Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

What We'Re Looking For

The Senior Engineering Manager, Data ML Platform is a hands-on technical leader who combines strong engineering expertise with a passion for developing people and teams. In this role, you will help shape and scale the platform capabilities that power Datavant's products, including our data lake and warehouse, ingestion and streaming frameworks, ML platform, and the operational controls required to support regulated healthcare data. You will lead engineers across three platform areas: Lake Warehouse Infrastructure The storage and analytics foundation, including data lake and warehouse technologies, governance, performance, reliability, and cost optimisation.

Ingestion Streaming Frameworks The systems and frameworks that move data safely and efficiently across Datavant, including batch and streaming ingestion, CDC, and document intake. ML Platform The infrastructure and tooling that enable machine learning and AI capabilities, including model training and inference, document understanding, LLM-powered services, feature management, model lifecycle tooling, and observability. Our Data ML Platform organisation is globally distributed.

You will manage Ireland-based engineers across these platform areas while partnering closely with a peer Engineering Manager in the US who supports US-based team members. Together, you will operate as one leadership team with shared goals, roadmaps, and delivery outcomes. We're looking for a leader who embraces modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools, and who can help teams use them thoughtfully and effectively to improve productivity, quality, and innovation.

What You Will Do

Define and communicate a cohesive vision and roadmap across the Data ML Platform organisation. Ensure platform investments enable product teams to build, innovate, and deliver more effectively. Partner with engineering teams to provide reliable, scalable, and secure platform capabilities for data, machine learning, and AI workloads.

Support the evolution of Datavant's ML platform, enabling teams to deploy and operate AI solutions with appropriate observability, governance, cost management, and safeguards for sensitive healthcare data. Deliver against platform roadmap commitments while balancing near-term business needs with long-term technical investments. Foster a high-performing, inclusive team environment through coaching, mentorship, regular feedback, and career development.

Partner with your US-based leadership counterpart on hiring, planning, team development, and delivery execution. Collaborate with Product, Research, Data, Security, Infrastructure, and Clinical stakeholders to align platform strategy with business priorities. Work with Finance and Infrastructure partners to manage cloud infrastructure, model and API costs, GPU capacity planning, and vendor relationships.

Requirements

for privacy, security, auditability, lineage, and responsible handling of regulated healthcare data. What You Need to Succeed 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related technical disciplines. 3+ years of experience leading and developing teams of software engineers or infrastructure engineers.

Senior Engineering Manager, Data & ML Platform