Principal Software Engineer

HHAeXchange is the leading technology platform for home and community-based care, founded in 2008. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of their enterprise web application platform, ensuring scalable, secure, and accessible solutions while mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders in the healthcare domain.

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on Development: Contribute as a senior individual contributor to the development and maintenance of critical enterprise web platform components, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, security best practices, and accessibility guidelines
• Technical & Architectural Leadership: Lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-scale web systems that are scalable, reliable, secure, high-performing, and compliant with healthcare and accessibility standards
• Technical Strategy & Prioritization: Define and drive technical priorities, standards, and expectations. Ensure teams have the guidance, tooling, and frameworks needed to deliver consistently secure and accessible solutions
• Quality, Security & Accessibility Ownership: Own system-wide quality attributes, including performance, reliability, security, and accessibility. Establish design reviews, code reviews, and validation practices to meet both functional and non-functional requirements
• Architectural Innovation & Governance: Identify architectural gaps and modernization opportunities. Introduce and govern new technologies, patterns, and practices that improve scalability, security posture, and accessibility compliance
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary technical advisor to stakeholders, aligning engineering decisions with business strategy, risk management, security policies, and accessibility objectives
• Risk Management: Proactively identify technical and operational risks, define mitigation strategies, and guide teams through complex trade-offs to maintain system stability, compliance, and delivery timelines
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, UX/UI teams, and other stakeholders to define scope, assess feasibility, and translate business requirements into robust, scalable, secure, and accessible technical solutions
• Technical Mentorship: Serve as a senior technical authority, mentoring engineers, shaping architectural decisions, and raising the engineering bar across teams through influence and example
• Industry Awareness: Stay current with emerging technologies, healthcare standards, accessibility guidelines (WCAG, ADA), and security best practices. Recommend forward-looking solutions to maintain a strong competitive and compliance advantage

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent significant industry experience
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in full-stack enterprise web application development within a product-focused organization
• Proven experience architecting, building, and delivering large-scale, high-performance, and highly available SaaS platforms
• 5+ years of experience in the healthcare domain, with strong understanding of healthcare systems, data privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS), including microservices, serverless architectures, and cloud-native design patterns
• Hands-on experience with modern web frameworks and platforms, including Angular, ASP.NET, and Node.js
• Proficiency in C#/.NET and Python, with a track record of building and operating high-volume, production-grade web services
• Solid understanding of data storage technologies, including relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL systems, with the ability to diagnose and resolve performance and scalability bottlenecks
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of application security, identity and access management, and secure coding practices, with experience building compliant systems (HIPAA, OWASP)
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG, ADA) and building inclusive, accessible web applications at enterprise scale
• AI-Driven Development: Utilize modern AI tools (e.g., CursorAI, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development, refactoring, and documentation while maintaining code integrity
• Exposure to AI/ML-enabled solutions particularly within healthcare or patient-care workflows
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex, distributed systems
• Experience working in Agile environments and driving DevOps practices, including CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence
• Proven technical leadership with a strong track record of mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions across teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of delivering pragmatic, scalable, and innovative solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Curiosity and ownership mindset, with a passion for understanding complex codebases and continuously improving system design and quality
• Willingness to explore and adopt AI tools responsibly to enhance productivity and innovation in your role