data pipelines, derived metrics, KPIs, and analytical datasets that support enterprise reporting and product capabilities. * Drive data quality, governance, security, privacy, lineage, and auditability practices to ensure trusted and compliant use of healthcare data. * Lead architectural decision-making and define technical strategies for platform scalability, reliability, performance, observability, and long-term maintainability. * Collaborate with product, analytics, operations, data governance, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into durable technical solutions and prioritize platform investments. * Evaluate emerging technologies, platform capabilities, and industry trends to identify opportunities that improve engineering productivity, solution quality, analytics capabilities, and future product innovation. * Mentor engineers and analytics professionals while championing modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development and agentic engineering approaches, to elevate technical excellence across teams. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Shifting Stress to Progress— Understanding DevOps to do DevOps Better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/268-shifting-stress-to-progress-understanding-devops-to-do-devops-better) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) - [How to govern Vibe Coding for the Enterprise](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100290-how-to-govern-vibe-coding-for-the-enterprise) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)