Senior Cloud Engineer, SmithRx
Next-generation pharmacy benefits
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Next-generation pharmacy benefits
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reduce the complexity and costs of pharmacy benefits for America's employers and patients.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering
- BS or advanced degree in computer science or other related field
- Extensive experience working in containerized Cloud Native environments, specifically AWS and Kubernetes/EKS
- Experience using modern monitoring tools like Cloudwatch, Event Bridge, DataDog etc., and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming and dashboards
- Experience managing change management practices, policies and procedures
- Experience deploying and monitoring applications in AWS at scale
- Security first mindset, including demonstrated experience building secure development and test environments integrated to CI/CD pipelines and software release cycles
- Experience building and maintaining a container based infrastructure and Kubernetes
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform experience a plus), DevOps, SRE concepts and best practices
- Experience with infrastructure automation, systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging
- Experience with FinOps practices and establishing related governance programs
- Experience with fully automating CI/CD pipelines with associated tools such as GitHub Actions
- Experience working in and architecting for regulated environments with data privacy regulations like GDPR, HIPAA preferred
- Experience working and managing SQL and NoSQL databases like RDS, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, , PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Snowflake
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Shell etc
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Sr. Cloud Engineer who has hands-on experience building and managing a cloud-based infrastructure
- Additionally, this engineer will be responsible for development cycles in integration/continuous deployment mode, process monitoring, and more broadly, constructing a “safety culture” within the SmithRx’s DevSecOps practice
- Our user base is currently doubling annually, and you would share the responsibility of orchestrating a reliable, sustainable, and scalable infrastructure
- Help build and maintain a container based infrastructure that is elegant, redundant, scalable and compliant, and support the rest of the team doing the same
- Be part of SmithRx Agile development team to deliver an end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in AWS.
- Gain a deep understanding of the challenges that SmithRx faces, technical and otherwise; collaborate with other teams to identify and carry out effective solutions
- Work closely with our development team to develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in a reproducible and secure manner
- Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and perform root cause analysis when necessary
- Collaborate with developers to ensure that applications and services are built with scalability, reliability, and security in mind
- Organize the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability, acting proactively
- Be a pillar of a collaborative learning culture through exploration of new technologies, application of best practices, and any other innovations you would like to experiment with
- Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
- Be effective in maintaining SmithRX security program controls and best practices
- Understand the health regulatory space and maintain continuous compliance on frameworks like HIPAA, and SOC2
- Make pragmatic decisions about technical tradeoffs, infrastructure costs, and resource utilization
- Be a part of on-call PagerDuty rotations
Our take
PBMs (Pharmacy Benefit Managers) save payers and patients 40% to 50% on prescription drug and related medical costs in the US, compared to what they would spend without them. It’s generally accepted, though, that PBMs are working for profit and not solely on the customers benefit.
SmithRx is a company looking to reduce complications in the current system with its innovative PBM structure. It uses its cloud-based technology to present the most cost effective options transparently to self-insured businesses, supporting them in getting the lowest cost drugs they can, as well as making the transition to these alternatives seamless.
It does this by partnering with innovative drug companies, as well as applying coupons and making use of available savings and assistance programs. As the company does not take economics from the supply chain, it is able to work for its customers with no hidden agendas. And with significant growth, cost savings, customer satisfaction, and market traction in 2024, the company is very much on track for continued success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Mar 2022
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $97.5m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Extensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Life and Disability: Fully paid Life Insurance and Disability coverage
- Parental Leave: Paid leave benefits for new parents
- Career Growth: Training, development and advancement support
- Vacation Time: Generous and flexible paid time off
Company HQ
South Park, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jake Frenz
(Founder & CEO)Previously worked as Director of Plan Operations at CollectiveHealth and Project Director at Anthem Inc.
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