Principal Engineer

OrthoFi is a leading company in the orthodontic industry that empowers practices with tech-savvy solutions for patient care. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to define architectural direction, drive platform transformation, and elevate engineering practices across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Define and govern architecture standards across the full stack (UI, API, data, infrastructure)
• Establish design patterns, engineering guardrails, and development best practices across teams
• Define software and system architecture for one or more product lines
• Drive tech stack consolidation and evaluate new technologies that enhance business capabilities
• Design robust, scalable software systems that deliver measurable business value
• Create coherent designs across multiple interacting systems and services
• Architect and lead company-wide modularization initiatives
• Define module boundaries, ownership models, and integration interfaces
• Create modularization roadmaps balancing technical risk and business priorities
• Lead large-scale platform upgrades and structural transformations
• Ensure high-quality rollout with minimal defect rates and well-defined failure domains
• Build and maintain a prioritized tech debt roadmap
• Balance long-term architectural health with near-term delivery commitments
• Influence senior leadership on investment and sequencing decisions
• Solve technical challenges that impact multiple products or teams
• Own system-level monitoring, KPIs, and observability strategy
• Define standards for logging, alerting, and reliability benchmarks
• Create supportability and scalability through automation of delivery, testing, and deployment
• Design CI/CD processes and repository architecture to support efficient development
• Define integration standards and cross-system communication patterns
• Ensure clean data flows and reliable system interoperability
• Design cohesive multi-component systems with aligned expectations
• Partner with data teams to support platform-wide data architecture
• Champion adoption of AI-driven solutions across the software development lifecycle
• Guide engineering standards and governance around AI usage at scale
• Integrate AI-driven capabilities such as performance tuning, telemetry analysis, and incident detection
• Collaborate with product and data teams to enable AI-powered platform features
• Set the bar for engineering quality, craftsmanship, and best practices
• Guide teams on architecture decisions and development standards
• Mentor senior engineers and sponsor career growth
• Recruit and develop principal and staff-level engineering talent
• Mediate technical conflicts and drive alignment across teams
• Communicate technical strategy, trade-offs, and risks to executive leadership
• Translate architectural decisions into business impact
• Shape technical narratives and drive cross-organizational alignment
• Navigate complex business constraints and ambiguous environments

Requirements:

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience
• 4+ years operating at Principal, Staff, or Distinguished Engineer level
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale architectural transformation
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, and platform architecture
• Experience with modularization, platform consolidation, or re-architecture initiatives
• Proven track record influencing engineering direction across multiple teams
• Experience integrating AI/ML into engineering workflows or product capabilities
• Executive-level communication skills with C-suite stakeholders