Sr Principal Software Engineer - Software Architect

The Sr Principal Software Engineer - Software Architect is responsible for all stages of the software development lifecycle using a variety of technologies and tools to build impactful software solutions. The scope of this job includes building and optimizing comprehensive solutions that prioritize end-user efficiency and experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and design of large-scale, mission-critical systems by ensuring systems are built to be scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available and designing solutions that optimize for performance, cost, and future growth.

• Take full ownership of critical engineering initiatives and projects, guide them from inception to deployment, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure operational excellence in production environments.

• Work closely with senior leaders across solutions and design teams to align engineering work with WellSky goals, influence solution roadmaps by defining technical priorities, and ensure alignment between technical decisions and business needs.

• Act as a technical advisor to engineering leaders to influence best practices, design principles, and engineering culture.

• Research, experiment with, and introduce new technologies, methodologies, and engineering practices by staying at the forefront of industry trends and advocating for the adoption of new tools, AI capabilities, and other technologies that drive innovation and improve system performance.

• Champion high standards for software quality automation testing and ensure that systems meet rigorous security requirements, including secure coding practices and vulnerability mitigation.

• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

• At least 15-18 years of related work experience

• Proven experience leading cross-team technical initiatives in complex environments.

• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (preferably GCP)

• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.

• Proficient with large-scale software development in Ruby on Rails and/or Python

• Proficient with PostgreSQL (or other relational databases) and NoSQL (e.g., Firestore) storage patterns and optimization techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with proven ability to influence and drive change at all levels of the organization.

• Demonstrated success in modernizing legacy platforms and cloud migrations.

• Experience working in matrixed organizations and navigating cross-functional priorities.

• Experience with healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR) and regulatory compliance is a plus.

• Strong knowledge of microservices and API-driven development

• Familiar with Data Engineering technologies including Airflow, Dataflow and BigQuery

Job Expectations:

• Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed

• Must work in accordance with applicable security policies and procedures to safeguard company and client information

• Must be able to sit and view a computer screen for extended periods of time

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Here are some of the exciting benefits full-time teammates are eligible to receive at WellSky:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Mental health benefits through TelaDoc
• Prescription drug coverage
• Generous paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• 100% vested 401(K) retirement plans
• Educational assistance up to $2500 per year