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# Senior Platform Engineer - AI

- **Company:** Datavant
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Design Documents, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a318dd61ae9f82d2

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Technical solutions implementation?, * Six or more years building production backend systems, with at least two at senior IC level.

 * Deep experience designing and operating cloud-native, Kubernetes-based services in production. AWS experience is a plus.
 * Hands-on fluency with at least one mainstream LLM application stack (LangGraph, Bedrock AgentCore, Langfuse, or equivalent).
 * Strong written communication. Design documents and decision records are reviewed before implementation begins on this team.
 * Personal 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 for.
 * Healthcare 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 plus.



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