Senior Scala Engineer
On-site San Mateo Senior Backend Engineering
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at RA. San Mateo · up to $170,000 base.
SalaryStated by RA
Up to $170,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
Worked out from 8 postings that stated pay, median $220,000. Last updated Oct 13, 2026.
RoleBackend Engineering
SenioritySenior
LocationSan Mateo
WorkplaceOn-site
Base payup to $170,000
PostedMar 4, 2016 · 10y ago
Role brief
techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Take responsibility for one or more platform components
- Collaborate with engineers on platform architecture, integration and ongoing maintenance
- Build, review and test system areas including security, data management and REST services
- Develop the analytics pipeline, along with logging and monitoring infrastructure
What you bring
- Expert-level ability in Java, Scala or another JVM language
- Proficiency with software development practices such as source control and unit testing
- A track record of deploying customer-facing software into production
- Experience owning large projects or feature sets and working with SQL and NoSQL databases
Who this fits
This senior engineering role suits someone who has healthcare domain knowledge and experience with data science algorithms, Python and big data tools. The role is onsite in San Mateo, has no travel and supports candidate visas.
From the employer
We embrace diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
What can we promise?
- Salary up to $170,000
- Medical Benefits, Retirement, and Equity
- No travel
- Candidate Visa Supported
When you are on board!
- You will own one or more components of our platform
- You will work side-by-side with engineers on architecture, integration and maintenance of the platform
- You will design, architecture, develop, review codes, and test key system areas like Security Architecture, Data Management Layer, High Availability RESTful web services, Extensible Analytics Pipeline, and Logging and Monitoring Infrastructure
- And so much more.....let’s talk!
We’d love to have you on board, if:
- You have expert-level programming skills in JVM languages: Java / Scala
- You are proficient in Software Development Best Practices (SCM / Unit Tests)
- You have deployed customer-facing software into a Production Environment
- You have demonstrated ownership of large projects or feature sets
- You have good healthcare domain expertise
- You have experience with both SQL and noSQL DB systems
- You have experience in Data Science Algorithms
- You have experience with Data manipulation and scripting with Python
- You know Big Data Technologies such as Cassandra, Hadoop and Elastic Search
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.