Sr Software Engineer

Description

This position is based in Mérida, Yucatán, México. If you do not live in/around Merida, and are still interested in this position, relocation will be required within 60 days of accepting this position. Verato will provide a relocation bonus of $42,500 MNX pesos to help with your move.

ABOUT VERATO

Verato, the identity experts for healthcare, is a high growth healthcare technology company that enables better care everywhere by providing the single source of truth for identity to organizations across the care continuum. Over 70 of the most respected brands in healthcare rely on Verato’s next generation cloud identity resolution platform for a complete and trusted 360-degree view of their patients, provider networks, and customers in their communities. With significant market momentum building towards digital health transformation, Verato is experiencing hyper customer and revenue growth, doubling in the last 15 months alone and growing over 50% annually over the last 3 years. More importantly, Verato celebrates 99% customer retention, exemplifying the fact that customer obsession is at the center of our growth story.

Core to Verato’s strategy for continued growth is our drive to build a strong people-first culture that attracts, develops and retains the best skills and talent in the world. Verato operates on the simple notion that a company must first and foremost take care of its employees. In turn, these employees will take care of the company’s customers, and these customers will take care of the company’s shareholders. Verato believes in empowering teams with the best tools and development available. Staff receive opportunities to expand their knowledge in areas of technology (e.g. big data, distributed/cloud computing, complex algorithms), healthcare and organizational development. As Verato continues a trajectory of high-growth and high impact, each member of the team gets an influential front-row seat as we execute our business strategy. Together, we can make a profound and positive change in healthcare as we know it today.

VERATO VALUES

We are committed to continually raising the standard of excellence throughout the organization, from marketing to engineering to customer service. Our guiding principles are to Make a Difference, to be Trustworthy, and to be Customer Obsessed.

Verato employees have a precise focus on proactively protecting the privacy and security of all systems while always ensuring they are following documented policies and procedures.

About the Position

Design and develop state-of-the-art algorithms, automation, and services in support of a cloud-based service that helps our customer resolve identities across their fleet of databases.

Our Software Engineers work in small, agile teams to create and maintain a SaaS offering on top of complex NoSQL and relational data models and big data, implementing unique analytical and business logic functions.

We are looking for developers with strong Java experience. Candidates with additional experience in the technologies listed below will be given extra consideration, but most importantly, candidates must have a good grasp of CS fundamentals and programming principles.

Engineers at Verato have the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the creation of a new technology and a new product that will disrupt an existing market. They will be able to witness how new products are conceived, market-tested, and evolve while working directly with customer-facing product management. Verato is an invaluable experience for entrepreneur-oriented developers who want to develop new products and features (and not just maintain existing ones).

Requirements

To fulfill the responsibilities of this position, expertise or knowledge in the following areas is required:

1. Technical Skills

• Microservices Development Proficiency in Java (Spring Boot): Ability to design, develop, and maintain microservices using Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• OpenAPI Specifications: Familiarity with documenting APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger for smooth interaction and testing of RESTful web services.
• JPA (Java Persistence API) & Relational Databases : Experience with ORM frameworks, particularly JPA, for interacting with relational databases. Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including writing complex queries, optimizing performance, and ensuring data integrity.
• NoSQL Databases: Experience designing and querying NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) for handling unstructured and semi-structured data at scale.
• Distributed Systems & Performance Troubleshooting: Knowledge of designing scalable and maintainable microservices architectures, understanding the challenges of distributed systems, and ability to troubleshoot and optimize microservices and databases for performance.
• CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment): Experience in configuring Jenkins pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, including automation of build, test, and deployment processes.
• Security Awareness: Understanding of basic security principles and implementation practices for microservices (e.g., OAuth2, JWT, SSL/TLS, etc.).
• Automated Testing (unit, integration, end-to-end): Familiarity with testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito) and a strong commitment to writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

2. Experience & Knowledge

• 5+ years professional experience in a software engineering role with primary experience in Java
• API Design: Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs with proper versioning, security, and documentation.
• Automated Testing: Proficiency with testing frameworks and a strong commitment to writing comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• End-to-End Design & Delivery Ownership: Demonstrated ability to own and deliver features and systems end-to-end, from design through production deployment.
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring: Experience mentoring engineers, contributing to code reviews, and influencing technical decisions and architectural direction.
• Production Systems Support & Troubleshooting: Experience supporting and troubleshooting production systems, including incident response and optimization.

3. Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with an ability to resolve complex issues in a microservices architecture.
• Collaboration: Team-oriented mindset with a history of collaborating with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, QA, and product management.
• Communication: Clear and effective communication skills, both verbal and written, especially when dealing with distributed teams.
• Time Management: Ability to manage time effectively, make progress on multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.

4. Preferred Qualifications

• Event Streaming Platforms: Experience with Kafka or other event streaming platforms for real-time data processing.
• Python: Proficiency in Python, particularly for scripting tasks related to automation, testing, and integration.
• Cloud Technologies (AWS & GCP): Solid understanding of cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and how to deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS and/or GCP.
• Containers & Kubernetes: Practical knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration, deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Familiarity with Helm for managing Kubernetes applications through templated deployments.
• Identity & Access Management (SSO/SAML/OIDC): Understanding of implementing access control for Single Sign-On (SSO), identity management, and authorization. Familiarity with federation protocols such as SAML and/or OIDC.
• Cloud Native Development: Familiarity with building cloud-native applications and understanding of cloud best practices.
• Docker: Hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing applications.
• Agile Methodology: Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• MDM: Experience working with or building Master Data Management systems.

5. Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree: Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred )
• Cloud Certifications: AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect or equivalent (preferred)
• Java Certifications : Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE (preferred)