Principal Software Engineer

Job title: Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll be one of the most senior technical leaders shaping the future of our AI-powered data ecosystem. You will architect high-performance foundations for next-generation agentic data platforms and scale infrastructure for millions of users worldwide. Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, you will partner with product and engineering leadership to translate technical strategy into business impact and set the direction for a unified data platform designed for an AI-first future.

What You'll Do

• Provide architectural influence and hands-on contributions to build production-ready systems from conception to global scale

• Guide dozens of engineering teams to bridge the gap between raw data and actionable AI

• Tackle complex problems in data orchestration, low-latency processing, and developer velocity

• Lead and mentor senior engineering talent, shaping architecture decisions and technical direction across multiple teams

• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to drive company-wide technical strategies

• Work with data ingestion systems and optimize performance for large-scale data processing and analysis

• What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of production-level engineering experience building scalable infrastructure

• Strong background in architecting or implementing AI-driven features and translating AI capabilities into scalable products

• Proven track record in end-to-end architecture and delivery, guiding large teams across multiple product areas

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor senior engineering talent

• Experience evaluating emerging technologies to drive technical strategy

• Expertise with data ingestion, large-scale data processing, and analysis

• Deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), Kafka, Databricks, and large-scale databases

• Familiarity with replication, sharding, and high availability of databases

• Experience building observability, performance monitoring, and optimization frameworks

• Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with health-tech systems (EHR, clinical data) is desirable

• Nice to Have

• Health-tech systems experience (e.g., EHR, clinical data)

• Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible work schedules and remote work options

• Health, dental and vision insurance (up to 80% covered for employees, dependents, and domestic partners)

• Generous time-off: 21 days PTO in first year, two paid volunteer days, 11 paid holidays

• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents; six weeks sabbatical after six years

• Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program

• 401(k) with up to 4% match; stock options

• And more!