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We have a mission-driven team of talented physicians and technical experts developing our evidence-based content and innovating our products to accelerate improvements in healthcare. If you are driven to enhance the US healthcare system, MCG is eager to have you join our team. We cultivate a work environment that nurtures personal and professional growth, and this is a thrilling time to become a part of our organization. With dynamic roles that offer meaningful impact, you'll be able to fully realize your potential. Plus, you'll enjoy world-class benefits and the security, stability, and resources of our parent company, Hearst, with over 100 years of experience.\nMCG is rapidly expanding a new API platform, Synapse Everywhere, that delivers clinical intelligence to healthcare partners at scale. We are hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer to work with the team on the external API surface: design, scalability, security posture, and developer experience.\nThis role treats an API as a product. You will be part of the team that determines what Synapse Everywhere exposes, how it behaves under load and failure, and what the experience of building on it feels like for an external developer. You will work directly with the Director of Software Engineering to determine what is feasible to build, in what order, and with what guarantees. This is a new platform so high ambiguity is the baseline, not the exception.\nAI-assisted & human-owned development is the standard on this team. We expect engineers at this level to be excellent at discerning when and how to use AI tools. Team cohesion is critical for the pace of development, so you’ll be joining a high respect high and high personal accountability team.\nYou Will:\nEstablish yourself as the engineer others look to when the problems are the hardest and make sure they come away knowing how to approach the next one themselves.\nLead API surface decisions: what gets exposed, what stays internal, what the stability guarantees are for external consumers.\nOwn technical discovery for new capabilities; work with product and clinical stakeholders to translate requirements into feasible contracts.\nParticipate in on-call rotation for the Synapse Everywhere platform; respond to incidents, own post-incident reviews, and drive reliability improvements from what is learned.\nProvide expert code reviews and technical mentorship within the team.\nDesign solutions on modern infrastructure (cloud solutions, k8s, LLMs) with expert level understanding of what and why, not just being able to call infrastructure or run pipelines.\nWhat We're Looking For:\nAt least 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a meaningful portion spent designing or operating public or partner-facing APIs.\nDeep knowledge with back-end technologies such as Golang, Python, and Kotlin. \nExperience with API gateway or management tooling in a production environment (e.g., Azure API Management, Kong, AWS API Gateway, or equivalent).\nExperienced in building meaningful tests at all layers (unit through live verification).\nCapable of setting up effective monitoring solutions for both APIs and model performance.\nExcellent analytical, research, and communication skills\nExperience in Health Care Industry and/or with Machine Learning Data Science or NLP is a plus\nPay Range: $144,000 - $201,000\nOther compensation: Bonus Eligible\nLocation: Seattle, WA | Expectation to be on-site - hybrid schedule\nPerks & Benefits:\n Remote Work/Hybrid Work\nTravel expected 1-3 times per year for company-sponsored events\nMedical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance\n401K retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings account\n15 days of paid time off + additional front-loaded personal days\n14 company-recognized holidays + paid volunteer days\nup to 8 weeks of paid parental leave + 10 weeks of paid bonding leave\nLGBTQ+ Health Services\nPet insurance\nCheck out more of our benefits here: https://www.mcg.com/about/careers/benefits/\nAll roles at MCG are expected to engage in occasional travel to participate in team or company-sponsored events for the purposes of connection and collaboration. \nIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.\nNote on interviews: We may use AI tools to audio-record and transcribe interviews for note-taking purposes. These are used only by our hiring team and do not make decisions on their own. Let us know if you prefer an alternative.\nAll roles at MCG are expected to engage in occasional travel to participate in team or company-sponsored events for the purposes of connection and collaboration. \nIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.\nNote on interviews : We may use AI tools to audio-record and transcribe interviews for note-taking purposes. These are used only by our hiring team and do not make decisions on their own. Let us know if you prefer an alternative.\nMCG is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to patient-focused care. We value our employees' unique differences and are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Our diverse workforce helps us achieve our goal of providingthe right care to everyone. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, or political affiliation. We are committed to improving equity in healthcare and believe that a diverse workplace fosters curiosity, innovation, and business success. We are happy to provideaccommodationsforindividuals. 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