Software Engineer II, Data Platform

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real‑world evidence to deliver real‑time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

At Tempus, software and AI products are owned and developed by small, autonomous teams composed of engineers, designers, scientists, and product managers. Teams set the goals, build the software, deploy the code, and contribute to a growing suite of capabilities that drives research and delivers advanced diagnostic and treatment improvements for our clinical partners and their patients.

Software Engineer II – Edge Data Platform specializing in the Edge Data Platform. In this role you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our cloud‑native Edge Data Platform, building a portfolio of data platform systems that enable data integration teams to securely connect Tempus' cloud with healthcare organizations and data networks, enabling efficient and reliable data exchange for clinical, molecular, and imaging datasets.

• You value the importance of defining data contracts, and have experience writing specifications including REST APIs, preferably in Python.
• You have experience in frontend (React Java script) development or a strong interest in picking up that skill.
• You have experience in cloud-native applications and supporting technologies, patterns, and practices including AWS/GCP cloud services, container orchestration systems, CI/CD systems, event-based integration patterns, and microservices.
• You know what it takes to build and run scalable resilient cloud-native data pipelines and microservices in production.
• You've worked in agile environments and are comfortable iterating quickly.
• You enjoy collaborating and communicating with team members of varying skill sets and from different fields.
• You embrace GenAI tools in your day-to-day work to boost productivity, accelerate learning, and focus your energy on solving the most impactful problems.

• Healthcare domain knowledge and experience with healthcare transmission formats (e.g. FHIR, HL7, ANSI X12) and data models (e.g. OMOP).
• Experience in integrating with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.
• Experience building and operating high-throughput data processing systems with spiky workloads.
• Experience with infrastructure concepts such as networking, Linux system administration, and cloud identity federation (e.g. OIDC).

Illinois Pay Range: $85,000-$130,000

NYC Pay Range: $100,000-$145,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical, and other benefits depending on the position.

Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.