Senior Platform Engineer - Technology R&D

About Signant Health At Signant Health, we help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster. We are a global evidence generation company that supports clinical trials with smart technology, scientific expertise, and hands-on operational support — so better data leads to better decisions in healthcare. We embrace AI and advanced technologies to enhance every aspect of what we do, from data analysis to operational efficiency. Our teams work at the intersection of science, technology, and patient experience, delivering digital solutions powered by AI innovation that make clinical trials more efficient, more accurate, and more accessible around the world. Trusted by leading pharmaceutical companies and CROs, our platforms and services support studies across more than 90 countries and have contributed to hundreds of new drug approvals. If you are motivated by meaningful work, global impact, and innovation in clinical research and digital health — including the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies — you will find purpose and opportunity at Signant Health. About the Role To support the development effort of the Integrated Developer Platform (IDP), you will be automating release processes and building tools to help Signant Health developers. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will help us extend and scale Signant’s engineering infrastructure. You will build an internal development platform that brings joy to your end users – developers like you – and you are passionate about multiplying engineering force through automation, orchestration, documentation, and productivity tools. What you will do Work with technical leadership to influence product feature direction, including prototyping innovative ideas Help the team estimate software deliverables across multiple sprints Design and implement tools that help engineering teams focus on shipping features, while ensuring infrastructure is cost-efficient, secure, and reliable Build end-to-end features and tools for developers using various languages in our tech stack such as Python, Node, and Go Design and build technical integrations between cloud services and popular developer tools like ArgoCD, OpenTelemetry, Terraform, and Bitbucket Coach and mentor junior developers Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical major (comparable experience will be considered) 5+ years of experience functioning as a Software Engineer Passion for reducing toil and solving problems with automation (e.g., Python, Node, Bash) Experience building systems with service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture Understanding of software monitoring and metrics strategies using tools like CloudWatch, Honeycomb, and Splunk Experience with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI, TravisCI, AWS CodeBuild, GitLab CI/CD, or Bitbucket Cloud Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK Experience with the container toolchain – Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, EKS, and ArgoCD Experience with serverless/stateless technologies and AWS services including Fargate, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and DynamoDB Desired Qualifications Project or code portfolio demonstrating relevant platform engineering work Experience with cloud-native architectures on AWS Background in developer experience (DevEx) or internal tooling teams Familiarity with observability platforms and distributed tracing Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document systems and processes clearly Self-driven, with initiative and the ability to work independently   Why Signant Health? At Signant Health, your work has real impact. Everything we build, support, and deliver helps advance clinical research and bring new treatments to patients faster — improving lives around the world. Our teams combine science, technology, and operational expertise to solve complex clinical trial challenges, and every role contributes to that mission. We offer a collaborative, global environment where you can grow your career while working alongside experts across clinical, technology, data, and operations, with opportunities to learn, take ownership, and drive meaningful innovation — not just maintain the status quo. If you are looking for purpose-driven work, smart colleagues, and the opportunity to help shape the future of clinical research and digital health, Signant Health is the place to do it #LI-SS1