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Previously, I’d built computational chemistry software and done a sales internship. What I was looking for in summer 2021 was a formal engineering experience — one where I could learn what it meant to be a good software engineer. I also thought it’d be nice to work in health: I want to help people and my work with Phoenix Consulting Group, one of my clubs at Berkeley, has given me insight into how tech can solve meaningful problems in healthcare.

We’ve all seen the silly jargon: rockstar, ninja, superstar, 10x’er. They all mean one thing: a very strong performing software engineer. We want to work with them; we want to be them. But how do you know it when you see it? In this piece, I’ll walk through the framework we use to assess and cultivate performance on the engineering team at Datavant.

Discover how Datavant Switchboard safely connects health data across the healthcare ecosystem, and eliminates data fragmentation in healthcare.

There is growing interest in understanding the patient impact of COVID-19 not just during an acute case, but long afterwards. The mounting evidence of longer-term mental and physical effects suggests a need for better understanding of care requirements beyond the emergency room.

There is growing interest in understanding the patient impact of COVID-19 not just during an acute case, but long afterwards. The mounting evidence of longer-term mental and physical effects suggests a need for better understanding of care requirements beyond the emergency room.

Datavant, a 4 year old startup, has an extremely high bar when we interview candidates. By the numbers, we make an offer to less than 1% of all applicants, yet the criteria we assess for are remarkably straightforward, and preparing for an interview at Datavant should not be difficult if you share our values, are smart, and get things done.

3.5 years ago, I founded Datavant to connect the world’s health data to improve patient outcomes. Today, we are announcing the combination of Ciox and Datavant – our biggest step forward to become the neutral, trusted, ubiquitous infrastructure powering the exchange of data across healthcare. This post outlines our vision…

Clinical Trials Day celebrates connected clinical trials, and how they improve clinical development success and propel innovation.

The greatest companies have distinctive cultures — cultures that attract great people and define how an organization works together to pursue a mission and build a huge business. Some of the greatest companies have written down their cultural playbooks: the Netflix Culture deck (from 2009) and the HP Way (from 1980) were cultural manifestos…