Principal Software Engineer

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide the technical strategy, deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers, provide technical oversight, and ensure the team aligns with the overall strategic vision.
• Ensure all software developed by one or more teams at HHA meets standards for quality, performance, scalability, availability, and security.

Essential Job Duties

• Hands-on Development: Contribute directly to the development of key platform features and components as an individual contributor, ensuring alignment with overall project goals.
• Leadership in Design: Lead the end-to-end design and development of advanced healthcare software systems, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performing.
• Architect Healthcare Solutions: Design and implement solutions for healthcare transaction processing that comply with industry standards, including EDI, HL7, and FHIR.
• Team Enablement and Prioritization: Clearly communicate priorities and expectations to the team, ensuring they have the support and resources to complete their work effectively.
• Quality Ownership: Take full ownership of the quality of all team-delivered features, ensuring they meet both functional and non-functional requirements with well-thought-out designs.
• Drive Architectural Innovation: Identify gaps or areas for improvement in existing patterns. Promote a culture of experimentation and innovation by encouraging the exploration of new technologies, tools, and methodologies that can drive competitive advantages.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary technical liaison for executive stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment between engineering and business strategies.
• Risk Management: Identify potential technical risks early in the development lifecycle and implement strategies to mitigate them, ensuring that projects remain on track and within scope.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to define project scope, assess feasibility, and translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Technical Mentorship: Act as a senior technical resource, providing guidance, mentorship, and leadership to engineering teams, cultivating a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
• Stay Ahead of Industry Trends: Continuously monitor emerging healthcare technologies and trends, recommending cutting-edge solutions to maintain a competitive edge.

Other Job Duties

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or HHAeXchange leader.

Travel Requirements

• Travel up to 10%, including overnight travel.