Founding Principal Engineer
About The Position
GPF Staffing is recruiting a Founding Principal Engineer for a rapidly growing, Series B healthcare technology company transforming pediatric mental health care. This is a highly influential, hands-on engineering role for an experienced builder who wants to work directly with the CEO, own major technical decisions, and establish the engineering foundation for a growing healthcare platform. The company is transitioning from an offshore development model to a small, high-caliber in-house engineering organization. The Founding Principal Engineer will play a central role in determining how the platform, engineering practices, and future team are built.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience building and shipping complex production applications.
- Previous experience in an early-stage or startup environment, ideally working directly with founders or executive leadership.
- Demonstrated ownership of technical and architectural decisions from concept through production.
- Strong product mindset with the ability to make sound product decisions when requirements are not fully defined.
- Comfortable operating with significant autonomy in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience establishing engineering standards and improving development processes.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work across technical, clinical, operational, and business teams.
- Interest in applying AI to products, engineering workflows, and organizational processes.
Responsibilities
- Write production code and solve the company's most complex technical problems.
- Own architecture across telehealth, EHR integrations, patient-facing dashboards, and emerging AI capabilities.
- Work directly with the CEO to translate clinical, operational, and growth objectives into technical solutions.
- Make independent product and engineering decisions without relying on highly detailed PRDs.
- Lead the technical transition from the existing offshore engineering team.
- Establish engineering standards, code-review processes, development practices, and quality expectations.
- Drive responsible AI adoption across the organization to accelerate product development and internal capabilities.
- Help establish and grow a small, exceptional U.S.-based engineering organization over the next 6–12 months.
Benefits
- Base Salary: $200,000–$250,000
- Equity: 0.2%–0.4%
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
